Subject: Re: VS2000 NetBSD port
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Roger Ivie <IVIE@cc.usu.edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/17/1996 09:36:20
From: IN%"young@ecn.purdue.edu" "Mike Young" 17-JUN-1996 09:07:18.93
> I'd like to echo what Bertram said, plus. Thanks to his hard
> work and guidance, I have NetBSD running on a VS2000 with 6 MB memory,
> RD54, and TK50 on the sortof-SCSI. Since the ethernet and NFS code work,
> I have /usr mounted from a microvax II with an RA81. Leaves plenty of
> space on the RD54 for swapping :-) But he's right - the source is hacked
> pretty heavily in spots, and it'll be a while before it's ready for
> the unified Vax source tree. I am in the midst of getting the bitmapped
> display to work as the system console (current support is for one of the
> rs232 lines as console). So you can add me to the "support/beta test" list.
OK, so how do those of us with VAXstation 2000s, technical info about
VAXstation 2000s, and the inclination to do kernel/device driver hacking
go about getting a copy to play with?
Roger "left out in the cold" Ivie
ivie@cc.usu.edu