Subject: Re: 5000/25, Netboot
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 07/08/1997 17:23:06
On Mon, 07 Jul 1997 23:57:15 -0700 Jonathan Stone wrote:
> Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
>
> >> This too should go on the list Simon is apparently keeper of.
>
> >I think this is more for the NetBSD/pmax page currently on the NetBSD
> >web server. I'd guess that the info I'm collecting should probably end
> >up there too, once it stablises.
>
> That would be great by me. You can add the following hardware options
> too:
>
> supported:
> PMAZ-AA
> PMAD-AA
>
> PMAG-AA (mfb video)
> PMAG-B (cfb video)
> PMAGB-BA (sfb video)
>
> Not supported:
> PMAG-C 2-d accelerated graphics
> PMAG-D low-end 3d i860-acellerated graphics
> PMAG-E mid-end 3d i860-acellerated graphics
> PMAG-F high-end 3d i860-acellerated graphics
>
> PMAG-J truecolour 1280x1024x24 unacellerated graphics
I've added these to the bottom of my list. Hopefully I can find a DEFTA
FDDI card lying around to test that when the bus.h gets done.
> >Talking about the pmax pages, the project list is getting out of date -
> >R4000 support, shared libraries, even the state of diskless boot support
> >over the last few days...
>
> Wow, yes, they hadn't been changed for *ages*. I've bashed at them to
> reflect the most recent changes. They still don't say anything about
> the diskimage installation, though.
>
> Does anyone want to take on updating the web pages? HTML isn't
> really my forte, kernel hacking is more my thing.
I'll volunteer if no one else does - as long as I'm only allowed to
use vi to edit the pages :)