Re: NetBSD and MCS based RS6000 machines

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Allen Briggs wrote:

> >     Was anyone out there interested in collecting information that
> >     would be needed for a port of NetBSD to these beasts?
> 
> We have one of these machines around, too, and I'd like to see a port,
> but I realistically don't have much time for it (I'd much rather work
> on the 88k ;-).  I think we'd be willing to loan our machine to a
> developer if a machine is needed.  My experience with the machines,
> though, is that the documentation is harder to get than the systems.
> If the information is available somewhere, I'd be willing to help
> collect it and I might find the time to hack on it.
> 
> "We" is my day job office where I am not in a position to actually
> make the offer, but I can find out what's going on and make suggestions...  
> ;-)

        OK.. so we now really need people to contact IBM to try to obtain
        technical information - probably the more the merrier (but be
        polite! :) 



                David/absolute