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Re: sun4c (Was /etc/disktab on vax)



On 26 June 2012 01:47, ..I'd rather be coding ASM! 
<uridium%deviate.fi@localhost> wrote:
>> Do many people have active NetBSD sun4c machines?
>>
>> David
>
> Hi David, My crimes include:
>
> Fujitsu branded IPX with a weitek. NetBSD5.0 custom kernel. 32mb+32Mb ram.
> Sun branded SS2. Dual-boot NetBSD 4.0 and theolinux 5.0 (needs updating).
>
> Also have three Classic's but they're usually off as the CPU/FPU is
> noticably slower than the IPX for building things. :)

Ah but that IPX has an unfair (though very nice) advantage with that
CPU upgrade :)

I always found that the v8 multiply/divide ld.so.conf switch on the
classic gave it an edge on ssh login time over the IPX...


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