[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/pmax DECsystation capitialisation.

[simonb <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/e97c1c323ddd
branches:  trunk
changeset: 472647:e97c1c323ddd
user:      simonb <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue May 04 03:38:40 1999 +0000

description:
DECsystation capitialisation.
Mention that PX and PXG graphics boards are supported in -current.
Minor formatting.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/pmax/hardware |  54 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diffs (137 lines):

diff -r ca407e6c51f0 -r e97c1c323ddd distrib/notes/pmax/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/pmax/hardware       Tue May 04 03:37:44 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/pmax/hardware       Tue May 04 03:38:40 1999 +0000
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.7 1999/01/13 07:30:08 ross Exp $  
+.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.8 1999/05/04 03:38:40 simonb Exp $        
 .
 NetBSD/pmax \*V runs on the following classes of machines:
 .Bl -bullet -compact
 .It
-Decstation 2100 and 3100, also known as
+DECstation 2100 and 3100, also known as
 .Em pmin No and Em pmax
 .It
-Personal Decstations (5000/20, and /25) also known as
+Personal DECstations (5000/20, /25 and /33) also known as
 .Em MAXINE
 .It
-Decstation 5000/120, /125, and /133, also known as
+DECstation 5000/120, /125, and /133, also known as
 .Em 3MIN
 .It
-Decstation 5000/200, also known as
+DECstation 5000/200, also known as
 .Em 3MAX
 .It
-Decstation 5000/240, also known as
+DECstation 5000/240 and DECsystem 5900, also known as
 .Em 3MAXPLUS
 .It
-Decstation 5000/50, 5000/150 and 5000/260 \- R4000 and R4400
-variants of the the
+DECstation 5000/50, 5000/150, 5000/260 (and DECsystem 5900-260) \- R4000
+and R4400 variants of the the
 .Em MAXINE, 3MIN No and Em 3MAXPLUS
 .El
 .Pp
@@ -28,36 +28,36 @@
 (yet) run on these machines:
 .Bl -bullet -compact
 .It
-Decstation 5100 (an r3000-based cousin of the Decstation 3100)
+DECsystem 5100 (an r3000-based cousin of the DECstation 3100)
 .It
-Decsystem 5400 and 5500 (Qbus-based systems, similar to the Vax
+DECsystem 5400 and 5500 (Qbus-based systems, similar to the Vax
 .Em Mayfair No \&or Em Mayfair II ,
 but with an r2000a or r3000 cpu instead of a CVAX cpu.)
 .It
-Decsystem 5800 (xbi-based multiprocessor, a Vax 6200 with
+DECsystem 5800 (xbi-based multiprocessor, a Vax 6200 with
 Vax CPU boards replaced with Mips cpu boards)
 .El
 .Pp
 The minimal configuration requires 8M of RAM and ~60M of disk space.
 To install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run
 X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended.  (NetBSD with 8M of
-RAM feels like Ultrix with 8M of RAM.) Note that until you have
+RAM feels like Ultrix with 8M of RAM.)  Note that until you have
 around 16M of RAM, getting more RAM is more important than getting a
 faster CPU.
 .Pp
 Supported devices include:
 .Bl -bullet -compact
 .It
-Decstation 2100 and 3100 baseboard video
+DECstation 2100 and 3100 baseboard video
 .      Bl -hyphen -compact
 .      It
 one-bit mono or 8-bit pseudocolour frame buffers.
 .      El
 .It
-Decstation 5000 series TurboChannel video
+DECstation 5000 series TurboChannel video
 .      Bl -hyphen -compact
 .      It
-PMAG-DV Personal Decstation baseboard 1024x768 frame buffer
+PMAG-DV Personal DECstation baseboard 1024x768 frame buffer
 .      It
 PMAG-BA 1024x768 8-bit colour frame buffer
 .      It
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
 SCSI controller (2100 and 3100)
 .      It
 on-board
-.Em asc" SCSI controller (5000 series machines)
+.Em asc
+SCSI controller (5000 series machines)
 .      It
 TurboChannel
 .Em asc No SCSI controller
@@ -105,9 +106,8 @@
 DEC (LK-201 or compatible) keyboard 
 .It
 DEC
-.Po Em hockey puck
-.Pc or compatible
-mouse
+.Em hockey puck
+or compatible mouse
 .El
 .Pp
 Hardware the we do
@@ -115,24 +115,26 @@
 currently support, but get questions about from time to time:
 .Bl -bullet -compact
 .It
-Q-bus Decsystem machines
+Q-bus DECsystem machines
 .It
-Decstation 5100 machines
+DECsystem 5100 machines
 .It
-PrestoServe NVRAM on Decstation 5100 and 5000/2xx machines
+PrestoServe NVRAM on DECsystem 5100 and 5000/2xx machines
 .It
-audio drivers for Personal Decstation machines
+audio drivers for Personal DECstation machines
 .It
-floppy driver for Personal Decstation machines
+floppy driver for Personal DECstation machines
 .It
 TurboChannel audio hardware (LoFi)
 .It
-PMAG-C 2-D accelerated framebuffers with onboard i860 processors
+PMAG-C 2-D (PX) and other accelerated framebuffers (PXG, PXG+ and
+PXG+ Turbo) with onboard i860 processors
 .El
 .(Note
 the primary obstacle to support of all but the very
 last item is non-availability of sample hardware for development.
 .Pp
 The primary obstacle for the i860-based framebuffers is that there
-is no documentation on the accelerator board.
+is no documentation on the accelerator board.  There is support
+for the PX and PXG framebuffers in NetBSD-current after NetBSD 1.4.
 .Note)