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From: vixie@vix.com (Paul A Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: BSD for DEC VAX ?
Date: 27 May 94 22:22:11
Organization: Vixie Enterprises
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In-reply-to: ragge@ludd.luth.se's message of 26 May 94 13:26:14 GMT

>It don't exist any _free_ BSD for VAX (yet), it requires source license from
>AT&T, but here are some people working on an VAX port of NetBSD. It will
>probably be up and running on 11/750's in a few months.

As soon as the locore.s, pmap.c, and some other low level stuff is done for
the 750's, several of us will blow the dust out of our MicroVAX II/III/III+
systems and get NetBSD working on them.  Most of the device drivers for the
QBUS machines are not covered by DEC or USL licenses since it was contributed
to UCB by Mt Xinu.  So with luck, the QBUS machines will be supported earlier
than the SBI/Unibus ones.
--
Paul Vixie
Redwood City, CA
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