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From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: sun4m
Date: 7 Jun 1996 12:20:31 -0400
Organization: Panix
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Message-ID: <4p9ksf$gjm@panix2.panix.com>
References: <4p8c9a$j3o@katbert.ipa.net>
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In article <4p8c9a$j3o@katbert.ipa.net>,
Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net> wrote:
> Hey *, I've got a Sparc II that I'd like to see running something
>BSD-like, yet modern. I run NetBSD-1.1 at home on my 486, but have read
>that it won't run on a sun4m. Any news on the development of that?
A) NetBSD now runs on the sun4m.
B) The 4/75 (SPARCstation 2) is *not* a sun4m, it's a sun4c. You don't even
need to wait a few weeks for the 1.2 release; NetBSD-1.1 should run fine.
--
Thor Lancelot Simon tls@panix.COM
"Gee, if your knee jerks any harder you're going to kick yourself in the head."
-- Barry Sherman