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From: Dan Ts'o <dantso@cris.com>
Subject: Re: BSD for DEC MicroVax?
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Dan Foster wrote:
> >> Is there, perchance, a version of BSD for the DEC MicroVAX II,
> >> VAXStation II/GPX, or VAXStation 3100?
>
> I seem to remember NetBSD supports the MicroVAX II... as for the VS3100,
> not sure if NetBSD supports that or the MIPS-based DECstations (could
> never remember which was supported).
NetBSD apparently does support the MVAX, but the driver situation seems
primitive. In particular, it does not apparently support GPX hardware. I
take
it that there are very few, if any, NetBSD MVAX systems that run X
windows, then.
Ultrix seems the only "decent" solution for Vaxstation owners.
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Dan Ts'o 212-327-7671
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