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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!europa.clark.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.voicenet.com!not-for-mail From: "Stas T. Wright" <cyron@voicenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Seeking UNIX for NEC RiscServer 2200 Date: 18 Jul 1997 20:19:41 GMT Organization: ATL Computers Lines: 40 Message-ID: <01bc9352$dd5b97e0$8a0667cf@stas> References: <01bc8aee$442bc520$81e3e996@leo.esac.pacbell.com> <5q1g28$e42@news-central.tiac.net> <33ca6714.19979127@news.laplaza.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: ivyland239.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.mips:5546 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44678 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3709 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:6283 Actually there is Only one port of Unix for these machines, OpenBSD is your only choice. They are ARC Boxes. check out http://www.openbsd.org Enjoy! Stas Wright -- ATL Computer in Collegville, PA ASUS Authorized Retailer. Custom systems. Excellent performance. Mats Wichmann <xyzmats@laplaza.org> wrote in article <33ca6714.19979127@news.laplaza.org>... > On 10 Jul 1997 02:06:00 GMT, Rick Kelly <rmk@rmkhome.com> wrote: > > >In comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Tom Carney <tjcarne@esac.pacbell.com> wrote: > >: I have heard rumors that there is someone who has a working port of netBSD > >: for this machine but it hasn't been released. I would be very interested in > >: obtaining this as we know M$ has orphaned this machine. I will have to port > >: this myself if not, but there is no use reinventing the wheel ; ). > > > >NEC is a strange company. They marketed these machines here with NT and > >in Japan with SVR4. > > > >I had one of these running SVR4 when I worked at Progress Software. > > I think these were different machines. The 2200 was a > little-endian-only box that was only intended to be an NT machine. I > was introduced briefly in the US, then pulled back to Japan, then > pulled entirely. The EWS 4800 line runs UNIX, and is indeed marketed > only in Asia Pacific. > > Mats Wichmann > To reply remove the "xyz" from the address > xyzmats@laplaza.org >