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 The early history is not very clear. Apparently the first work was  The early history is not very clear. Apparently the first work was
 done by CMU as part of their Mach project.  The initial hardware was  done by CMU as part of their Mach project.  The initial hardware was
 the DEC R2000/R3000-based Decstations.  This code was later used by  the DEC R2000/R3000-based DECstations.  This code was later used by
 both the Sprite and BSD groups.  The 4.4BSD code, known as the `pmax'  both the Sprite and BSD groups.  The 4.4BSD code, known as the `pmax'
 port, was made freely available in mid '93.  It was merged into the  port, was made freely available in mid '93.  It was merged into the
 NetBSD tree by a variety of people, but has never been very stable,  NetBSD tree by a variety of people, but has never been very stable,
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 The Acer PICA is a dead platform.  Acer no longer makes the machine,  The Acer PICA is a dead platform.  Acer no longer makes the machine,
 but even worse the machines are very rare.  But the Acer PICA was just  but even worse the machines are very rare.  But the Acer PICA was just
 one of a whole family of similar machines built by other companies  one of a whole family of similar machines built by other companies
 like MIPS, Deskstation, NEC, Olivetti.  These machines were known as  like MIPS, DeskStation, NEC, Olivetti.  These machines were known as
 ARC machines, built according to the "Advanced RISC Computing" specification.  ARC machines, built according to the "Advanced RISC Computing" specification.
 No new ARC BIOS machines for MIPS will likely be manufactured.  No new ARC BIOS machines for MIPS will likely be manufactured.
 Microsoft has announced that it will no longer support MIPS after NT 4.0.  Microsoft has announced that it will no longer support MIPS after NT 4.0.
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         and serial.          and serial.
 <li>Deskstation Tyne: 133MHz R4600, ISA and VLB.  <li>Deskstation Tyne: 133MHz R4600, ISA and VLB.
 <li>Deskstation rPC44: 100MHz R4400PC, EISA bus.  <li>Deskstation rPC44: 100MHz R4400PC, EISA bus.
 <li><a href=http://www.algor.co.uk>Algorithmics</a> R5000/R10000 evaluation board  <li><a href=http://www.algor.co.uk>Algorithmics</a> R4000/R5000/R10000 evaluation board
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 <h3>The following ports are also being worked on:</h3>  <h3>The following ports are also being worked on:</h3>
 <ul>  <ul>
 <li>NKK Aquarious R4700 PCI machine.  <li>Algorithmics P-4032 and P-5064 boards.
 <li>A Willowglen R3081 ARC-lookalike board used as an embedded system.  
 </ul>  </ul>
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 <li>ISA bus support on the rPC44.  <li>ISA bus support on the rPC44.
 <li>gdb works.  <li>gdb works.
 <li>Completely native build.  <li>Completely native build.
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   <li>PCI bus support on Algorithmics P-4032 and P-5064 boards.
   <li>Support for <a href=http://www.qedinc.com>QED</a> RM52x0 processors. (R5000 derivates).
   <li>Kernel DDB functional.
 </ul>  </ul>
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