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 <h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3>  <h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3>
   
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 The NetBSD/hp300 port is unable to run executables from any of the  OpenBSD follows in the footsteps of 4.4BSD by supporting the hp300; most
 other m68k architectures because it uses executables with a 4K page  types of machine are supported with 68020 or better processors, along with
 size.  All the other m68k ports use 8K pagesize executables.  There  SCSI and HPIB storage devices.
 are 3 other m68k ports (sun3, amiga, atari) that use a HARDWARE 8K  
 pagesize, and will never be able to efficiently run 4K executables.  
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 As a result, OpenBSD/hp300 was changed to use 8K executables as well.  OpenBSD/hp300 runs 8k pagesize executables natively (the first operating
 For compatibility, it can also run the old 4K executables.  No  system for the hp300 to do so), maintaining the standard binary format
 measurable performance losses or filesize increases are incurred by  used by all other OpenBSD m68k platforms.
 using 8K pagesize executables.  </p>
   
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   <a href=ftp.html>Snapshots are made available from time to time.</a>
   
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   The maintainer of the hp300 port is Jason Downs,
   <a href=mailto:downsj@openbsd.org>&lt;downsj@openbsd.org&gt;</a>.
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