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1.15 graichen 15: <P><LINK rev=made href=mailto:www@openbsd.org></P>
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17: <H2>OpenBSD/pmax</H2>
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1.22 graichen 22: <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>History and status:</strong></font></h3>
23:
24: <P>The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen (<A
1.24 ! todd 25: HREF="mailto:graichen@openbsd.org">graichen@OpenBSD.org</A>) shortly
1.22 graichen 26: before the OpenBSD 2.0 release and is currently mostly maintained by
27: Todd C. Miller (<A
28: HREF="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">millert@OpenBSD.org</A>) but if you
29: have any questions regarding this port, the hardware or the
30: installation feel free to also contact Thomas.
31: This port is integral part of the OpenBSD releases since OpenBSD 2.1.
32: From the pmax specific code it is heavily based on NetBSD/pmax.
33: I want to take the chance
34: here to say thanks to Dieter Mayer and Rob Urban for supplying me (Thomas) with
1.15 graichen 35: the hardware to do the development on. Also i want to thank all the people
1.18 graichen 36: from the NetBSD/pmax team and mailinglists especially Jonathan Stone
37: and Michael Hitch for their help in many situations.
1.15 graichen 38: If you are interested in getting OpenBSD/pmax you can either use the latest
39: formal release of OpenBSD or one of the snapshots of OpenBSD/pmax if you
40: are interested in tracking the current state - you may get them both from
41: <A HREF="ftp.html">the usual OpenBSD ftp servers</A>.</P>
42:
43: <P>Despite of the fact that the hardware specific code in OpenBSD/pmax
44: doesn't differ much from NetBSD/pmax there are for the system as a whole
45: some ...</P>
46:
1.22 graichen 47: <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Differences to NetBSD/pmax:</strong></font></h3>
1.15 graichen 48:
49: <UL>
50: <LI>the port is self-hosting (... that means it only uses in-tree tools
1.20 todd 51: - there is no need for external binutils).</LI>
1.15 graichen 52:
53: <LI>you get all the usual OpenBSD improvements, additions and fixes - most
54: important here the security related stuff and fixes</LI>
55:
56: </UL>
57:
1.22 graichen 58: <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Supported machines:</strong></font></h3>
1.15 graichen 59:
60: <P>OpenBSD/pmax currently supports the following machines:</P>
61:
62: <UL>
63: <LI>decstation 2100 and 3100 (pmin and pmax)</LI>
64:
65: <LI>decstation 5000/120, /125 and /133 (3min)</LI>
66:
67: <LI>decstation 5000/200 (3max)</LI>
68:
69: <LI>decstation 5000/240 (3maxplus)</LI>
70:
71: <LI>decstation 5000/20 and /25 (personal decstation)</LI>
72: </UL>
73:
74: <P>OpenBSD/pmax does currently not run on:</P>
75:
76: <UL>
77: <LI>decstation 5100 (r2000 based cousin of the decstation 3100)</LI>
78:
1.16 graichen 79: <LI>decsystem 5400 and 5500 (close to mayfair and mayfair II vax with mips
1.15 graichen 80: cpu)</LI>
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1.16 graichen 82: <LI>decsystem 5800 (close to vax 6300/6300 with mips cpus)</LI>
1.15 graichen 83: </UL>
84:
85: <P>Per Fogelstrom (<A HREF="mailto:pefo@OpenBSD.org">pefo@OpenBSD.org</A>)
86: now also has one of the r4000 cpu upgraded decstations ... so i expect
1.22 graichen 87: support for them sometime in the future.</P>
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1.22 graichen 89: <h3><font color=#0000e0><strong>Supported devices:</strong></font></h3>
1.15 graichen 90:
91: <P>If something is wrong here - please let me know!</P>
92:
93: <P>Framebuffer:</P>
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95: <UL>
96: <LI>pm mono (1024x864x1) or color (1024x864x8) onboard framebuffer (pmin
97: and pmax)</LI>
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99: <LI>PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) onboard framebuffer (personal decstation)</LI>
100:
101: <LI>PMAG-AA (1024x864x1) turbochannel framebuffer card - mfb</LI>
102:
1.19 graichen 103: <LI>PMAG-BA (1280x1024x8) turbochannel framebuffer card - cfb</LI>
1.15 graichen 104:
105: <LI>PMAGB-BA (1024x864x8) turbochannel framebuffer card - sfb</LI>
106:
107: <P>Keep in mind that you need a monitor which can do sync on green- because
108: all the above framebuffers give sync on green output. Also the monitor
109: should be multisync-capable or it should have a dec-compatible fixed frequency.
110: All the above framebuffers should be supported by the x server too.</P>
111: </UL>
112:
113: <P>Ethernet:</P>
114:
115: <UL>
116: <LI>onboard amd lance ethernet interface</LI>
117:
118: <LI>turbochannel amd lance lance interface card</LI>
119: </UL>
120:
121: <P>SCSI:</P>
122:
123: <UL>
124: <LI>onboard dec SCSI controller - sii (pmin and pmax)</LI>
125:
126: <LI>onboard dec SCSI controller - asc</LI>
127:
128: <LI>turbochannel dec SCSI controller card - asc</LI>
129: </UL>
130:
131: <P>Misc:</P>
132:
133: <UL>
134: <LI>dec lk201 or compatible keyboard</LI>
135:
136: <LI>dec or compatible mouse</LI>
137:
138: <LI>onboard serial ports on most machines</LI>
139: </UL>
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