Annotation of www/pmax.html, Revision 1.34
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! 18: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/pmax</font></h2>
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! 23: OpenBSD/pmax runs on a large set of the Digital MIPS-based DECstation and
! 24: DECserver family. These machines where the counterpart of the <a
! 25: href="vax.html">VAX-based VAXstations</a>,
! 26: until the <a href="alpha.html">Alpha</a> line was ready.
! 27: </p>
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! 30: <strong><font color="#e00000">The OpenBSD/pmax port has been
! 31: discontinued</font></strong> after the 2.7 release.
! 32: </p>
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! 35: There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life.
! 36: The source code is still available in the CVS Attic, and code can be found in
! 37: NetBSD as well.
! 38: If you are interested in reviving the pmax port, make it work and contact
! 39: <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a> and
! 40: <a href="mailto:miod@openbsd.org">Miodrag Vallat</a>.
! 41: </p>
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1.34 ! miod 43: <a href="#toc"></a>
! 44: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 deraadt 45: <p>
1.34 ! miod 46: <ul>
! 47: <li><a href="#history">Past history of the port</a>
! 48: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware list</a>
! 49: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax</a>
! 50: </ul>
! 51: </p>
! 52:
! 53: <hr>
! 54: <a name="history"></a>
! 55: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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! 58: The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen shortly before the
! 59: OpenBSD 2.0 release, based on the NetBSD/pmax sources. It was then slowly
! 60: brought in shape, becoming self-hosted, and moving to ECOFF, then ELF
! 61: binaries.
! 62: </p>
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! 65: A few releases later, Thomas Graichen stopped working on this port, and
! 66: nobody stepped in. The port was slowly left in oblivion, with no new code and
! 67: hardly bugfixes, although releases were still being made.
! 68: </p>
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! 71: A timid effort was made after the 2.7 release to revive the port, but
! 72: MIPS-specific toolchain problems prevented the system from building itself for a
! 73: long time, and development went on hiatus again. When the problem was finally
! 74: fixed, it was decided however to stop supporting it and remove the code from the
! 75: tree.
! 76: </p>
! 77:
! 78: <hr>
! 79: <a name="hardware"></a>
! 80: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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! 83: <h4>Supported models</h4>
! 84: </p>
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! 87: <ul>
! 88: <li>DECstation 2100 <small>(PMIN)</small> and 3100 <small>(PMAX)</small>
! 89: <li>DECstation 5000/120, 5000/125 and 5000/133 <small>(3MIN)</small>
! 90: <li>DECstation 5000/200 <small>(3MAX)</small>
! 91: <li>DECstation 5000/240 <small>(3MAXPLUS)</small>
! 92: <li>Personal DECstation 5000/20, 5000/25, 5000/33 and 5000/50
! 93: <small>(MAXINE)</small>
! 94: </ul>
! 95: </p>
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! 98: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
! 99: </p>
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! 102: <ul>
! 103: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
! 104: <ul>
! 105: <li>On-board PM monochrome (1024x864x1) or 8-bit color (1024x864x8) on PMIN
! 106: and PMAX
! 107: <li>On-board PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) on Personal DECstation
! 108: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-AA (mfb) (1280x1024x1)
! 109: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-BA (cfb) (1024x864x8)
! 110: <li>TURBOchannel PMAGB-BA (sfb) (1280x1024x8)
! 111: </ul>
! 112: X-Window is working on all supported frame buffers.
! 113: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
! 114: <ul>
! 115: <li>On-board Lance ethernet
! 116: <li>TURBOchannel PMAD-AA or PMAD-AB Lance ethernet
! 117: </ul>
! 118: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
! 119: <ul>
! 120: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (sii) on PMIN and PMAX
! 121: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (asc) on other models
! 122: <li>TURBOchannel PMAZ-AB SCSI Controller (asc)
! 123: </ul>
! 124: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
! 125: <ul>
! 126: <li>DEC LK-201 or compatible keyboard
! 127: <li>DEC VSXXX or compatible mouse
! 128: <li>On-board serial ports on most models
! 129: </ul>
! 130: </ul>
! 131: </p>
! 132:
! 133: <hr>
! 134: <a name="install"></a>
! 135: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
! 136: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax:</strong>
! 137: </font></h3>
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! 140: The last supported OpenBSD/pmax release has been
! 141: <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7</a>.
! 142: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but releases up to 2.3 were
! 143: available on CD.
! 144: </p>
! 145:
! 146: <hr>
! 147: <a href="plat.html">
! 148: <img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0" alt="Supported platforms">
! 149: </a>
! 150: <br>
! 151: <small><a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a></small>
! 152: <br>
! 153: <small>$OpenBSD$</small>
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