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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
1.37 nick 24: DECserver family. These machines were the counterpart of the <a
1.34 miod 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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1.34 miod 29: <p>
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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1.34 miod 34: <p>
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
1.43 ! miod 39: <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
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1.40 nick 42: <a name="toc"></a>
1.34 miod 43: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 deraadt 44: <p>
1.34 miod 45: <ul>
1.35 jufi 46: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.38 nick 47: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.34 miod 48: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax</a>
49: </ul>
50: </p>
51:
52: <hr>
53: <a name="history"></a>
54: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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57: The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen shortly before the
58: OpenBSD 2.0 release, based on the NetBSD/pmax sources. It was then slowly
59: brought in shape, becoming self-hosted, and moving to ECOFF, then ELF
60: binaries.
61: </p>
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64: A few releases later, Thomas Graichen stopped working on this port, and
65: nobody stepped in. The port was slowly left in oblivion, with no new code and
1.41 deraadt 66: hardly any bugfixes, although releases were still being made.
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70: A timid effort was made after the 2.7 release to revive the port, but
71: MIPS-specific toolchain problems prevented the system from building itself for a
72: long time, and development went on hiatus again. When the problem was finally
73: fixed, it was decided however to stop supporting it and remove the code from the
74: tree.
75: </p>
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77: <hr>
78: <a name="hardware"></a>
79: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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82: <h4>Supported models</h4>
83: </p>
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86: <ul>
87: <li>DECstation 2100 <small>(PMIN)</small> and 3100 <small>(PMAX)</small>
88: <li>DECstation 5000/120, 5000/125 and 5000/133 <small>(3MIN)</small>
89: <li>DECstation 5000/200 <small>(3MAX)</small>
90: <li>DECstation 5000/240 <small>(3MAXPLUS)</small>
91: <li>Personal DECstation 5000/20, 5000/25, 5000/33 and 5000/50
92: <small>(MAXINE)</small>
93: </ul>
94: </p>
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1.34 miod 96: <p>
97: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
98: </p>
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101: <ul>
102: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
103: <ul>
104: <li>On-board PM monochrome (1024x864x1) or 8-bit color (1024x864x8) on PMIN
105: and PMAX
106: <li>On-board PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) on Personal DECstation
107: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-AA (mfb) (1280x1024x1)
108: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-BA (cfb) (1024x864x8)
109: <li>TURBOchannel PMAGB-BA (sfb) (1280x1024x8)
110: </ul>
1.36 jmc 111: XFree86 works on all supported frame buffers.
1.34 miod 112: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
113: <ul>
114: <li>On-board Lance ethernet
115: <li>TURBOchannel PMAD-AA or PMAD-AB Lance ethernet
116: </ul>
117: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
118: <ul>
119: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (sii) on PMIN and PMAX
120: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (asc) on other models
121: <li>TURBOchannel PMAZ-AB SCSI Controller (asc)
122: </ul>
123: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
124: <ul>
125: <li>DEC LK-201 or compatible keyboard
126: <li>DEC VSXXX or compatible mouse
127: <li>On-board serial ports on most models
128: </ul>
129: </ul>
130: </p>
131:
132: <hr>
133: <a name="install"></a>
134: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
135: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax:</strong>
136: </font></h3>
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1.34 miod 138: <p>
139: The last supported OpenBSD/pmax release has been
140: <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7</a>.
141: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but releases up to 2.3 were
142: available on CD.
143: </p>
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146: <a href="plat.html">
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148: </a>
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