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18: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/pmax</font></h2>
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1.34 miod 22: <p>
1.44 ! miod 23: OpenBSD/pmax used to run 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: </p>
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1.40 nick 40: <a name="toc"></a>
1.34 miod 41: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 deraadt 42: <p>
1.34 miod 43: <ul>
1.35 jufi 44: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.38 nick 45: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.34 miod 46: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax</a>
47: </ul>
48: </p>
49:
50: <hr>
51: <a name="history"></a>
52: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.29 deraadt 53:
1.34 miod 54: <p>
55: The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen shortly before the
56: OpenBSD 2.0 release, based on the NetBSD/pmax sources. It was then slowly
57: brought in shape, becoming self-hosted, and moving to ECOFF, then ELF
58: binaries.
59: </p>
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1.34 miod 61: <p>
62: A few releases later, Thomas Graichen stopped working on this port, and
63: nobody stepped in. The port was slowly left in oblivion, with no new code and
1.41 deraadt 64: hardly any bugfixes, although releases were still being made.
1.34 miod 65: </p>
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1.34 miod 67: <p>
68: A timid effort was made after the 2.7 release to revive the port, but
69: MIPS-specific toolchain problems prevented the system from building itself for a
70: long time, and development went on hiatus again. When the problem was finally
71: fixed, it was decided however to stop supporting it and remove the code from the
72: tree.
73: </p>
74:
75: <hr>
76: <a name="hardware"></a>
77: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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80: <h4>Supported models</h4>
81: </p>
1.15 graichen 82:
1.34 miod 83: <p>
84: <ul>
85: <li>DECstation 2100 <small>(PMIN)</small> and 3100 <small>(PMAX)</small>
86: <li>DECstation 5000/120, 5000/125 and 5000/133 <small>(3MIN)</small>
87: <li>DECstation 5000/200 <small>(3MAX)</small>
88: <li>DECstation 5000/240 <small>(3MAXPLUS)</small>
89: <li>Personal DECstation 5000/20, 5000/25, 5000/33 and 5000/50
90: <small>(MAXINE)</small>
91: </ul>
92: </p>
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1.34 miod 94: <p>
95: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
96: </p>
1.15 graichen 97:
1.34 miod 98: <p>
99: <ul>
100: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
101: <ul>
102: <li>On-board PM monochrome (1024x864x1) or 8-bit color (1024x864x8) on PMIN
103: and PMAX
104: <li>On-board PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) on Personal DECstation
105: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-AA (mfb) (1280x1024x1)
106: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-BA (cfb) (1024x864x8)
107: <li>TURBOchannel PMAGB-BA (sfb) (1280x1024x8)
108: </ul>
1.36 jmc 109: XFree86 works on all supported frame buffers.
1.34 miod 110: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
111: <ul>
112: <li>On-board Lance ethernet
113: <li>TURBOchannel PMAD-AA or PMAD-AB Lance ethernet
114: </ul>
115: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
116: <ul>
117: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (sii) on PMIN and PMAX
118: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (asc) on other models
119: <li>TURBOchannel PMAZ-AB SCSI Controller (asc)
120: </ul>
121: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
122: <ul>
123: <li>DEC LK-201 or compatible keyboard
124: <li>DEC VSXXX or compatible mouse
125: <li>On-board serial ports on most models
126: </ul>
127: </ul>
128: </p>
129:
130: <hr>
131: <a name="install"></a>
132: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
133: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax:</strong>
134: </font></h3>
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1.34 miod 136: <p>
1.44 ! miod 137: The last supported OpenBSD/pmax release was
1.34 miod 138: <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7</a>.
139: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but releases up to 2.3 were
140: available on CD.
141: </p>
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144: <a href="plat.html">
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146: </a>
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