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17: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/pmax</font></h2>
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1.34 miod 21: <p>
1.44 miod 22: OpenBSD/pmax used to run on a large set of the Digital MIPS-based DECstation and
1.37 nick 23: DECserver family. These machines were the counterpart of the <a
1.34 miod 24: href="vax.html">VAX-based VAXstations</a>,
25: until the <a href="alpha.html">Alpha</a> line was ready.
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1.46 ! deraadt 29: <strong>The OpenBSD/pmax port was discontinued after the 2.7 release.</strong>
1.34 miod 30: </p>
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1.34 miod 32: <p>
33: There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life.
34: The source code is still available in the CVS Attic, and code can be found in
35: NetBSD as well.
36: </p>
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1.40 nick 38: <a name="toc"></a>
1.34 miod 39: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 deraadt 40: <p>
1.34 miod 41: <ul>
1.35 jufi 42: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.38 nick 43: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.34 miod 44: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax</a>
45: </ul>
46: </p>
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48: <hr>
49: <a name="history"></a>
50: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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1.34 miod 52: <p>
53: The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen shortly before the
54: OpenBSD 2.0 release, based on the NetBSD/pmax sources. It was then slowly
55: brought in shape, becoming self-hosted, and moving to ECOFF, then ELF
56: binaries.
57: </p>
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1.34 miod 59: <p>
60: A few releases later, Thomas Graichen stopped working on this port, and
61: nobody stepped in. The port was slowly left in oblivion, with no new code and
1.41 deraadt 62: hardly any bugfixes, although releases were still being made.
1.34 miod 63: </p>
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1.34 miod 65: <p>
66: A timid effort was made after the 2.7 release to revive the port, but
67: MIPS-specific toolchain problems prevented the system from building itself for a
68: long time, and development went on hiatus again. When the problem was finally
69: fixed, it was decided however to stop supporting it and remove the code from the
70: tree.
71: </p>
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73: <hr>
74: <a name="hardware"></a>
75: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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78: <h4>Supported models</h4>
79: </p>
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82: <ul>
83: <li>DECstation 2100 <small>(PMIN)</small> and 3100 <small>(PMAX)</small>
84: <li>DECstation 5000/120, 5000/125 and 5000/133 <small>(3MIN)</small>
85: <li>DECstation 5000/200 <small>(3MAX)</small>
86: <li>DECstation 5000/240 <small>(3MAXPLUS)</small>
87: <li>Personal DECstation 5000/20, 5000/25, 5000/33 and 5000/50
88: <small>(MAXINE)</small>
89: </ul>
90: </p>
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93: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
94: </p>
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1.34 miod 96: <p>
97: <ul>
98: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
99: <ul>
100: <li>On-board PM monochrome (1024x864x1) or 8-bit color (1024x864x8) on PMIN
101: and PMAX
102: <li>On-board PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) on Personal DECstation
103: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-AA (mfb) (1280x1024x1)
104: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-BA (cfb) (1024x864x8)
105: <li>TURBOchannel PMAGB-BA (sfb) (1280x1024x8)
106: </ul>
1.36 jmc 107: XFree86 works on all supported frame buffers.
1.34 miod 108: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
109: <ul>
110: <li>On-board Lance ethernet
111: <li>TURBOchannel PMAD-AA or PMAD-AB Lance ethernet
112: </ul>
113: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
114: <ul>
115: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (sii) on PMIN and PMAX
116: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (asc) on other models
117: <li>TURBOchannel PMAZ-AB SCSI Controller (asc)
118: </ul>
119: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
120: <ul>
121: <li>DEC LK-201 or compatible keyboard
122: <li>DEC VSXXX or compatible mouse
123: <li>On-board serial ports on most models
124: </ul>
125: </ul>
126: </p>
127:
128: <hr>
129: <a name="install"></a>
130: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
131: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax:</strong>
132: </font></h3>
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1.44 miod 135: The last supported OpenBSD/pmax release was
1.34 miod 136: <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7</a>.
137: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but releases up to 2.3 were
138: available on CD.
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