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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.
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1.34 miod 29: <p>
1.46 deraadt 30: <strong>The OpenBSD/pmax port was discontinued after the 2.7 release.</strong>
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1.34 miod 33: <p>
34: There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life.
35: The source code is still available in the CVS Attic, and code can be found in
36: NetBSD as well.
37: </p>
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1.40 nick 39: <a name="toc"></a>
1.34 miod 40: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 deraadt 41: <p>
1.34 miod 42: <ul>
1.35 jufi 43: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.38 nick 44: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.34 miod 45: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax</a>
46: </ul>
47: </p>
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49: <hr>
50: <a name="history"></a>
51: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
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54: The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen shortly before the
55: OpenBSD 2.0 release, based on the NetBSD/pmax sources. It was then slowly
56: brought in shape, becoming self-hosted, and moving to ECOFF, then ELF
57: binaries.
58: </p>
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1.34 miod 60: <p>
61: A few releases later, Thomas Graichen stopped working on this port, and
62: nobody stepped in. The port was slowly left in oblivion, with no new code and
1.41 deraadt 63: hardly any bugfixes, although releases were still being made.
1.34 miod 64: </p>
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1.34 miod 66: <p>
67: A timid effort was made after the 2.7 release to revive the port, but
68: MIPS-specific toolchain problems prevented the system from building itself for a
69: long time, and development went on hiatus again. When the problem was finally
70: fixed, it was decided however to stop supporting it and remove the code from the
71: tree.
72: </p>
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74: <hr>
75: <a name="hardware"></a>
76: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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79: <h4>Supported models</h4>
80: </p>
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83: <ul>
84: <li>DECstation 2100 <small>(PMIN)</small> and 3100 <small>(PMAX)</small>
85: <li>DECstation 5000/120, 5000/125 and 5000/133 <small>(3MIN)</small>
86: <li>DECstation 5000/200 <small>(3MAX)</small>
87: <li>DECstation 5000/240 <small>(3MAXPLUS)</small>
88: <li>Personal DECstation 5000/20, 5000/25, 5000/33 and 5000/50
89: <small>(MAXINE)</small>
90: </ul>
91: </p>
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1.34 miod 93: <p>
94: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
95: </p>
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1.34 miod 97: <p>
98: <ul>
99: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
100: <ul>
101: <li>On-board PM monochrome (1024x864x1) or 8-bit color (1024x864x8) on PMIN
102: and PMAX
103: <li>On-board PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) on Personal DECstation
104: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-AA (mfb) (1280x1024x1)
105: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-BA (cfb) (1024x864x8)
106: <li>TURBOchannel PMAGB-BA (sfb) (1280x1024x8)
107: </ul>
1.36 jmc 108: XFree86 works on all supported frame buffers.
1.34 miod 109: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
110: <ul>
111: <li>On-board Lance ethernet
112: <li>TURBOchannel PMAD-AA or PMAD-AB Lance ethernet
113: </ul>
114: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
115: <ul>
116: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (sii) on PMIN and PMAX
117: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (asc) on other models
118: <li>TURBOchannel PMAZ-AB SCSI Controller (asc)
119: </ul>
120: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
121: <ul>
122: <li>DEC LK-201 or compatible keyboard
123: <li>DEC VSXXX or compatible mouse
124: <li>On-board serial ports on most models
125: </ul>
126: </ul>
127: </p>
128:
129: <hr>
130: <a name="install"></a>
131: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
132: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax:</strong>
133: </font></h3>
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1.34 miod 135: <p>
1.44 miod 136: The last supported OpenBSD/pmax release was
1.34 miod 137: <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7</a>.
138: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but releases up to 2.3 were
139: available on CD.
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