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15: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/pmax</font></h2>
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1.34 miod 19: <p>
1.44 miod 20: OpenBSD/pmax used to run on a large set of the Digital MIPS-based DECstation and
1.37 nick 21: DECserver family. These machines were the counterpart of the <a
1.34 miod 22: href="vax.html">VAX-based VAXstations</a>,
23: until the <a href="alpha.html">Alpha</a> line was ready.
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1.34 miod 26: <p>
1.46 deraadt 27: <strong>The OpenBSD/pmax port was discontinued after the 2.7 release.</strong>
1.34 miod 28: </p>
1.15 graichen 29:
1.34 miod 30: <p>
31: There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life.
32: The source code is still available in the CVS Attic, and code can be found in
33: NetBSD as well.
34: </p>
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1.40 nick 36: <a name="toc"></a>
1.34 miod 37: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.29 deraadt 38: <p>
1.34 miod 39: <ul>
1.35 jufi 40: <li><a href="#history">History of the port</a>
1.38 nick 41: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
1.34 miod 42: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax</a>
43: </ul>
44: </p>
45:
46: <hr>
47: <a name="history"></a>
48: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.29 deraadt 49:
1.34 miod 50: <p>
51: The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen shortly before the
52: OpenBSD 2.0 release, based on the NetBSD/pmax sources. It was then slowly
53: brought in shape, becoming self-hosted, and moving to ECOFF, then ELF
54: binaries.
55: </p>
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1.34 miod 57: <p>
58: A few releases later, Thomas Graichen stopped working on this port, and
59: nobody stepped in. The port was slowly left in oblivion, with no new code and
1.41 deraadt 60: hardly any bugfixes, although releases were still being made.
1.34 miod 61: </p>
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1.34 miod 63: <p>
64: A timid effort was made after the 2.7 release to revive the port, but
65: MIPS-specific toolchain problems prevented the system from building itself for a
66: long time, and development went on hiatus again. When the problem was finally
67: fixed, it was decided however to stop supporting it and remove the code from the
68: tree.
69: </p>
70:
71: <hr>
72: <a name="hardware"></a>
73: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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1.34 miod 75: <p>
76: <h4>Supported models</h4>
77: </p>
1.15 graichen 78:
1.34 miod 79: <p>
80: <ul>
81: <li>DECstation 2100 <small>(PMIN)</small> and 3100 <small>(PMAX)</small>
82: <li>DECstation 5000/120, 5000/125 and 5000/133 <small>(3MIN)</small>
83: <li>DECstation 5000/200 <small>(3MAX)</small>
84: <li>DECstation 5000/240 <small>(3MAXPLUS)</small>
85: <li>Personal DECstation 5000/20, 5000/25, 5000/33 and 5000/50
86: <small>(MAXINE)</small>
87: </ul>
88: </p>
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1.34 miod 90: <p>
91: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
92: </p>
1.15 graichen 93:
1.34 miod 94: <p>
95: <ul>
96: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
97: <ul>
98: <li>On-board PM monochrome (1024x864x1) or 8-bit color (1024x864x8) on PMIN
99: and PMAX
100: <li>On-board PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) on Personal DECstation
101: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-AA (mfb) (1280x1024x1)
102: <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-BA (cfb) (1024x864x8)
103: <li>TURBOchannel PMAGB-BA (sfb) (1280x1024x8)
104: </ul>
1.36 jmc 105: XFree86 works on all supported frame buffers.
1.34 miod 106: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
107: <ul>
108: <li>On-board Lance ethernet
109: <li>TURBOchannel PMAD-AA or PMAD-AB Lance ethernet
110: </ul>
111: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
112: <ul>
113: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (sii) on PMIN and PMAX
114: <li>On-board SCSI Controller (asc) on other models
115: <li>TURBOchannel PMAZ-AB SCSI Controller (asc)
116: </ul>
117: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
118: <ul>
119: <li>DEC LK-201 or compatible keyboard
120: <li>DEC VSXXX or compatible mouse
121: <li>On-board serial ports on most models
122: </ul>
123: </ul>
124: </p>
125:
126: <hr>
127: <a name="install"></a>
128: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
129: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax:</strong>
130: </font></h3>
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1.34 miod 132: <p>
1.44 miod 133: The last supported OpenBSD/pmax release was
1.34 miod 134: <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7</a>.
135: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but releases up to 2.3 were
136: available on CD.
137: </p>
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