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1.17      johns      11:
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                     13: <a href="index.html"><img alt="[OpenBSD]" height="30" width="141" src="images/smalltitle.gif" border="0"></a>
                     14: <p>
                     15: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/pmax</font></h2>
1.3       fn         16:
1.34      miod       17: <hr>
1.15      graichen   18:
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.
1.50    ! deraadt    24: <p>
1.15      graichen   25:
1.46      deraadt    26: <strong>The OpenBSD/pmax port was discontinued after the 2.7 release.</strong>
1.15      graichen   27:
1.50    ! deraadt    28: <br clear=all>
        !            29: <hr>
1.22      graichen   30:
1.34      miod       31: <a name="history"></a>
                     32: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.29      deraadt    33:
1.34      miod       34: <p>
                     35: The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen shortly before the
                     36: OpenBSD 2.0 release, based on the NetBSD/pmax sources. It was then slowly
                     37: brought in shape, becoming self-hosted, and moving to ECOFF, then ELF
                     38: binaries.
                     39: </p>
1.15      graichen   40:
1.34      miod       41: <p>
                     42: A few releases later, Thomas Graichen stopped working on this port, and
                     43: nobody stepped in. The port was slowly left in oblivion, with no new code and
1.41      deraadt    44: hardly any bugfixes, although releases were still being made.
1.34      miod       45: </p>
1.15      graichen   46:
1.34      miod       47: <p>
                     48: A timid effort was made after the 2.7 release to revive the port, but
                     49: MIPS-specific toolchain problems prevented the system from building itself for a
                     50: long time, and development went on hiatus again. When the problem was finally
                     51: fixed, it was decided however to stop supporting it and remove the code from the
                     52: tree.
                     53: </p>
                     54:
                     55: <hr>
                     56: <a name="hardware"></a>
                     57: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
1.15      graichen   58:
1.34      miod       59: <p>
                     60: <h4>Supported models</h4>
                     61: </p>
1.15      graichen   62:
1.34      miod       63: <p>
                     64: <ul>
                     65:   <li>DECstation 2100 <small>(PMIN)</small> and 3100 <small>(PMAX)</small>
                     66:   <li>DECstation 5000/120, 5000/125 and 5000/133 <small>(3MIN)</small>
                     67:   <li>DECstation 5000/200 <small>(3MAX)</small>
                     68:   <li>DECstation 5000/240 <small>(3MAXPLUS)</small>
                     69:   <li>Personal DECstation 5000/20, 5000/25, 5000/33 and 5000/50
                     70:      <small>(MAXINE)</small>
                     71: </ul>
                     72: </p>
1.15      graichen   73:
1.34      miod       74: <p>
                     75: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
                     76: </p>
1.15      graichen   77:
1.34      miod       78: <p>
                     79: <ul>
                     80: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
                     81:   <ul>
                     82:   <li>On-board PM monochrome (1024x864x1) or 8-bit color (1024x864x8) on PMIN
                     83:     and PMAX
                     84:   <li>On-board PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) on Personal DECstation
                     85:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-AA (mfb) (1280x1024x1)
                     86:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-BA (cfb) (1024x864x8)
                     87:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAGB-BA (sfb) (1280x1024x8)
                     88:   </ul>
1.36      jmc        89:   XFree86 works on all supported frame buffers.
1.34      miod       90: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
                     91:   <ul>
                     92:   <li>On-board Lance ethernet
                     93:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAD-AA or PMAD-AB Lance ethernet
                     94:   </ul>
                     95: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
                     96:   <ul>
                     97:   <li>On-board SCSI Controller (sii) on PMIN and PMAX
                     98:   <li>On-board SCSI Controller (asc) on other models
                     99:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAZ-AB SCSI Controller (asc)
                    100:   </ul>
                    101: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
                    102:   <ul>
                    103:   <li>DEC LK-201 or compatible keyboard
                    104:   <li>DEC VSXXX or compatible mouse
                    105:   <li>On-board serial ports on most models
                    106:   </ul>
                    107: </ul>
                    108: </p>
                    109:
                    110: <hr>
                    111: <a name="install"></a>
                    112: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
                    113: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax:</strong>
                    114: </font></h3>
1.15      graichen  115:
1.34      miod      116: <p>
1.44      miod      117: The last supported OpenBSD/pmax release was
1.34      miod      118: <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7</a>.
                    119: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but releases up to 2.3 were
                    120: available on CD.
                    121: </p>
1.15      graichen  122:
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