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1.3       fn         15:
1.51      tb         16: <h2>
                     17: <a href="index.html">
                     18: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
                     19: <font color="#e00000">pmax</font>
                     20: </h2>
1.34      miod       21: <hr>
1.51      tb         22: <p>
1.15      graichen   23:
1.44      miod       24: OpenBSD/pmax used to run on a large set of the Digital MIPS-based DECstation and
1.37      nick       25: DECserver family. These machines were the counterpart of the <a
1.34      miod       26: href="vax.html">VAX-based VAXstations</a>,
                     27: until the <a href="alpha.html">Alpha</a> line was ready.
1.50      deraadt    28: <p>
1.15      graichen   29:
1.46      deraadt    30: <strong>The OpenBSD/pmax port was discontinued after the 2.7 release.</strong>
1.15      graichen   31:
1.50      deraadt    32: <br clear=all>
                     33: <hr>
1.22      graichen   34:
1.34      miod       35: <a name="history"></a>
                     36: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>History:</strong></font></h3>
1.29      deraadt    37:
1.34      miod       38: <p>
                     39: The pmax port of OpenBSD was started by Thomas Graichen shortly before the
                     40: OpenBSD 2.0 release, based on the NetBSD/pmax sources. It was then slowly
                     41: brought in shape, becoming self-hosted, and moving to ECOFF, then ELF
                     42: binaries.
                     43: </p>
1.15      graichen   44:
1.34      miod       45: <p>
                     46: A few releases later, Thomas Graichen stopped working on this port, and
                     47: nobody stepped in. The port was slowly left in oblivion, with no new code and
1.41      deraadt    48: hardly any bugfixes, although releases were still being made.
1.34      miod       49: </p>
1.15      graichen   50:
1.34      miod       51: <p>
                     52: A timid effort was made after the 2.7 release to revive the port, but
                     53: MIPS-specific toolchain problems prevented the system from building itself for a
                     54: long time, and development went on hiatus again. When the problem was finally
                     55: fixed, it was decided however to stop supporting it and remove the code from the
                     56: tree.
                     57: </p>
                     58:
                     59: <hr>
                     60: <a name="hardware"></a>
                     61: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
1.15      graichen   62:
1.34      miod       63: <h4>Supported models</h4>
1.15      graichen   64:
1.34      miod       65: <ul>
                     66:   <li>DECstation 2100 <small>(PMIN)</small> and 3100 <small>(PMAX)</small>
                     67:   <li>DECstation 5000/120, 5000/125 and 5000/133 <small>(3MIN)</small>
                     68:   <li>DECstation 5000/200 <small>(3MAX)</small>
                     69:   <li>DECstation 5000/240 <small>(3MAXPLUS)</small>
                     70:   <li>Personal DECstation 5000/20, 5000/25, 5000/33 and 5000/50
                     71:      <small>(MAXINE)</small>
                     72: </ul>
1.15      graichen   73:
1.34      miod       74: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
1.15      graichen   75:
1.34      miod       76: <ul>
                     77: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
                     78:   <ul>
                     79:   <li>On-board PM monochrome (1024x864x1) or 8-bit color (1024x864x8) on PMIN
                     80:     and PMAX
                     81:   <li>On-board PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) on Personal DECstation
                     82:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-AA (mfb) (1280x1024x1)
                     83:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-BA (cfb) (1024x864x8)
                     84:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAGB-BA (sfb) (1280x1024x8)
                     85:   </ul>
1.36      jmc        86:   XFree86 works on all supported frame buffers.
1.34      miod       87: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
                     88:   <ul>
                     89:   <li>On-board Lance ethernet
                     90:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAD-AA or PMAD-AB Lance ethernet
                     91:   </ul>
                     92: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
                     93:   <ul>
                     94:   <li>On-board SCSI Controller (sii) on PMIN and PMAX
                     95:   <li>On-board SCSI Controller (asc) on other models
                     96:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAZ-AB SCSI Controller (asc)
                     97:   </ul>
                     98: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
                     99:   <ul>
                    100:   <li>DEC LK-201 or compatible keyboard
                    101:   <li>DEC VSXXX or compatible mouse
                    102:   <li>On-board serial ports on most models
                    103:   </ul>
                    104: </ul>
                    105:
                    106: <hr>
                    107: <a name="install"></a>
                    108: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
                    109: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax:</strong>
                    110: </font></h3>
1.15      graichen  111:
1.44      miod      112: The last supported OpenBSD/pmax release was
1.34      miod      113: <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7</a>.
                    114: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but releases up to 2.3 were
                    115: available on CD.
1.15      graichen  116:
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