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1.53    ! bentley     1: <!doctype html>
        !             2: <html lang=en id=platform>
        !             3: <meta charset=utf-8>
        !             4:
1.34      miod        5: <title>OpenBSD/pmax</title>
                      6: <meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD/pmax page">
1.51      tb          7: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
                      8: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="openbsd.css">
1.52      tb          9: <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.openbsd.org/pmax.html">
1.17      johns      10:
1.3       fn         11:
1.53    ! bentley    12: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
1.51      tb         13: <a href="index.html">
1.53    ! bentley    14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
        !            15: pmax
1.51      tb         16: </h2>
1.34      miod       17: <hr>
1.53    ! bentley    18:
        !            19: <table><tr><td>
1.51      tb         20: <p>
1.44      miod       21: OpenBSD/pmax used to run on a large set of the Digital MIPS-based DECstation and
1.37      nick       22: DECserver family. These machines were the counterpart of the <a
1.34      miod       23: href="vax.html">VAX-based VAXstations</a>,
                     24: until the <a href="alpha.html">Alpha</a> line was ready.
1.53    ! bentley    25:
1.50      deraadt    26: <p>
1.46      deraadt    27: <strong>The OpenBSD/pmax port was discontinued after the 2.7 release.</strong>
1.53    ! bentley    28: </table>
1.15      graichen   29:
1.50      deraadt    30: <hr>
1.22      graichen   31:
1.53    ! bentley    32: <h3 id="history"><strong>History:</strong></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.
1.15      graichen   39:
1.34      miod       40: <p>
                     41: A few releases later, Thomas Graichen stopped working on this port, and
                     42: nobody stepped in. The port was slowly left in oblivion, with no new code and
1.41      deraadt    43: hardly any bugfixes, although releases were still being made.
1.15      graichen   44:
1.34      miod       45: <p>
                     46: A timid effort was made after the 2.7 release to revive the port, but
                     47: MIPS-specific toolchain problems prevented the system from building itself for a
                     48: long time, and development went on hiatus again. When the problem was finally
                     49: fixed, it was decided however to stop supporting it and remove the code from the
                     50: tree.
                     51:
                     52: <hr>
1.53    ! bentley    53: <h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></h3>
1.15      graichen   54:
1.34      miod       55: <h4>Supported models</h4>
1.15      graichen   56:
1.34      miod       57: <ul>
                     58:   <li>DECstation 2100 <small>(PMIN)</small> and 3100 <small>(PMAX)</small>
                     59:   <li>DECstation 5000/120, 5000/125 and 5000/133 <small>(3MIN)</small>
                     60:   <li>DECstation 5000/200 <small>(3MAX)</small>
                     61:   <li>DECstation 5000/240 <small>(3MAXPLUS)</small>
                     62:   <li>Personal DECstation 5000/20, 5000/25, 5000/33 and 5000/50
                     63:      <small>(MAXINE)</small>
                     64: </ul>
1.15      graichen   65:
1.34      miod       66: <h4>Supported peripherals</h4>
1.15      graichen   67:
1.34      miod       68: <ul>
                     69: <li><strong>Frame buffers</strong>
                     70:   <ul>
                     71:   <li>On-board PM monochrome (1024x864x1) or 8-bit color (1024x864x8) on PMIN
                     72:     and PMAX
                     73:   <li>On-board PMAG-DV (1024x864x8) on Personal DECstation
                     74:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-AA (mfb) (1280x1024x1)
                     75:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAG-BA (cfb) (1024x864x8)
                     76:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAGB-BA (sfb) (1280x1024x8)
                     77:   </ul>
1.36      jmc        78:   XFree86 works on all supported frame buffers.
1.34      miod       79: <li><strong>Ethernet</strong>
                     80:   <ul>
                     81:   <li>On-board Lance ethernet
                     82:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAD-AA or PMAD-AB Lance ethernet
                     83:   </ul>
                     84: <li><strong>SCSI Controllers</strong>
                     85:   <ul>
                     86:   <li>On-board SCSI Controller (sii) on PMIN and PMAX
                     87:   <li>On-board SCSI Controller (asc) on other models
                     88:   <li>TURBOchannel PMAZ-AB SCSI Controller (asc)
                     89:   </ul>
                     90: <li><strong>Miscellaneous devices</strong>
                     91:   <ul>
                     92:   <li>DEC LK-201 or compatible keyboard
                     93:   <li>DEC VSXXX or compatible mouse
                     94:   <li>On-board serial ports on most models
                     95:   </ul>
                     96: </ul>
                     97:
                     98: <hr>
1.53    ! bentley    99:
        !           100: <h3 id="install">
1.34      miod      101: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/pmax:</strong>
1.53    ! bentley   102: </h3>
1.15      graichen  103:
1.44      miod      104: The last supported OpenBSD/pmax release was
1.34      miod      105: <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7</a>.
                    106: It is not available on ftp sites anymore, but releases up to 2.3 were
                    107: available on CD.