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 OpenBSD/romp is an effort to port OpenBSD to the IBM 6150 and 6151 machines,  There used to be an ``OpenBSD/romp'' effort to port OpenBSD to the IBM 6150
 also known as RT/PC. These machines were IBM's first try into the workstation  and 6151 machines, also known as RT/PC. These machines were IBM's first try
 world, in 1986, and are the ancestors of the RS/6000 machines of today.  into the workstation world, in 1986, and are the ancestors of the RS/6000
   machines of today.
   
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   However, nowadays, it makes little sense to port to a machine which can not
   support more than 16 megabytes of memory.
   
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 A (very quiet) mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/romp porting effort is  A (very quiet) mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/romp porting effort is
 available at <u><font color="#23238e">romp@openbsd.org</font></u>.  available at <u><font color="#23238e">romp@openbsd.org</font></u>.
   It has not seen a message in years.<br>
 To join the OpenBSD/romp mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe  To join the OpenBSD/romp mailing list, send a message body of <b>"subscribe
 romp"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.  romp"</b> to <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">majordomo@openbsd.org</a>.
 Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before  Please be sure to check our <a href="mail.html">mailing list policy</a> before
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 The code eventually was released to the community in the late 1990's, with  The code eventually was released to the community in the late 1990's, with
 uncertain license terms. People on the list started to play with the code,  uncertain license terms. People on the list started to play with the code,
 fixing bugs in it, making it compilable with gcc, and slowly filling the gaps  fixing bugs in it, making it compilable with gcc, and slowly filling the gaps
 between the 4.3BSD era and modern times. This is still a very quiet work in  between the 4.3BSD era and modern times. But unless someone dedicated to this
 progress...  effort ends up having too much time on his hands, a free operating system
   port will never happen.
   
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 <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>  <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
   
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 There is currently no code publically available, however, people are working on  There is currently no code publically available, however, people used to
 code and patches flow privately or on the list from time to time.  work on the code, and patches used to flow privately or on the list from
 Contact <a href="mailto:miod@openbsd.org">Miod Vallat</a> if you want more  time to time. Nothing has happened within the last ten years, though.
 information.  Contact <a href="mailto:miod@openbsd.org">Miod Vallat</a> if you are
   deluded or want more information.
   
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   <li>Fix romp backend bugs in gcc    <li>Fix romp backend bugs in gcc, and get it working in the gcc 2.95 tree.
   <li>Write code for binutils supporting the romp, rather than fixing the    <li>Write code for binutils supporting the romp, rather than fixing the
       romp-specific as and ld; eventually, move to ELF        romp-specific as and ld; eventually, move to ELF
   <li>Get hardware documentation    <li>Get hardware documentation (some is available on bitsavers)
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