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+OpenBSD/romp is an effort to port OpenBSD to the IBM 6150 and 6151 machines, +also known as RT/PC. These machines were IBM's first try into the workstation +world, in 1986, and are the ancestors of the RS/6000 machines of today. +
+ ++A (very quiet) mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/romp porting effort is +available at romp@openbsd.org. +To join the OpenBSD/romp mailing list, send a message body of "subscribe +romp" to majordomo@openbsd.org. +Please be sure to check our mailing list policy before +subscribing. +
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+ +-A port of OpenBSD to the IBM PC RT series of machines ("romp") is currently -being organized. If you wish to help out in some way, please subscribe to -the mailing list devoted to the organization of, and the eventual port -itself: romp@openbsd.org. More information on the OpenBSD lists may -be found on the mailing list page. +Mark Dapoz and Roger Florkowski ported a mix of 4.3BSD and 4.4BSD to the +romp in the late 1980's, for educational sites not wanting to run AIX on their +machines. This port was named ``AOS''.
++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, +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 +progress... +
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++There is currently no code publically available, however, people are working on +code and patches flow privately or on the list from time to time. +Contact Miodrag Vallat if you want more +information. +
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