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-The OpenBSD/sun3 port currently runs on all the 68020-based Sun3 computers, except the 3/E -flavour. +OpenBSD/sun3 runs on the Motorola 68020-based Sun3 computers, except for the +3/E flavour and the 3/50. +
-+The OpenBSD/sun3 port has been +discontinued after the 2.9 release. +
-The Sun3 port of OpenBSD was derived from the NetBSD/sun3 port, when the sun3 and sun3x -ports were still different entities. The tiny bits of OpenBSD that are -completely specific to the Sun3 port are basically the same as their NetBSD -counterparts. +There is currently no one working on bringing this port back to life. +The source code is still available in the CVS Attic, and code can be found in +NetBSD as well. +If you are interested in reviving the sun3 port, make it work and contact +Miodrag Vallat.
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+The Sun3 port of OpenBSD was derived from the NetBSD/sun3 port, when the +sun3 and sun3x ports were still different entities. Noone showed much +interest in OpenBSD/sun3 for a while, although the code was mostly kept in +sync with NetBSD. +
+ ++Eventually, Kenneth Stailey started working on the port, but since he was +living in the USA, he could not export a release he would have built, so he +lost interest working on this port. +
+ ++Early 2000, Miodrag Vallat attempted to bring the port back in shape, making +the code compile again, and devising completely new installation media. The +port even shipped with complete X-Window client and utilities, althouh there +was no working X server. +
+ ++The port lived for a few releases, but unfortunately hardware problems and +lack of time conspired to prevent catching up with NetBSD on code, and the +sun3 code was not ready for the switch from the old Mach virtual memory +system to +uvm, +and missed the 3.0 release, hoping that the code would be fixed in time +for the 3.1 release. Unfortunately, this has not been the case, and eventually +it was decided to remove the code from the tree. +
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-The complete OpenBSD/sun3 release is available via
-ftp; snapshots are made available on an irregular basis.
-You should read the
-installation
-notes for this release before trying to install OpenBSD/sun3.
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-The first boot of the system will take some time due to the generation of a DSA -key for ssh. This can take up to 15 minutes on a 3/160, but times can vary -greatly depending on your machine. This is a one time process and is nothing to -worry about. +
You can use cvs to get The X Window System. -Kenneth Stailey had written patches for OpenBSD/sun3, which should have been -integrated into the mainstream XFree86 sources. X clients and libraries are -available, but there is no X server yet. +
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-The Sun3 port of OpenBSD is maintained by Miodrag Vallat, -miod@openbsd.org. +The last supported OpenBSD/sun3 release has been +OpenBSD 2.9. +Here are the + +OpenBSD/sun3 2.9 installation instructions +.
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