=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/vax.html,v retrieving revision 1.56 retrieving revision 1.57 diff -u -r1.56 -r1.57 --- www/vax.html 2004/10/29 17:22:46 1.56 +++ www/vax.html 2004/11/03 12:36:13 1.57 @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ OpenBSD/vax runs on a large set of the VAX computers manufactured by Digital (then Compaq, now Hewlett-Packard). -

A mailing list dedicated to the OpenBSD/vax port is available at @@ -34,14 +33,12 @@ vax" to majordomo@openbsd.org. Please be sure to check our mailing list policy before subscribing. -

The current port maintainers are Brandon Creighton and Hugh Graham. Others are definitely welcome to contribute! -

Table of contents

@@ -64,24 +61,20 @@ synchronized with NetBSD's port. Being the second architecture to run BSD Unix (in 1979!), it seems appropriate that these venerable vaxen should still have a modern OS. -

The current codebase is mostly from Berkeley, with contributions of free code from Digital, Mt Xinu, NetBSD, OpenBSD and others. -

After the port was synchronized with the NetBSD codebase, fixes and improvements were made, such as support for 16 partitions per drive, support for more VAX models, improved emulation of unimplemented instructions, and so on. -

Development is ongoing, and changes are shared among VAX hackers even to this day. The result of this work is an operating system that is stable and familiar to any OpenBSD user. -


@@ -93,7 +86,6 @@ multi-user, and supports enough of the on-board devices to be generally usable. Some models can only run diskless at the moment, though. -

Since none of the VAXstation frame buffers are currently supported, there @@ -101,7 +93,6 @@ However, a complete set of X clients and utilities is available, allowing OpenBSD/vax machines to behave as X11 font servers, or run X clients on remote display. -

There a few problems still left in the OpenBSD/vax port, though: @@ -138,7 +129,6 @@ Due to a limited inventory of systems available to developers, not all hardware combinations have been tested. -

As a result, OpenBSD/vax may actually run on your machine even if it's not @@ -147,7 +137,6 @@ To help us improve the accuracy of this list, PLEASE send your dmesg after installation to dmesg@openbsd.org. -

Supported models

@@ -156,7 +145,6 @@ Almost all the on-board devices are supported on these models, except for frame buffers and keyboard interfaces. SCSI controller is only supported when listed. -