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@@ -19,14 +19,22 @@
 
 <p>
 OpenBSD/vax began in early 2000 when architecture specific code was adapted
-from NetBSD's very mature port to these systems, and smaller imports still
-occur as useful changes happen in that OS. However, we are by no means wholly
-derivative; most of the changes below have in fact been backported to NetBSD.
-The result of all this work is an OS environment that is comfortable and
-familiar to any OpenBSD user.
+from NetBSD's very mature port to these systems. Smaller imports still
+occur as useful changes happen in that OS, but not wholly derivative, changes
+in our port are often backported to NetBSD. The result of all this work is
+an Operating System that is stable and familiar to any OpenBSD user.
 </p>
 
 <p>
+<b>Significant changes between 2.9 and 3.0:</b>
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Support for a couple more machines added.
+<li>Event counters attached to most devices. (from NetBSD)
+<li>More addressing modes added to the emulation system. (work by Jim Uhl)
+</ul>
+
+<p>
 <b>Significant changes between 2.8 and 2.9:</b>
 </p>
 <ul>
@@ -39,12 +47,11 @@
 <p>
 OpenBSD runs on a wide variety of VAX hardware, but our
 <a href="want.html#vax">inventory of systems</a>
-is limited. We may actually run on your hardware even if it's not listed
-here.  We rely on your feedback to know what is supported, and what
-needs work. After you finish installing and road testing your new system,
-consider running "dmesg |mail dmesg@openbsd.org" to help us determine
-what types of hardware people are using. The machines listed on this page
-are known to be working as of the most recent release.
+is limited. OpenBSD/vax may actually run on your hardware even if it's not
+listed here, so we rely on your testing and feedback to keep this list up to
+date.  After you finish installing and road testing your new system, consider
+running "dmesg |mail dmesg@openbsd.org" to help us determine what types of
+hardware people are using.
 </p>
 
 <table WIDTH="100%">
@@ -70,8 +77,8 @@
 	<li>VAX 4000/300 
 	</ul>
     </td>
-    <td WIDTH="50%">
 
+    <td WIDTH="50%">
 	<p>
 	<b>Projects being worked on:</b>
 	</p>
@@ -79,18 +86,26 @@
 	<ul>
 	<li>vaxstation 2000's hdc9224 (floppy/mfm hard disk controller)
 	<li>qbus tk50/tk70 tape drives
-	<li>shared libraries? good idea?
+	<li>shared libraries? eventually...
         <li>support for new systems as we obtain them
-	<li>graphics console support
-	<li>support for LCG or SPGFX framebuffers (if we can find programming info)
 	</ul>
+
+	<p>
+	<b>Documentation we're looking for:</b>
+	</p>
+
+	<ul>
+	<li>Programming info for LCG or SPGFX framebuffers
+	<li>Software references for DSSI or MSCP
+	<li>Any edition VARM
+	</ul>
  
 	<p>
 	<b>Known problems:</b>
 	</p>
 
 	<ul>
-	<li>optimizer bugs in gcc
+	<li>toolchain issues - overzealous gcc optimizer
 	<li>pmap - addressing limits
 	</ul>
     </td>
@@ -117,7 +132,7 @@
 <a href=plat.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a> 
 <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
 <br>
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