Annotation of www/vax.html, Revision 1.15
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1.1 deraadt 15: <h2>OpenBSD/vax</h2>
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18: <h3><strong>History and Status:</strong></h3>
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1.12 ericj 20: <p>
1.15 ! hugh 21: OpenBSD/vax is currently working on expansion of the supported hardware,
! 22: enhanced instruction emulation, graphics console support, and shared
! 23: libraries. The architecture specific code is largely based on the NetBSD/vax
! 24: port with the end result being a very comfortable and familiar OpenBSD environment.
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1.15 ! hugh 28: OpenBSD is currently known to run on these vax models:
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32: <li>vaxstation/microvax 2000
33: <li>vaxstation 3100/20
1.15 ! hugh 34: <li>vaxstation 3100/76
! 35: <li>vaxstation 4000/60
1.12 ericj 36: <li>microvax 3300
1.15 ! hugh 37: <li>vax 4000/300
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1.15 ! hugh 41: SCSI should be working on the following:
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1.15 ! hugh 44: <ul>
! 45: <li>microvax 3300
! 46: <li>vaxstation 4000/60
! 47: <li>vaxstation 4000/vlc?
! 48: <li>most 3100 series vaxstations and microvaxes
! 49: </ul>
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1.12 ericj 51: <p>
52: Projects being worked on:
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56: <li>vaxstation 2000's hdc9224 (floppy/mfm hard disk controller)
57: <li>qbus tk50/tk70 tape drives
1.15 ! hugh 58: <li>more flexible install options
1.12 ericj 59: <li>shac dssi support
1.15 ! hugh 60: <li>VAX 4000-10X support <a href="want.html#vax">(docs and hardware sought)</a>
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1.15 ! hugh 64: Known problems:
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! 67: <ul>
! 68: <li>optimizer bugs in gcc
! 69: <li>intermittent lance ethernet timeouts
! 70: <li>some signal delivery problems
! 71: </ul>
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! 74: The current release OpenBSD/vax is 2.8; however, snapshots will be made from time to time.
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1.13 ericj 77: <p>
78: The OpenBSD/vax port maintainer is <a href=mailto:bjc@cvs.openbsd.org>Brandon Creighton</a>.
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