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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.
1.12      ericj      25: </p>
                     26:
                     27: <p>
1.15    ! hugh       28: OpenBSD is currently known to run on these vax models:
1.12      ericj      29: </p>
                     30:
                     31: <ul>
                     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
1.12      ericj      38: </ul>
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                     40: <p>
1.15    ! hugh       41: SCSI should be working on the following:
1.12      ericj      42: </p>
                     43:
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>
        !            50:
1.12      ericj      51: <p>
                     52: Projects being worked on:
                     53: </p>
                     54:
                     55: <ul>
                     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>
1.12      ericj      61: </ul>
                     62:
                     63: <p>
1.15    ! hugh       64: Known problems:
        !            65: </p>
        !            66:
        !            67: <ul>
        !            68: <li>optimizer bugs in gcc
        !            69: <li>intermittent lance ethernet timeouts
        !            70: <li>some signal delivery problems
        !            71: </ul>
        !            72:
        !            73: <p>
        !            74: The current release OpenBSD/vax is 2.8; however, snapshots will be made from time to time.
1.12      ericj      75: </p>
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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>.
                     79: </p>
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