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| <h2><font color=#e00000>Hardware wanted</font><hr></h2> |
<h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></h2> |
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| <h3><font color=#e00000>Why do we want your old hardware?</font></h3> |
<h3><font color="#e00000">Why do we want your old hardware?</font></h3> |
| <p> |
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| The following list outlines hardware that the OpenBSD project could use. |
The following list outlines hardware that the OpenBSD project could use. |
| Some of this is being requested so that developers can improve or add driver |
Some of this is being requested so that developers can improve or add driver |
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| being reasonable at asking for these devices.<p> |
being reasonable at asking for these devices.<p> |
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| If you do not own these devices, but want to help us, we recommend you |
If you do not own these devices, but want to help us, we recommend you |
| search on <a href=http://www.ebay.com>eBay</a> for the devices. If |
search on <a href="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</a> for the devices. If |
| you do the bidding and then get the device shipped to us, it really |
you do the bidding and then get the device shipped to us, it really |
| helps us. It's much better if our developers do not need to spend the |
helps us. It's much better if our developers do not need to spend the |
| time going through the bidding process, since any time saved can be |
time going through the bidding process, since any time saved can be |
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| As a reasonably large quantity of OpenBSD developers and users are in northern |
As a reasonably large quantity of OpenBSD developers and users are in northern |
| Europe we have setup a specific want list for that area. If you are in that |
Europe we have setup a specific want list for that area. If you are in that |
| region, go <a href=#n-eur>here</a> first to check what developers close |
region, go <a href="#n-eur">here</a> first to check what developers close |
| to you are in need of or want to work on support for. |
to you are in need of or want to work on support for. |
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| <h3><font color=#e00000>Additional Notes</font></h3> |
<h3><font color="#e00000">Additional Notes</font></h3> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <dl> |
<ul> |
| <li>In each case, please contact |
<li>In each case, please contact |
| <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a> |
<a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> |
| before simply shipping hardware around. (So that we can decide where |
before simply shipping hardware around. (So that we can decide where |
| the hardware needs to be shipped to).<p> |
the hardware needs to be shipped to).<p> |
| <li>As an extra incentive, Theo is willing to trade quantities of stickers |
<li>As an extra incentive, Theo is willing to trade quantities of stickers |
| for some of these things.<p> |
for some of these things.<p> |
| <li>When shipping over International borders, never use UPS regular service, |
<li>When shipping over International borders, never use UPS regular service, |
| because they charge incredible fees for brokerage.<p> |
because they charge incredible fees for brokerage.<p> |
| </dl> |
</ul> |
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| <hr> |
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| <h3><font color=#e00000>The want list</font></h3> |
<h3><font color="#e00000">The want list</font></h3> |
| <dl> |
<ul> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Alpha hardware</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Alpha hardware</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>Some alpha hardware in North America. |
<li>Some alpha hardware in North America. |
| <li>We are especially looking for alphas better than the |
<li>We are especially looking for alphas better than the |
| Multia and axppci33 models. |
Multia and axppci33 models. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>i386 gear</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">i386 gear</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>Some sort of x86 In-Circuit-Emulator, for debugging really hard bugs. |
<li>Some sort of x86 In-Circuit-Emulator, for debugging really hard bugs. |
| <li>BT445S VL SCSI card. |
<li>BT445S VL SCSI card. |
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| AT&T StarLAN 10, AT&T EN100) |
AT&T StarLAN 10, AT&T EN100) |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Sparc gear</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Sparc gear</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>SS20. |
<li>SS20. |
| <li>UltraSPARC-III based machine (like Blade 1000) |
<li>UltraSPARC-III based machine (like Blade 1000) |
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| <li>Two power supplies for "Aurora" chassis (SS 4/5/20) |
<li>Two power supplies for "Aurora" chassis (SS 4/5/20) |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>PCI gear</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">PCI gear</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>More Gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. |
<li>More Gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. |
| <li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nge&sektion=4">nge</a> based gigabit ethernet adapters: |
<li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nge&sektion=4">nge</a> based gigabit ethernet adapters: |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX) |
<li>SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX) |
| <li>Asante FriendlyNet GigaNIX 1000TA and 1000TPC |
<li>Asante FriendlyNet GigaNIX 1000TA and 1000TPC |
| <li>Addrton AEG320T |
<li>Addrton AEG320T |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <li>Level1 LXT1001 based Gigabit ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lge&sektion=4">lge</a>) |
<li>Level1 LXT1001 based Gigabit ethernet (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lge&sektion=4">lge</a>) |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>D-Link DGE-500SX |
<li>D-Link DGE-500SX |
| <li>SMC 9462SX |
<li>SMC 9462SX |
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| <li>Initio PCI SCSI cards |
<li>Initio PCI SCSI cards |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>USB 2.0 gear</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">USB 2.0 gear</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Disk Drive |
<li>USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Disk Drive |
| <li>USB 2.0 CD Burner |
<li>USB 2.0 CD Burner |
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| <li>Any non umass USB 2.0 devices |
<li>Any non umass USB 2.0 devices |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>USB gear</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">USB gear</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>USB KVM switch |
<li>USB KVM switch |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>PC Card (PCMCIA)</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">PC Card (PCMCIA)</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>Any CardBus cards, especially Ethernet and SCSI. |
<li>Any CardBus cards, especially Ethernet and SCSI. |
| <li>A number of ISA->PCMCIA and PCI->CardBus bridge cards. |
<li>A number of ISA->PCMCIA and PCI->CardBus bridge cards. |
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| <a href="http://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_08.html"> |
<a href="http://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_08.html"> |
| PCI->PCMCIA adapters</a> |
PCI->PCMCIA adapters</a> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Infrastructure requirements</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Infrastructure requirements</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>A gigabit switch |
<li>A gigabit switch |
| <li>Really fast PC motherboard+cpu combinations. To increase our |
<li>Really fast PC motherboard+cpu combinations. To increase our |
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| <li>2 or 3 brand new U2W or LVD 9GB or larger disk drives. |
<li>2 or 3 brand new U2W or LVD 9GB or larger disk drives. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Amiga gear (contact espie@openbsd.org [France])</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Amiga gear (contact espie@openbsd.org [France])</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>Amiga 68060 card, fit for an A2000 or A3000, preferably with fast SCSI |
<li>Amiga 68060 card, fit for an A2000 or A3000, preferably with fast SCSI |
| and slots for cheap memory. |
and slots for cheap memory. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>HPPA gear (contact mickey@openbsd.org [USA])</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">HPPA gear (contact mickey@openbsd.org [USA])</font></h4> |
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| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>HP 9000 A180C,B180L,C180L |
<li>HP 9000 A180C,B180L,C180L |
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| (<a href="http://www.tamsinc.com/hpib/50488.htm">TAMS 50488</a>) |
(<a href="http://www.tamsinc.com/hpib/50488.htm">TAMS 50488</a>) |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Motorola mvme68k/mvme88k gear (contact |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Motorola mvme68k/mvme88k gear (contact |
| smurph@openbsd.org [USA] or miod@openbsd.org [France])</font></h4> |
smurph@openbsd.org [USA] or miod@openbsd.org [France])</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>MVME327 SCSI VME Board plus documentation. |
<li>MVME327 SCSI VME Board plus documentation. |
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| <li>1 to 4 gig Non-Wide SCSI drives. (These would help enormously) |
<li>1 to 4 gig Non-Wide SCSI drives. (These would help enormously) |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>PowerPC hardware (contact drahn@openbsd.org [USA])</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">PowerPC hardware (contact drahn@openbsd.org [USA])</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>512MB 133MHz memory modules for newer G4 machines. |
<li>512MB 133MHz memory modules for newer G4 machines. |
| <li>Apple G4 Server configuration machine. |
<li>Apple G4 Server configuration machine. |
|
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| <li>Any 603, 604, or 750 based IBM RS6000 machine. |
<li>Any 603, 604, or 750 based IBM RS6000 machine. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Sun3 gear (contact miod@openbsd.org [France])</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Sun3 gear (contact miod@openbsd.org [France])</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>sun 3/110 motherboard (501-1134) |
<li>sun 3/110 motherboard (501-1134) |
| <li>VME ethernet cards. |
<li>VME ethernet cards. |
|
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| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <a name="vax"></a> |
<a name="vax"></a> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>VAX gear (contact hugh@openbsd.org [Canada] and bjc@openbsd.org [USA])</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">VAX gear (contact hugh@openbsd.org [Canada] and bjc@openbsd.org [USA])</font></h4> |
| |
|
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li><b>Any Fast VAX:</b> We do native builds! |
<li><b>Any Fast VAX:</b> We do native builds! |
|
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| <li><b>Any unsupported VAX hardware!</b> |
<li><b>Any unsupported VAX hardware!</b> |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>ISAPNP cards</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">ISAPNP cards</font></h4> |
| We want as many as possible, so that our ISAPNP support can become |
We want as many as possible, so that our ISAPNP support can become |
| very rock-solid. All sorts wanted, including:<p> |
very rock-solid. All sorts wanted, including:<p> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
|
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| <li>CSxxx audio card, that definitely has MIDI support. |
<li>CSxxx audio card, that definitely has MIDI support. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Miscellaneous</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Miscellaneous</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>Any Ultra, Ultra/Wide, LVD SE SCSI drives. We need these to further |
<li>Any Ultra, Ultra/Wide, LVD SE SCSI drives. We need these to further |
| SCSI driver development. Please, please, please! |
SCSI driver development. Please, please, please! |
|
|
| devices in use! |
devices in use! |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Documentation</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Documentation</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>POSIX.1 specifications document (purchased from IETF). |
<li>POSIX.1 specifications document (purchased from IETF). |
| <li>Any other major relevant Unix standards document (i.e. XPG, Unix99, etc) |
<li>Any other major relevant Unix standards document (i.e. XPG, Unix99, etc) |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| </dl> |
</ul> |
| |
|
| <a name=n-eur></a> |
<a name=n-eur></a> |
| <h3><font color=#e00000>Want list for Northern Europe (contact niklas@openbsd.org [Sweden])</font></h3> |
<h3><font color="#e00000">Want list for Northern Europe (contact niklas@openbsd.org [Sweden])</font></h3> |
| <dl> |
<ul> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>SMP hardware</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">SMP hardware</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>SMP-capable i386 motherboards with or without CPUs. |
<li>SMP-capable i386 motherboards with or without CPUs. |
| <li>Intel CPUs in matching pair or more. |
<li>Intel CPUs in matching pair or more. |
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| <li>SMP-capable sparc computers. |
<li>SMP-capable sparc computers. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Storage</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Storage</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>Large (20-30 GB) laptop IDE disks. |
<li>Large (20-30 GB) laptop IDE disks. |
| <li>Wide, Ultra-wide and Ultra2, & Ultra160 LVD SCSI disks. |
<li>Wide, Ultra-wide and Ultra2, & Ultra160 LVD SCSI disks. |
|
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| <li>Any kind of RAM, SIMMs & DIMMs are always useful. |
<li>Any kind of RAM, SIMMs & DIMMs are always useful. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>PCMCIA & Cardbus</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">PCMCIA & Cardbus</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>ISA-PCMCIA & PCI-Cardbus bridge cards</li> |
<li>ISA-PCMCIA & PCI-Cardbus bridge cards</li> |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Network</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Network</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>Other than Alteon Tigon based NIC(s). |
<li>Other than Alteon Tigon based NIC(s). |
| <li>Other than Netgear gigabit switch. |
<li>Other than Netgear gigabit switch. |
|
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| <li>IEEE 802.11b base station. |
<li>IEEE 802.11b base station. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Miscellaneous</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Miscellaneous</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>A 19" rack in the vicinity of Gothenburg. |
<li>A 19" rack in the vicinity of Gothenburg. |
| <li>Rack-mountable cases accepting regular AT or ATX motherboards. |
<li>Rack-mountable cases accepting regular AT or ATX motherboards. |
|
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| <li>Electronic console switch. |
<li>Electronic console switch. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| </dl> |
</ul> |
| |
|
| <a name=n-sa></a> |
<a name=n-sa></a> |
| <h3><font color=#e00000>Want list for South America (contact fgsch@openbsd.org [Argentina])</font></h3> |
<h3><font color="#e00000">Want list for South America (contact fgsch@openbsd.org [Argentina])</font></h3> |
| <dl> |
<ul> |
| <p> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">VAX gear</font></h4> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>VAX gear</font></h4> |
|
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>Any Fast VAX. |
<li>Any Fast VAX. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Sparc gear</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Sparc gear</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>SS20 VSIMM. |
<li>SS20 VSIMM. |
| <li>Floppy drive. |
<li>Floppy drive. |
| <li>Any supported Sparc hardware. |
<li>Any supported Sparc hardware. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>PCMCIA</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">PCMCIA</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>PCI-PCMCIA & PCI-Cardbus bridge cards. |
<li>PCI-PCMCIA & PCI-Cardbus bridge cards. |
| <li>Any xe(4) 10/100 card. |
<li>Any xe(4) 10/100 card. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Token Ring</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Token Ring</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>Any token ring cards. |
<li>Any token ring cards. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <li><h4><font color=#0000e0>Infrastructure</font></h4> |
<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Infrastructure</font></h4> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>A 100Mbit hub. |
<li>A 100Mbit hub. |
| <li>Any x86 mobo with cpu. |
<li>Any x86 mobo with cpu. |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| </dl> |
</ul> |
| |
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| <hr> |
<hr> |
| |
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| <h3><font color=#e00000>Previously Donated</font></h3> |
<h3><font color="#e00000">Previously Donated</font></h3> |
| Since this web page was created in Oct, 1998, people have donated the |
Since this web page was created in Oct, 1998, people have donated the |
| following items which we requested here. Those people are listed in |
following items which we requested here. Those people are listed in |
| the ranks of our <a href=donations.html>donations page</a>. Thanks! |
the ranks of our <a href="donations.html">donations page</a>. Thanks! |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>SBUS qec+qe Ethernet card |
<li>SBUS qec+qe Ethernet card |
|
|
| <li>fast-wide differential SCSI cable. |
<li>fast-wide differential SCSI cable. |
| <li>ISAPNP modem. |
<li>ISAPNP modem. |
| <li>Weird ISAPNP sound card with IDE connector. |
<li>Weird ISAPNP sound card with IDE connector. |
| <li>SM81-1 (partial donation from <a href=http://www.memoryx.com>MemoryX</a> |
<li>SM81-1 (partial donation from <a href="http://www.memoryx.com">MemoryX</a> |
| (they reduced the price for OpenBSD) |
(they reduced the price for OpenBSD) |
| <li>MVME172 Single Board Computer. (68060 processor) |
<li>MVME172 Single Board Computer. (68060 processor) |
| <li>MVME177 Single Board Computer. (68060 processor) |
<li>MVME177 Single Board Computer. (68060 processor) |
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| </ul> |
</ul> |
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