version 1.324, 2006/04/09 20:09:36 |
version 1.325, 2006/04/09 23:19:55 |
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<h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></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> |
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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 |
There are a number of reasons why developers need hardware, and it is important |
support for devices which are rare; other requests are for hardware that |
to first of all realize these reasons: |
will improve our development environment. In either case, we think we are |
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being reasonable at asking for these devices.<p> |
<li>To support a specific device, normally one which is more rare or new. |
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<li>To be part of their development environment |
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<li>Some types of machines may be different in some way |
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(ie. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers |
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write code more carefully. |
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<li>That said, space or power may be at a premium for some people |
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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 is better if developers develop, and skip the bidding process, |
time going through the bidding process, since any time saved can be |
since any time saved can be spent on improving OpenBSD instead.<p> |
spent on improving OpenBSD instead.<p> |
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Some regions of the world have a specific want list for that area. If you are |
If it is clear which specific developer should be contacted, please do |
in one of these regions, first check to see what developers close to you are in |
so directly. Otherwise contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> |
need of or want to work on support for. |
who will pass on the message to whichever developers are in need.<p> |
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Please be very clear as to where you are located!! For larger items this |
<li><a href="#au">Australia</a> |
can be very important. |
<li><a href="#n-eur">Northern Europe</a> |
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<li><a href="#n-sa">South America</a> |
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<h3><font color="#e00000">Additional Notes</font></h3> |
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<li>In each case, please contact |
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<a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> |
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before simply shipping hardware around. (So that we can decide where |
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the hardware needs to be shipped to).<p> |
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<li>As an extra incentive, Theo is willing to trade quantities of stickers |
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for some of these things.<p> |
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<li>When shipping over International borders, never use UPS regular service, |
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because they charge incredible fees for brokerage.<p> |
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<h3><font color="#e00000">The want list</font></h3> |
<h3><font color="#e00000">Specific developers to contact for various reasons</h3></font> |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Infrastructure requirements</font></h4> |
<li>miod@openbsd.org and martin@openbsd.org for "older hardware" in Europe. |
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<li>wvdputte@openbsd.org for shipping assistance inside Europe. |
<li>gigabit switches |
<li>deraadt@openbsd.org for any general offers or questions. |
<li>Really fast PC motherboard+CPU combinations. To increase our |
<li>jsg@openbsd.org for any new wireless equipment. |
development efforts on a continual basis, two of our x86 machines |
<li>brad@openbsd.org for any new/rare ethernet equipment. |
need to be upgraded about every 4-5 months. |
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<li>A small FDDI concentrator. |
If you do not get a response from these developers, please consider |
<li>Fairly large UPS (Calgary). |
contacting another developer. |
<li>Hardware RAID solutions. |
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<li>DLT backup changer. |
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<li>Brand new U2W or LVD 18GB or larger disk drives. |
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<li>AMD64 and i386 hardware, especially with multiple processors |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">PCI gear</font></h4> |
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<li>More Gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. |
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<li>Broadcom BCM570x based Gigabit ethernet |
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<li>3Com 3c996-T gigE NIC |
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<li>SysKonnect 9D21 gigE NIC |
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<li>Dell PowerEdge 2550 server with integrated BCM5700 |
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<li>Adaptec 7xxx-based PCI SCSI boards |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">USB 2.0 gear</font></h4> |
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<li>USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Disk Drive |
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<li>USB 2.0 CD Burner |
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<li>USB 2.0 Hub |
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<li>Any non umass USB 2.0 devices |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">USB gear</font></h4> |
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<li>Plantronics DSP-400 Headset (contact jolan@openbsd.org [USA]) |
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<li>USB Audio output devices |
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<li><em>Prism Based</em> USB 802.11B adapters. |
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<li>USB temperature sensors |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">PC Card (PCMCIA)</font></h4> |
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<li>Any CardBus cards, especially Ethernet and SCSI. |
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<li>Xircom RealPort 10/100 Ethernet + 56K modem + GSM. |
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<li>A couple Intel EtherExpress 10/100. |
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<li>ATA Flash cards. |
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<li>Any CompactFlash+ Ethernet adapters. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Alpha hardware</font></h4> |
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<li>Some alpha hardware in North America. |
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<li>We are especially looking for alphas better than the |
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Multia and axppci33 models. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Fibre Channel gear (contact marco@openbsd.org [USA])</font></h4> |
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<li>FC switches or hubs (including GBIC's) |
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<li>FC enclosures (with or without embedded RAID) |
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<li>FC HBA's |
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<li>FC HDD's |
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<li>FC cables copper & fiber optic |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">hp300 gear (contact millert@openbsd.org [USA] or |
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miod@openbsd.org [France])</font></h4> |
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<li>HP 9000/362 or 9000/382 (preferred) |
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<li>HP 9000/380 or 9000/385 (preferred) |
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<li>HP 9000/320 or 9000/350 (preferred) |
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<li>HP 9000/332 |
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<li>HP 98700 or 98710 Gatorbox frame buffer DIO-I card |
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<li>HP 98720 Renaissance frame buffer DIO-I card |
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<li>HP 98730 DaVinci frame buffer DIO-II card |
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<li>Any unsupported HIL device (audio module, dials, knobs, quadrature...) |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">hpcmips gear (contact jolan@openbsd.org |
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[USA])</font></h4> |
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<li>IBM Workpad z50 w/48MB RAM |
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<li>High capacity microdrive (>=1GB) |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">HPPA gear (contact mickey@openbsd.org [Europe])</font></h4> |
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<h3><font color="#e00000">General device requirements.</h3></font> |
<li>HP 9000 A500 (rp2450/rp2470), J6000, J6700, J6750, rp3410/rp3440 (preferably dual- or quad-CPU) |
We try to spread these types of devices around our development community. |
<li>8G or somesuch insane amount of RAM for the above-mentioned machines (120MHz ECC SDRAM) |
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<li>Hitachi 3050RX/200, 3050RX/10C |
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<li>HP 9000/712 multiprotocol interface card (HP A4015A) |
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<li>HP 9000/712 2nd graphics w/ 2nd LAN card (HP A4212A) |
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<li>HP 9000/712 IEEE488 card |
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(<a href="http://www.tamsinc.com/hpib/50488.htm">TAMS 50488</a>) |
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<li>Any unsupported HIL device (audio module, dials, knobs, quadrature...) |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">i386 gear</font></h4> |
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<li>Some sort of x86 In-Circuit-Emulator, for debugging really hard bugs. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">ia64 gear</font></h4> |
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<li>Any Itanium 2-based machine, preferrably with an Intel chipset (Europe). |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">OMRON Luna gear (contact aoyama@openbsd.org |
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[Japan] and miod@openbsd.org [France])</font></h4> |
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<li>Luna-88K or Luna-88K2 systems. |
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<li>On-board specific I/O processor and related devices (serial ports, |
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floppy interface...) documentation. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Motorola mvme68k/mvme88k gear (contact |
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miod@openbsd.org [France])</font></h4> |
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<li>MC88110 Second Generation RISC Microprocessor User's Manual (MC88110UM), |
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in printed or electronic form. |
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<li>88Open ELF ABI specification. |
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<li>MVME180 <i>``Angelfire''</i> board. |
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<li>MVME181 board. |
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<li>MVME187 board (Canada). |
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<li>MVME330 Ethernet board. |
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<li>MVME339 Ethernet documentation. |
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<li>Any type of VME 6U chassis. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">PowerPC hardware (contact drahn@openbsd.org [USA])</font></h4> |
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<li>Apple G4 tower machine. |
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<li>Power Mac G5 system. |
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<li>iBook system. |
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<li>Programmer Reference Guides on any recent Apple hardware. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Sparc and Sparc64 gear</font></h4> |
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<li>SparcStation 20. |
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<li>UltraSPARC-III based machine (like Blade 1000) |
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<li>Some PCI ultrasparc machines. |
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<li>Sun Ultra 10 memory, preferably 256MB kits (X7032A) or 512MB kits (X7033A). |
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<li>SparcStation 20 motherboard. |
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<li>SBUS fas fast-wide SCSI card (hme or non-hme card). |
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<li>SBUS pcmcia adapters (using STP4020 or similar chipset). |
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<li>SBUS "xbox" sbus expander. |
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<li>More very fast hypersparc modules. |
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<li>P4 cgfour frame buffer. |
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<li>VME cgeight frame buffer. |
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<li>TGX+ frame buffer. |
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<li>"CompactPCI" chassis for SPARCengine CP1500 (preferably with rear slot & 1 standard PCI; without H.110) |
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<li>Sun CompactPCI XCP-TRN I/O card |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">VAX gear (contact hugh@openbsd.org [Canada] and bjc@openbsd.org [USA])</font></h4> |
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<li><b>Any Fast VAX:</b> We do native builds! |
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<li><b>A VAXstation 4000/90 machine (or just its motherboard)</b> in Europe. |
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<li><b>QBUS Cards:</b> DELQA, KFQSA, DZ-11, DL-11, CMD CQD-443, CXY-08, CXA-16, etc. |
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<li><b>DSSI Drives:</b> RF35 or RF36 in BA440 ISE (or bare). |
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<li><b>SCSI Drives:</b> We need single ended drives 2GB or larger. |
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<li><b>IDE/ATA Drives:</b> A large IDE drive would be useful. |
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<li><b>Misc Cables:</b> MMJ serial, BC21M DSSI, short 50 pin amphenol SCSI cable. |
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<li><b>Memory:</b> 2 MS40-BA kits (8MB VLC), 3 MS44L-BA (8MB MicroVAX 3100) |
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<li><b>Any unsupported VAX hardware!</b> |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Miscellaneous</font></h4> |
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<li>Any Ultra, Ultra/Wide, LVD SE SCSI drives. We need these to further |
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SCSI driver development. Please, please, please! |
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<li>Any Ultra, Ultra/Wide, LVD SE SCSI cables. Internal and External. |
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Also needed for new SCSI driver development. |
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<li>External MII (PHY) interface (HPDB40 connector) |
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<li>A MIDI playback device, so that the MIDI support can be kept solid. |
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<li>Any spare IDE/ATAPI devices people might have. It's a mess, |
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and high quality software requires that we have PLENTY of test |
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devices in use! |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Documentation</font></h4> |
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<li>POSIX.1 specifications document (purchased from IETF). |
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<li>Any other major relevant Unix standards document (i.e. XPG, Unix99, etc) |
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<h3><font color="#e00000">Want list for Australia (contact jsg@openbsd.org |
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or djm@openbsd.org)</font></h3> |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Sparc64 gear</font></h4> |
<li>Laptops. These die often enough that our developers need about 2-3 |
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replacements a year. |
<li>UltraSPARC machine with PCI. |
<li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment. |
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<li>Faster & smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount machines. |
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<li>Gigabit switches |
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<li>Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available |
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<li>Other devices |
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<li>We generally do not need older and "very common" ISA/PCI equipment, since |
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our developers will generally have gotten their hands on these in the |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Wireless gear</font></h4> |
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<li>CardBus ADMtek ADM8211 (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atw&arch=i386&sektion=4">atw</a>) |
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<li>Atmel AT76C50x USB wireless device (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atu&arch=i386&sektion=4">atu</a>) |
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<li>PCI to CardBus adapter |
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<li>PCI to Mini-PCI adapter |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Networking</font></h4> |
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<li>Managed 802.1x and VLAN capable switch (preferably HP) |
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<li>PCI Express to ExpressCard adapter |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Storage</font></h4> |
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<li>Three (matched) 18Gb+ Ultra160 SCSI hard drives |
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<li>SATA drive |
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<h3><font color="#e00000">Want list for Northern Europe (contact niklas@openbsd.org [Sweden])</font></h3> |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">SMP hardware</font></h4> |
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<li>SMP-capable i386 motherboards with or without CPUs. |
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<li>Intel CPUs in matching pair or more. |
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<li>SMP-capable alpha computers. |
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<li>SMP-capable sparc computers. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Storage</font></h4> |
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<li>Large (20-30 GB) laptop IDE disks. |
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<li>Wide, Ultra-wide and Ultra2, & Ultra160 LVD SCSI disks. |
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<li>Large SCSI tape device (>30GB uncompressed), preferably with a |
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changer. |
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<li>UW/LVD SCSI cables. |
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<li>Unsupported hardware RAID cards. |
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<li>External disk enclosures, preferrably rack-mountable. |
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Hot-swap functionality is yet a bonus. |
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<li>Any kind of RAM, SIMMs & DIMMs are always useful. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Network</font></h4> |
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<li>1000baseSX GBIC |
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<li>HP 4000M Gigabit ethernet modules, both 1000baseSX and copper |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Miscellaneous</font></h4> |
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<li>A 19" rack in the vicinity of Gothenburg. |
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<li>Rack-mountable cases accepting regular AT or ATX motherboards. |
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<li>A small UPS. |
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<li>Electronic console switch. |
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<h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices needed by specific developers</h3></font> |
<h3><font color="#e00000">Want list for South America (contact fgsch@openbsd.org [Argentina] or pedro@openbsd.org [Brazil])</font></h3> |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">VAX gear</font></h4> |
<li>i386 laptop needed in Toronto. Contact brad@openbsd.org |
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<li>i386 Laptop needed in Dominica. Contact joris@openbsd.org |
<li>Any Fast VAX. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Sparc gear</font></h4> |
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<li>SS20 VSIMM. |
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<li>Floppy drive. |
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<li>Any supported Sparc hardware. |
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<li>A Sun-compatible SCSI CD-Rom drive for an Ultra 1. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">PCMCIA</font></h4> |
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<li>Any xe(4) 10/100 card. |
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<li><h4><font color="#0000e0">Infrastructure</font></h4> |
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<li>A 100Mbit hub. |
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<li>Any x86 mobo with CPU. |
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<li>Any non-i386 gear (Brazil). |
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