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<h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></h2>
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The following list outlines hardware that the OpenBSD project could use.
There are a number of reasons why developers need hardware, and it is important
to first of all realize these reasons:
<ul>
<li>To support a specific device, normally one which is more rare or new.
<li>To be part of their development environment
<li>Some types of machines may be different in some way
    (ie. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers
    write code more carefully.
<li>That said, space or power may be at a premium for some people
</ul>
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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
you do the bidding and then get the device shipped to us, it really
helps us.  It is better if developers develop, and skip the bidding process,
since any time saved can be spent on improving OpenBSD instead.<p>

If it is clear which specific developer should be contacted, please do
so directly.  Otherwise contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>
who will pass on the message to whichever developers are in need.<p>

Please be very clear as to where you are located!!  For larger items this
can be very important.

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<h3><font color="#e00000">Specific developers to contact for various reasons</font></h3>
<ul>
<li>miod@openbsd.org and martin@openbsd.org for "older hardware" in Europe.
<li>wvdputte@openbsd.org for shipping assistance inside Europe.
<li>deraadt@openbsd.org for any general offers or questions.
<li>jsg@openbsd.org for any new wireless equipment.
<li>brad@openbsd.org for any new/rare ethernet equipment.
</ul>
If you do not get a response from these developers, please consider
contacting another developer.
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<h3><font color="#e00000">General device requirements.</font></h3>
We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.
<ul>
<li>A few 1U 1Gbit switches with many ports
<li>A 10Gbit switch so we can support 10Gbit one day
<li>Laptops.  These die often enough that our developers need about 2-3
    replacements a year.
<li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
<li>Faster &amp; smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount machines
<li>Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available
<li>Narrow SCSI disk drives of 2GB or more.
<li>Other devices
<li>We generally do not need older and "very common" ISA/PCI equipment, since
    our developers will generally have gotten their hands on these in the
    past.
</ul>
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<h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices needed by specific developers</font></h3>
<ul>
<li>PCI Express to ExpressCard adapter
    (ie <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815114009">
      SUNIX PTE1414</a>,
    <a href="http://www.sunrichtech.com.hk/assign.asp?keyid=bg1">
      Sunsway/ST-Lab I-300</a>)
    needed for driver development in Melbourne.  Contact jsg@openbsd.org
<li>Agere ET130 based Gigabit Ethernet card
    (ie <a href="http://www.sunrichtech.com.hk/assign.asp?keyid=bg10">
      Sunsway/ST-Lab N-260</a>)
    required in Melbourne to write a driver for it.  Contact jsg@openbsd.org
<li>A PCI bus analyser would be really useful for working on undocumented hardware,
    required in Melbourne, contact jsg@openbsd.org
<li>ThinkPad Dock II or Port Replicator II to aid kernel debugging on
    a T42 ThinkPad which has no serial otherwise, needed in Melbourne.
    Contact jsg@openbsd.org
<li>An WPA/WPA2 and 802.1x capable wireless access point in Melbourne
    (preferably 802.11a capable too).  Contact djm@openbsd.org
<li>A Via C7 or similar system that supports the Padlock crypto instructions
    in Melbourne.  Contact djm@openbsd.org
<li>CompactFlash GPRS card such as the Audiovox RTM-8000D needed in Madison, WI.
    Contact jolan@openbsd.org
<li>umodem(4) based EVDO device needed in Madison, WI.
    Contact jolan@openbsd.org
<li>Elan Digital Systems U132 USB -&gt; Cardbus Adapter needed in Madison, WI.
    Contact jolan@openbsd.org
<li>A fast, supported hppa workstation (preferable an HP C360) needed in
    the Netherlands.  Contact kettenis@openbsd.org
<li>An amd64 machine needed for RAID development in Brisbane, Australia.
    Preferably a Sun x4100 or x4200. Contact dlg@openbsd.org
<li>An HP 8 Internal Port SAS Host Bus Adapter with RAID. Contact
    dlg@openbsd.org
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&amp;sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
    and
    <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&amp;sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
    RAID cards for bio and bioctl development needed in Austin, Texas, USA.
    Contact marco@openbsd.org
<li>Fast machine with PCIe bus for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mfi&amp;sektion=4">mfi(4)</a> development.  Contact marco@openbsd.org
<li>DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
    Contact miod@openbsd.org
<li>Several developers need SDIO (any function) and SD/MMC memory cards.
    Contact uwe@openbsd.org
<li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and GPS receivers that provide a PPS
    signal for
    <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nmea&amp;sektion=4">nmea(4)</a>
    development and a Leunig NeoClock (4X NTP) radio clock in Basel,
    Switzerland.  Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org.
<li>A very fast i386 machine (3GHz and up) for ports development and
    ports testing needed in Hamburg, Germany. Contact bernd@openbsd.org
<li>An Option Globetrotter HSDPA/UMTS card and newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/
    UMTS cards (Merlin U730, U740 and U870) needed for driver development in 
    Oldenburg, Germany. Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
<li>A UPS is needed for multi-architecture infrastructure in Central USA.
    Contact drahn@openbsd.org
<li>73GB+ scsi drives needed in Windsor, Canada. Contact gwk@openbsd.org
<li>USB/RS-232 adapter based on Cypress 7C63743 and/or 7C64013 for hacking on
    <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ucycom&amp;sektion=4">ucycom(4)</a> needed in Washington DC area.  Contact jason@openbsd.org
<li>UltraSparc-III workstation (ie. Blade 1000) in the Netherlands.
    Contact kettenis@openbsd.org
<li>A recent Marvell/SysKonnect PCI-X GigE NIC for hacking on
    <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&amp;sektion=4">msk(4)</a> needed in the Netherlands.  Contact kettenis@openbsd.org
<li>A Sun Cassini (GigaSwift) NIC needed in the Netherlands.
    Contact kettenis@openbsd.org
<li>SCSI tape changers (libraries) for hacking on 
    <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ch&amp;sektion=4">
    ch(4),</a>
    <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&amp;sektion=4">
    st(4)</a>
    and related utilities needed in Alberta, Canada. Contact
    beck@openbsd.org.
<li>A high capacity battery (HLI-C3000) for Zaurus needed in France.
	Contact aanriot@openbsd.org
<li>PATA/SATA drives needed for ATA development in Moscow, Russia
    or really anywhere else in Western Europe.
    Contact grange@openbsd.org
<li>A fast Alpha machine (preferably a AlphaServer DS20L) needed in Vienna,
    Austria.  Contact martin@openbsd.org
<li>A couple of SATA Hard drives for use with armish machines which come
    with no drives.
    Contact drahn@openbsd.org
<li>A switch with at least one 1000SX fiber port needed in the Netherlands.
    Contact kettenis@openbsd.org
<li>An IBM Thinkpad T42 (or equivalent) for ACPI development.
    Contact marco@openbsd.org
</ul>
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<h2><font color="#e00000">Sofware wanted</font></h2>
<ul>
<li>Licences for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
    software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
    to try and make sure it can be installed seamlesly through the ports
    tree.
    Contact espie@openbsd.org
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