Subject: Re: Sun i386?
To: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@cs.orst.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 04/20/1994 23:29:04
On Wed, 20 Apr 94 21:29:12 EDT 
 gwr@jericho.mc.com (Gordon W. Ross) wrote:

 > > From: bdc@ai.mit.edu (Brian D. Carlstrom)
 > > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 12:19:03 EDT
 > > 
 > > has anyone looked at using the sunos compatibility to run sun binaries
 > > on NetBSD/i386. it seems like it would be a logic extension, not that i
 > > see that much demand.
 > 
 > > From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@cs.orst.edu>
 > > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 12:33:20 PDT
 > > Sender: owner-current-users@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu
 > > Precedence: bulk
 > > 
 > > I have often thought about the possibility of doing a _REAL_ port to the 
 > > 386i.  From what I can tell, it would involve doing mostly some bus 
 > > stuff.  Not to mention, we have a few laying around turned off...
 > > 
 > > Later...
 > 
 > I would be interested working on a port to the Sun386i, though it
 > would be a while before I could put time into it.  Let me know if
 > you decide to get started on it.
 > 
 > It would be more interesting if the machine wasn't such a dog.
 > I wonder, could one repace the CPU with a 386-40/DX2 (one of
 > those clock doubler chips)?  Hmmm...

hmmm...interesting, but i doubt it...

right now i'm knee deep in another port (to a multi-processor machine), 
so...i don't have time to crank out code for another architecture right 
now...i'll keep you posted on what i do with sun 386i, though (if i ever 
get to it :-] )

later...

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