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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