| How about a 'dmesg' output from one of these beasties?  How about
 | a dhrystones benchmark or something maybe?  I can't believe I'm the
 | only curious one. :-)

My NEC MCR-500's output.
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UCHIYAMA Yasushi
uch@nop.or.jp 

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NetBSD 1.4K (GENERIC) #0: Fri Sep 17 01:54:43 JST 1999
    uch@pdp11.rfe.nop.or.jp:/usr/work/syssrc990917/sys/arch/hpcmips/compile/GENERIC
NEC VR4111 rev0.0
total memory = 32768 KB
avail memory = 28368 KB
using 435 buffers containing 1740 KB of memory
../../../../arch/hpcmips/vr/vr.c(159): vr_bus_reset() not implemented.
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: cpu0: NEC VR4100 CPU Rev. 5.0 with software emulated floating point Rev. 0.0
cpu0: L1 cache: 16kb/16b Instruction, 8kb/16b Data, direct mapped
cpu0: No L2 cache
fb0 at mainbus0: 640x240, 256 colors: NWSDISPLAY=1
wsdisplay0 at fb0
../../../../arch/hpcmips/dev/fb.c(342): fb_alloc_screen()
wsdisplay0: screen 0 added (std, vt100 emulation)
../../../../arch/hpcmips/dev/fb.c(369): fb_show_screen()
../../../../arch/hpcmips/dev/fb.c(342): fb_alloc_screen()
vrip0 at mainbus0
vrcmu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb000060-0xb00007f
vrgiu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb000100-0xb00011f intr 8vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[8] level2 mask:.......................|.|||..||
Output-port:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;;;,;;;;;;;;;;;;|..|.|...|....||.|...||.........
gpbus0 at vrgiu0 comctrl=14 button=[-1 4 6 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1]
vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[8] level2 mask:................................
vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[8] level2 mask:...........................|....
com0 at vrip0 addr 0xc000000-0xc000007 intr 9: ns16550a, working fifo
com0: console
vrip_intr_setmask2:
vrrtc0 at vrip0 addr 0xb0000c0-0xb0000df intr 2vrip_intr_setmask2:

vrbcu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb000000-0xb00001f
vrkiu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb000180-0xb00019f intr 7vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[7] level2 mask:.............||.
vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[7] level2 mask:................

vrpmu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb0000a0-0xb0000bf intr 1vrip_intr_setmask2:

vrisab0 at vrgiu0:ISA port 0x14000000-0x18000000 mem 0x10000000-0x20000000
isa0 at vrisab0
pcic0 at isa0 port 0x3e0-0x3e1 iomem 0x70000-0x73fff irq 589827
pcic0: controller 0 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has sockets A and B
pcic0: controller 1 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has socket A only
ISA IRQ 3 -> GPIO port 9
vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[8] level2 mask:.........................|.|....
pcmcia0 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 0
pcmcia0: CIS version PCMCIA 2.0 or 2.1
pcmcia0: CIS info: Adaptec, Inc., APA-1460 SCSI Host Adapter, Version 0.01
pcmcia0: Manufacturer code 0x12f, product 0x2
pcmcia0: function 0: unspecified, ccr addr 2000 mask 1
pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 9: I/O card; irq mask 1e00; iomask a, iospace 340; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 8: I/O card; irq mask 1e00; iomask a, iospace 140; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
aic0 at pcmcia0 function 0 port 0x340-0x35f: Adaptec APA-1460A SlimSCSI
isa_intr_alloc:............................|...
vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[8] level2 mask:......................|..|.|....
pcmcia0: card irq 3
scsibus0 at aic0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <Logitec, SHD-U10E, 104I> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 9671 MB, 19650 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 19807200 sectors
pcmcia1 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 1
pcmcia1: CIS version PC Card Standard 5.0
pcmcia1: CIS info: TDK, TC_N
pcmcia1: Manufacturer code 0x105, product 0x301
pcmcia1: function 0: fixed disk, ccr addr 200 mask f
pcmcia1: function 0, config table entry 0: memory card; irq mask 0; memspace 0; powerdown
pcmcia1: function 0, config table entry 1: I/O card; irq mask ffff; iomask 4, iospace 0; memspace 0; powerdown
pcmcia1: function 0, config table entry 2: I/O card; irq mask 4000; iomask a, iospace 1f0 3f6; memspace 0; powerdown
pcmcia1: function 0, config table entry 3: I/O card; irq mask 4000; iomask a, iospace 170 376; memspace 0; powerdown
wdc0 at pcmcia1 function 0 port 0x14000300-0x1400030f
isa_intr_alloc:............................|...
vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[8] level2 mask:......................|..|.|....
pcmcia1: card irq 3
wd0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <DT KoCpr:.CTN_::ET3634::46bMtiT:>
wd0: drive supports 1-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd0: 7MB, 250 cyl, 4 head, 16 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 16000 sectors
pcmcia2 at pcic0 controller 1 socket 0
../../../../arch/hpcmips/vr/vr.c(159): vr_bus_reset() not implemented.
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
isa_intr_alloc:............................|...
vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[8] level2 mask:......................|..|.|....
pcmcia1: card irq 3
wd0: no disk label
isa_intr_alloc:............................|...
vrip_intr_setmask2:
level1[8] level2 mask:......................|..|.|....
pcmcia1: card irq 3
no file system for wd0 (dev 0x100)
cannot mount root, error = 79
root device (default wd0a): sd0
dump device (default sd0b): 
file system (default generic): ffs
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
readclock: 98/1/3/11/1/22=>883825282 (937009725)
WARNING: clock lost 615 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: 
Don't login as root, use the su command.
# exit
swapctl: adding /dev/sd0b as swap device at priority 0
setting tty flags
starting network
configuring network interfaces:.
dmesg: /netbsd: No such file or directory
starting system logger
checking for core dump...
savecore: /netbsd: kvm_openfiles: /netbsd: No such file or directory
starting rpc daemons: portmapJan  3 03:01:52  savecore: /netbsd: kvm_openfiles: /netbsd: No such file or directory
.
starting nfs daemons:.
setting securelevel: kern.securelevel: 0 -> 1
checking quotas: done.
building databases...
kvm_mkdb: /netbsd: No such file or directory
clearing /tmp
updating motd.
standard daemons: update cron.
starting network daemons: inetd.
starting local daemons:.
Sat Jan  3 03:02:09 PST 1998

NetBSD/hpcmips (Amnesiac) (console)

login: Jan  3 03:02:12  inetd[123]: ftp/tcp6: *: ai_family not supported
Jan  3 03:02:13  inetd[123]: telnet/tcp6: *: ai_family not supported
Jan  3 03:02:13  inetd[123]: finger/tcp6: *: ai_family not supported


NetBSD/hpcmips (Amnesiac) (console)

login: root
Last login: Fri Sep 10 17:24:05 1999 on console
Jan  3 03:02:28  login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON console
Jan  3 03:02:28  login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON console
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NetBSD 1.4K (GENERIC) #0: Fri Sep 17 01:54:43 JST 1999

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Terminal type? [unknown] xterm
Don't login as root, use the su command.
# vrpmu: GPIO[3] activation
vrpmu: Battery low during activation
vrpmu: POWER switch detected
Jan  3 03:07:33  /netbsd: vrpmu: GPIO[3] activation
Jan  3 03:07:33  /netbsd: vrpmu: Battery low during activation
Jan  3 03:07:33  /netbsd: vrpmu: POWER switch detected

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