Subject: Re: Availability NetBSD-1.3
To: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 11/06/1997 19:24:30
As Curt Sampson wrote...
> On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Albert E. Leenders wrote:
> 
> > Can you tell me is a port of NetBSD is available for the DEC 2000 AXP
> > system ("Jensen PC", EISA/ISA). Could'nt find if at your FTP site.
> > Do you know if any other (free) UNIX port is available ?
> 
> Not yet. But a one of us is working on it, and another might start

:-)

> in next month, if the equipment arrives. :-) You can expect to see
> results early next year on this, and, if things go well, a fully
> running system around the middle of next year.
> 
> I think that Linux may possibly run on the Jensen already, but
> you'd have to ask a Linux gooroo about that.

RedHat Linux should work on Jensen. See http://www.redhat.com for more
info. I have no personal experience with it, although I have a CDROM
lying around that contains RedHat.

Wilko
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