Subject: Re: Web browsers for DEC Alpha 3000/M300LX?
To: User Nbsdbob NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/27/2001 12:15:45
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, User Nbsdbob NetBSD Bob wrote:

> Are there any usable web browsers for a DEC 3000 series alpha?
> If so, what is recommended?  I see netscape requires the DU4
> libs, but I would have to do some digging to unroll those, from
> the machine's original system disks.  Does Mozilla build for the
> Alpha?  Anything else usable?  My need is for an occasional browse
> of the machine's apache files.
> 

note, moved to port-alpha (from pmax).

there is an emulators/osf1_libs package which has a minimal set of DU libs
which are enough to run netscape.  They aren't listed as a depends because
we don't want to step all over someone's full compat_osf1 setup.

-Dan