Re: Yes, NetBSD still boots on pretty ancient Alphas...

[Istvan Gyenes <igyenes%gmail.com@localhost>]

> Anyway, as for Ethernet -- I definitely want to fix the DEPCA driver, 
> if it's broken; hopefully that's the case, and not an issue with the 
> board.  Does your board have an RJ45 connector?  I don't recall if any 
> of the ISA DEPCA boards did.  Luckily, you can still find DEC DE204 
> boards on eBay (has RJ45 connector, supported by "lc" driver -- I have 
> one in my AXPpci33, and SRM can even boot from it on that machine).
> >
> Yes the DE422 has RJ45. I have spare one so I can easily check but I 
> am pretty sure that it works with Digital Unix and VMS on the same 
> machine. But will check later.
>
> I have found a DE205 and a DE200, but I think it should be configured 
> with the ECU, so stay tuned ;)
>
> (have to find a working floppy first)
No luck yet. I was trying to add a DE205 but I was unable to add it as 
an EISA card. According to the DE205 manual there is a config utility 
which can be run on a PC and set the card to work in EISA mode but I do 
not have a ISA/ESIA based PC any more...

I was able to add a DE200 (one time only) but it uses the same depca 
driver and also has the "fails to clear memory" problem.

The DE422 is working fine under Digital Unix 4.0E.

I am trying to find a really old (jumper based) ISA NE2000 or similar. I 
think the Jensen is really picky about the cards he accepts.

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istvan