Subject: Re: RiscBSD Survey
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: DafDaf <david.eitzinger@oka.co.at>
List: port-arm32
Date: 05/15/1997 08:58:19
Robert Black wrote:
> 
> In the interests of making RiscBSD as cool as possible we (the RiscBSD team,
> not Causality limited) would like to know where to concentrate our efforts.
> Please could you take a few minutes to answer these questions and return the
> response to me (yes I know what this is going to do to my mailbox - for this
> reason please try to keep the words 'RiscBSD Survey' somewhere in the subject
> line so I can filter them)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rob
> 
> 1) What hardware do you run RiscBSD on?
> 
> a) RiscPC (how many?)
1 RPC 600
> b) A7000 (how many?)
> c) RC7500 (how many?)
> d) Other (list)
> 
> 2) Do you use RiscBSD
> 
> a) At home (y/n)
Y
> b) At work (y/n)
> c) Other (specify)
> 
> 3) What processor(s) do you have?
> 
> a) ARM610 (y/n)
Y
> b) ARM700 (y/n)
> c) ARM710 (y/n)
> d) ARM7500 (y/n)
> e) Standard Acorn release SA110 (y/n)
Y
> f) Other SA110 (please specify chip revision number)
> g) Other (describe)
> 
> h) Do you have floating point hardware? (y/n)
N
> 
> 4) What storage do you have?
IBM Dors 2.1GB, MO-Drive 125MB, scsi-CD-ROM 8x, SCSI-Tape-4/16GB,
standard IDE 420MB
> 
> a) How much RAM do you have (excluding VRAM)?
40MB
> b) How much VRAM do you have?
2 MB
> c) How much IDE disk space do you have total?
420 MB
> d) How much of it is allocated to RiscBSD?
400 MB
> e) How much SCSI disk space do you have?
>> 2.1GB
> f) How much of it is allocated to RiscBSD?
0 GB
> g) If you use Acorn RiscOS what version do you use?
V 3.7
> h) Do you have a CDROM drive? If so what type? (SLCD/ATAPI/SCSI)
SCSI
> 
> 5) Console
> 
> a) Do you use the text console much? (y/n)
Y
> b) Do you use X much? (y/n)
Y
> c) What monitor type do you have?
IBM PowerDisplay 20"
> d) What text console mode(s) would you like to use? (please give x and y
> resolution, number of bits per pixel and frequency)
800x600, 8bpp, 75Hz
> e) What X mode(s) would you like to use?
1280x1024x8bpp
> f) On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate the importance mouse cut and paste
> on the text console (10 is highest priority)?
4
> g) On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate the importance of being able to
> switch between multiple virtual terminals?
9
> h) On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate the importance of text console
> scrollback?
3
> i) On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate the importance of programmable
> keyboard maps?
3
> j) On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate the importance of programmable
> fonts?
2
> k) On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate the importance of non-dumb-console
> support?
6
> l) On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate the importance of anti-aliasing?
2
> m) On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate the importance of multi-byte
> characters?
4
> 
> 5) Drivers
> 
> a) Of the existing drivers which ones do you think require work the most
> urgently (rate them on a scale of 1 to 10)?
??? 
> b) What additional hardware would you like to see supported? (again rate it on
> a scale of 1 to 10)
all my hardware is supported by RiscBSD 
> 6) Other comments
> 
> If you have any additional comments you would like to make please do so.

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