Subject: Re: MIPS based NCD X terminals
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
List: port-mips
Date: 12/15/1999 07:14:55
----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
To: <Lloyd.Parkes@vuw.ac.nz>
Cc: <port-mips@netbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: MIPS based NCD X terminals


> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:24:02 +1300 (NZDT)
>  Lloyd.Parkes@vuw.ac.nz wrote:
>
>  > Would it be possible to run NetBSD on an NCD 19r? I suspect that these
>  > things have no memory management hardware which would be a showstopper.
>
> I don't think I've ever encountered a MIPS CPU that didn't have memory
> management hardware.

There are ;-)

LSI made a 33020, which was a MIPS with an integrated graphics controller,
but no MMU. I suspect, that NCD has some X-terminals made with it, because
the timeframe fits in. (I made some x-terminals with the 33020 at this time
for our company)

>         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
>

cheers,
emanuel