Re: NetBSD on DECsystem 5000/240

[Zachary Rowitsch <zach%moldybits.net@localhost>]

I use 9.3 on a 5000/133, will have to try 10.  Check your memory - I had a failed SIMM that would make certain versions of NetBSD panic sometimes…eventually tracked it down to the bad memory...

> On Jan 21, 2024, at 10:13 AM, emu <e2kcpu%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On 2024-01-21 04:18, Magnus Lindholm wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> During the weekend I powered up an old DECsystem 5000/240 and decided
>> to try installing NetBSD. At first I tried 9.3 using the diskimage
>> installation. This failed in a kernel panic, Older versions like 5.2.3
>> which worked fine, however 6.1.5 failed in a kernel panic similar to
>> 9.3. Finally I installed 10.0_RC3 which worked fine! So at least if
>> you're a PMAX owner NetBSD 10.0 seems to work better than previous
>> releases, at least as far as the installation goes.
>> 
>> Anyway, not sure if this is relevant to this mailing list, but I
>> figured I'd let others know, being a bit unsure how many
>> NetBSD/pmax:ers still are out there.
>> 
>> Magnus
> 
> Funny that you asked :)
> 
> Just yesterday I was looking at my 5000/240 and wondering, if the bigger graphics options were ever supported,
> 
> (i860 anyone?) or even anybody tried.