> 
> 
> Actually, most of this is not new, but I've gotten around to packing
> it up, which is.
> 
> I've created a couple of new directories under ~ftp/pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax
> on ftp.netbsd.org.   These are the tools directory and the ports
> directory (which technically belongs in a different place, and
> therefore may move).
> 
> The tools directory now contains a version of NetBSD disklabel which
> runs under Ultrix but supports writing NetBSD/pmax disk labels.   It
> comes with source as well as binaries, so if you're running something
> less recent than Ultrix 4.3A, you should still be able to make a
> working binary.   You can also build and run it on any little-endian
> machine (i.e., an i386, but not a SPARC or an Amiga) - it doesn't use
> any OS-specific Unix features other than the ability to get at the raw
> SCSI disk.
> 
> The ports directory contains three files at this point:
> emacs-19.28.tar.gz, emacs-19.28-netbsd-pmax.diff and (part of)
> x11r6-clients.tar.gz.   x11r6-clients.tar.gz is going out over the
> modem line even as I write this, and is about half done.   It probably
> won't be completely done until tomorrow morning (North American
> Pacific Standard Time).
> 
> emacs-19.28.tar.gz is a tar image of a complete emacs install, taken
> from the root.   Emacs gets installed in usr/local/{bin,lib/emacs,info,man}.
> Total disk consumption is about 26 megabytes.   It does have X11R6
> configured in.
> 
> emacs-19.28-netbsd-pmax.diff is a patch to the official FSF
> emacs-19.28 distribution which allows it to be built on NetBSD/pmax.
> To build, configure with ``configure mipsel-elf-netbsd ...''.
> 
> Once x11r6-clients.tar.gz is out there, it will contain an
> almost-complete X binary distribution.  All that's missing are the X
> servers, which aren't ready yet.  Anybody who knows (or is willing to
> find out on their own) how to hack on X servers and frame buffer
> device drivers is encouraged to try to get an X server built for
> NetBSD/pmax for their favourite frame buffer(s).  I'll get to this
> eventually if you don't.
> 
> All the executables are in the ELF object file format, which should
> run on recent versions of NetBSD for the pmax.
> 
> Again, don't try to grab the X distribution until tomorrow morning, or
> you'll wind up with a partial copy.
> 
> 			       _MelloN_
> 

I have some other stuff running (pine, joe, some other X11 contrib). 
I put it in an public ftp didus.cvut.cz:/pub/bsd/NetBSD-current/pmax-local

				jfch