Hi,

I acquired a "Maxine" DS5000/25 some time ago but due to several distractions 
haven't done anything with it until now.

My problem is that it has a PMAG-J card in it.  From what I understand after 
reading the NetBSD web pages and the archives of this list, this card is not 
supported in the current pmax port.  I also get the impression that it's not 
likely to be supported any time soon.  After I found this out I considered 
installing Linux but the pmax port of Linux doesn't support this card either.

It currently has Ultrix installed (unsure of version - 4.4 maybe?) but I don't 
have any of the passwords so I can watch it boot to the console or even all 
the way to an X login screen but I can't do anything with it.

So I have three questions that maybe someone can help me with:
(1)  Is anyone working on support for the PMAG-J card, meaning I can just wait 
a little longer and all my problems will be solved?
(2)  If no-one is looking at this, how hard would it be for me to add support, 
keeping in mind that I've never written a device driver before (but I am a 
reasonably competent programmer)?  I am willing to spend time learning but if 
it's really tricky then I'm not sure if I'll make it.  Any suggestions and 
advice welcome.
(3)  As a last resort, does anyone know how I can get root access for my 
Ultrix installation given that I don't even have a user account?

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

Gregor McEwan
Research Scientist		email: mcewan@dstc.edu.au
DSTC Pty Ltd		phone: +61 3 9903 1150

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