Subject: Re: support for 4000/106A?
To: William Ward <wardd@d1c47d61.gw206.dsl.airmail.net>
From: Michael Kukat <michael@unixiron.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/04/2001 01:25:09
Hi !

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, William Ward wrote:
> I have a nice VAX 4000/106A and was wondering what it would take to
> get NetBSD up and going on it.  I notice that there are plenty of the
> 4000 series that are supported but just not this one.

Try it out... It should run with 1.5 distribution and the kernel from
http://www.unixiron.homeip.net/netbsd/netbsd.bin.gz

> It would be interesting for me to do some work on it.  I know C pretty
> well but have never messed with interfacing to hardware.  Even so, I'm
> willing to try any thing once.

Most NVAX-boxes were done by my, so i know those thingies a bit :) The 106
will not be that different to the 105.

...Michael

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