Subject: Re: porting IBM RS/6000
To: Turkulainen Jarkko <Jarkko.Turkulainen@vtt.fi>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-ports
Date: 07/15/2000 13:03:38
	I would expect the first goal would be to try to get some
	technical documentation or source for other OS drivers for
	the machine, then pick an existing port (prep) as a basis
	from which to work.

                David/absolute
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Turkulainen Jarkko wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I happen to own one old MCA based IBM RS/6000 220 machine and I am
> interested in porting NetBSD to it. I am not so experienced in this
> system programming stuff, but this could be a perfect way to learn.
> I have good knowledge in C/UNIX, but don't know where to start this
> kind of project. 
> 
> Could you give me some advice/hints?
> 
> P.S. This is my personal interest, it has nothing to do with VTT 
> (at least not yet).
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Jarkko Turkulainen
> 
>