Subject: Re: 5000/25, Netboot
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 07/08/1997 17:23:06
On Mon, 07 Jul 1997 23:57:15 -0700  Jonathan Stone wrote:

> Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
> 
> >> This too should go on the list Simon is apparently keeper of.
> 
> >I think this is more for the NetBSD/pmax page currently on the NetBSD
> >web server.  I'd guess that the info I'm collecting should probably end
> >up there too, once it stablises.
> 
> That would be great by me.  You can add the following hardware options
> too:
> 
> supported:
> 	PMAZ-AA
> 	PMAD-AA
> 
> 	PMAG-AA		(mfb video)
> 	PMAG-B		(cfb video)
> 	PMAGB-BA	(sfb video)
> 
> Not supported:
> 	PMAG-C		2-d accelerated graphics
> 	PMAG-D		low-end 3d i860-acellerated graphics
> 	PMAG-E		mid-end 3d i860-acellerated graphics
> 	PMAG-F		high-end 3d i860-acellerated graphics
> 
> 	PMAG-J		truecolour 1280x1024x24 unacellerated graphics

I've added these to the bottom of my list.  Hopefully I can find a DEFTA
FDDI card lying around to test that when the bus.h gets done.

> >Talking about the pmax pages, the project list is getting out of date -
> >R4000 support, shared libraries, even the state of diskless boot support
> >over the last few days...
> 
> Wow, yes, they hadn't been changed for *ages*.  I've bashed at them to
> reflect the most recent changes.  They still don't say anything about
> the diskimage installation, though.
> 
> Does anyone want to take on updating the web pages? HTML isn't
> really my forte, kernel hacking is more my thing.

I'll volunteer if no one else does - as long as I'm only allowed to
use vi to edit the pages :)