Hi,

I have just added a DS2100 to my little collection of DEC hardware.
It has a mono framebuffer, VFB01. I installed netbsd 1.4.1 
from scratch, and when I start X only the twm's frames are visible. 
Everything else is invisible. How can I configure X to use only 1 bit color?

Is it possible to change to a VFB02 and get 8 bit color? Does anyone 
have spare ones? Then I'd need some other monitor cable, right?

Can I use a "TZ30" drive (and tk50 tapes) with netbsd and what would 
the device be if prom says tz6, netbsd tz1? Should I use tar or 
something else for storing on tapes? 

I also tried to boot from an  ULTRIX installation tape from 1991 
with the drive but this rebooted my DS5000/260 after about 5 minutes. 
I tried two different drives.

>> boot 3/tz6

KN05 V2.1k etc.

Is it really so bad that tk50 tapes get erased within 9 years? The 
tapes have been well stored in a bombshelter probably with a constant 
temp at ca +22 degrees celcius (roomtemp). At least a DLT tape should 
last 30 years so I wonder if the old ultrix installation media is 
useless (and probably all other ultrix programs on these tapes) or 
if my drives are broken. 

I found a "magma 8+2" card in a DS5000/200. I also have the 
adapter. It has 8 serialports and two parallellports. Could this 
card ever be used with netbsd? I found a tk50 tape with ultrix 
drivers also.

 Any comments are welcome!

Joachim Buss.