Subject: Re: Solbourne CPUs to give away (fwd)
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: James Garnett <garnett@bogus.cs.colorado.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 08/03/1999 19:34:56
...and meanwhile back in Gotham City,  (mcmahill) wrote:
> 
> Don't know if NetBSD runs on these, but I believe they are sparc
> processors.  I'm not affiliated with this person and don't know anything
> besides whats in this email, but thought perhaps someone here may be
> interested...
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 16:54:58 -0400
> From: Peter Lee <plee@alum.mit.edu>
> Subject: Solbourne CPUs to give away
> 
> A company that I am affiliated with has several Solbourne
> workstation CPU units to give away.  They are:
> 
> Qty 2   Solbourne Series 5/500 Chassis CPU I/O Video 64MB RAMea
> Qty 1   Solbourne Series 4/500 Chassis CPU I/O Video 32MB RAM
> Qty 1   Solbourne Model 810 SCSI Expansion Unit

These are kbus machines, so no, NetBSD won't run on them.  The only thing
they run is OS/MP.

There is basic initial support for them, I believe, but nobody has ever
been motivated enough to finish it.

~james