Subject: Re: JavaStation running 1.5_A :-)
To: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@metabyte.com>
From: Hagbard Seline <hseline@eng.sun.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/07/2000 10:37:42
Fox works fine on NetBSD. Been using it for quite some time now as
router and mp3 player. What was Roxy the next revision Fox?
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> > From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
> > Date: 07/07/2000 10:51:19
>
> > THanks for the patch pk, the javastation is now running 1.5_ALPHA like
> > a champ...
>
> I am very glad that our friendly competition is not sleeping.
> Now, what about PCI support with IIep? I have certain hopes for
> NetBSD on SunRay because Linux has no swap over NFS to speak of,
> but NetBSD does. With 8MB of RAM it may be handy, don't you think?
> If you have any questions about IIep, feel free to ask.
>
> Here is the Javastation and relatives platform scorecard:
>
> Platform Linux NetBSD
> ------------------ ------------- ----------------
> (SBus/PCI platforms)
> JS-1 (OBP 2.30) Solid Works
> JS-1 (OBP 3.x) Solid ? works ?
>
> (PCI mass produced platforms)
> CP-1200 (OBP 2.30) Lame (DMA error on hme) -
> JS-NC Solid -
> Boots from flash, too
> JE-1 Solid -
> SGSC Worked, bitroted -
> SR-1 Not planned in 8MB -
>
> (PCI lame duck and one-off platforms)
> JS-E Solid, -
> includes IDE disk
> Roxy Works, but abandoned -
> Fox E.B. did something... -
>
> --Pete
>