> > I recently obtained a MicroVAX II, KA630-A.V1.3 processor, RQDX3 Controller,
> > 2 RD54 drives, tape drive (TK-50?), DELQA Ethernet, Q22 bus, 9 megs of RAM
> > (I have another 4 which I want to install) and a dual disk drive not installed.
> >
> > Currently, It's running Ultrix 4.4.
> >
> > I would like to put NetBSD onto it... is it possible with this configuration?
> > I would like to contribute to the effort.
> >
> Currently it doesn't support uVAX, but it shouldn't be too hard to fix.
> RQDX3 is an MSCP controller just like UDA50, so it should work without
> too much problem. I don't know anything about DELQA, but if it is
> compatible with DEUNA/DELUA then it should work too. Are you interested
> in kernel hacking? I think i'm rather familiar with what needs to be
> done to getting NetBSD run om uVAX.

I was working on the MicroVAX-II support, just slacked off for a while.
I've got almost the exact same configuration (KA630, 9MB, dual RD54 on
RQDX3, etc. For the record, your disk drive is an RD54 and the RQDX3
supports it, maybe even in the same box (if you've got a BA123, the big
box).  It took some extra cables to run 2 RD54s and a TK50 in my little
BA23 box.

Last thing I was doing was working on a standalone boot program, since
ultrix's boot isn't usable.  Ragge said something about a boot
program too -- do you have a standalone library and/or device drivers?
I scrounged some standalone code from 4.4bsd.
Now I've got a ka630 manual  and can figure out how to set up a boot block.

    -- Larry