Subject: Re: Other CPUs
To: Dave McGuire <mcguire@rocinante.digex.net>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/05/1995 13:12:04
> 
> On October 5, you wrote:
> > Anyone working on getting other VAX CPUs supported by NetBSD/VAX?
> > 
> > I have an old MicroVAX 3300 (KA640-A) with an embedded ethernet controller 
> > and an embedded DSSI (disk) controller. I have it up and running with 
> > Ultrix 4.4, but would really love to run NetBSD instead.
> > 
> > Any hope for my old VAX?
> 
>   I think your definition of "old" differs significantly from that of
> the rest of us. :-)  "Old" is an 11/780.
> 
>   There is no ka640 support at the moment.  It's still pretty early for
> that.  ka630 and ka750 support seem to be working well.
> 
>   How available is hardware documentation for the later ka's?
> 
I am in the progress to fix KA650 support, hopefully it will be
working in the end of october. We have an idle 3900 here and it
is a little bit funnier to work with than KA630 :-)

-- Ragge