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