>   I don't think I will be technically able to *write* such support,
> but I can certainly get ahold of a BI machine, bring it up, get it on
> the Internet, and work on some testing and minor development stuff.
> 
>   Any thoughts, anyone?

Here's one thought:
If anyone does this I can beta test on my VAX8200 (ok, so I don't have a HD, 
but I could at least boot it from RX50 :) )

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Oscar