Subject: Re: Help (VAXstation2000)
To: Paul Apprich <psapp@terra.cnct.com>
From: David <david@mono.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/09/1996 09:53:45
(Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidingss)
NetBSD/vax currently only supports the 750, uVaxII, and uVaxIII
(uVax3000?). The vaxstations have different supporting hardware (ie
io, disk interface, etc), though code from NetBSD/pmax (decstation)
would probably assist in a port greatly...
I do not know of anyone working on a vaxstation port, though it
appears there would be a lot of greatful people if someone did!
David/abs (david@mono.org)
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On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, Paul Apprich wrote:
>
> I am in a similar situation. I have a VAXstation 3100 M76 SPX
> unit with the following:
>
> 32 MB memory
> 1 x RX23 1440 KB floppy
> 2 x RZ24 209 MB fixed drives
> SPX - accelerated color video feature
>
> I have no documentation on it, so any information that I have is
> derived from 'pure hacking' of sorts. the '40000' memory reading is
> hexadecimal: 256 KB memory. ESA0 is the ethernet device. RX33 is the
> floppy. I have the RX33 boot image that I retrieved via FTP from
> ftp.netbsd.org, I don't remember the path from where I obtained it.
> If you could send me via E-mail the documentation for your VS2000, it may
> help me in pursuit of using my VS3100 on my home network. From the
> monitor (that's where you are I assume), try a 'show
> dev'. Use the VMS/VMB device name for the floppy: it may be DKA500:
>
> >>> boot DKA500
>
> This will boot the system from a floppy. If ther is no disk in
> the drive, the monitor will return:
>
> 54 DEVOFFLINE
> 84 FAIL
> >>>
>
> Simply put, no OS.
>
> Thanks/Gracias/Obrigato
>
> psapp@cnct.com
>