Subject: Re: NetBSD as DECserver "operating system" - any progression?
To: David Brownlee <abs@mono.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/28/1999 12:53:44
David Brownlee wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Akos Varga wrote:
>
> > A couple of months ago there were people who said they would work on
> > a small OS-like something for the DECserver [12]00, so these gadgets can
> > be used with Linux, *BSD, etc... Is there any progression?
>
> What was the specification of the DECserver [12]00?
A DECserver 200 (I've not seen a 100) is a terminal server that
speaks DECnet/LAT. I'd sugest that Akos is really asking if NetBSD
had DECnet/LAT support, not if NetBSD runs on the box itself.
AFAIK, there was a Linux group working on DECnet support, but I haven't
been tracking it...
Simon.