On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 09:07:29PM +0200, Mattias Nordlund wrote:

 > > Yow, a DEC7000 (Cobra, right?)
 > Not sure what name it had, could be Cobra.

Yes, turns out it's Laser (predecessor to TurboLaser, which NetBSD
*does* support :-).  DEC4000 was Cobra :-)

 > If you wan't, I could mayby set up some sort of boot enviroment and access
 > to the console.. 

That could be useful.  But it might be a little while before I have
time to work on it :-)

 > The XMI on the VAX6000 (wich NetBSD are about to support) and the 7000 is
 > wery differnet what I know, in terms of the CPU communacting with the BUS.

Yes, but the way NetBSD writes bus drivers, it may be very easy to
write the glue to allow the VAX XMI drivers to work (they're written
to be platform-independent).

 > 
 > > 
 > >  > Config:
 > >  > DEC7000-610
 > >  > Single 200 MHz EV4 cpu, 4 MB cache (E2040-YA)
 > >  > Dual 128 MB memory cards
 > >  > XMI box with:
 > >  > DEMNA Ethernet.
 > >  > CIXCD Cluster Interconnect (low-rev, not recognized by the Alpha cpu)
 > >  > KFMSA DSSI controller.
 > >  > 
 > >  > I also have a small problem, I don't have a working disk controller for
 > >  > it, I only have CIXCD (CI cluster card) and a KFMSA (DSSI, only works on
 > >  > VAX). I'm looking for a FZMSA (SCSI card for XMI) or KDM70 (SDI card for
 > >  > XMI) and as a last resort KFMSB (DSSI, works with Alpha), does anyone know
 > >  > a source for free or cheap cards?
 > >  > 
 > >  > Sincerly Mattias Nordlund
 > >  > 
 > >  > 
 > >  > 
 > > 
 > > -- 
 > >         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
 > > 
 > 

-- 
        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>