>  It seems NetBSD is "porking out" to the point where it's just not practical 
> to run it on a VAX anymore.  I find this *extremely* disappointing but I 
> don't know what to do about it.

NetBSD 3 still runs just fine on VAXen. All of the current issues with 
NetBSD 4 are due to the move to gcc 4. Yes, NetBSD is getting bigger, but 
that's the price we all have to accept if we want to run a modern, secure 
OS on ancient hardware. All things considered, I'm still quite impressed - 
not only can we still run a modern OS, but people are improving the port 
AND bringing proper VAX support into gcc 4. That's no small task!

John Klos