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Re: NetBSD on a Vax 6000?



On Wed, 2010-05-05 21:49:58 +0200, Anders Magnusson 
<ragge%ludd.ltu.se@localhost> wrote:
> arcarlini%iee.org@localhost wrote:
>> Anders Magnusson [ragge%ludd.ltu.se@localhost] wrote:
>>> I tried to port NetBSD to a 6510 once, but I did never manage ti get
>>> the XMI/BI adapter to work properly,
>>> due to lack of docs.
>> Are the docs not available now? I know manx is down but I do have:
>>
>>  XMI BUS Overview Handbook
>>  XMI Adapters Handbook
>>  VAX 6000: Installing the VAXBI Option
>>  VAX 6000 Platform Service Manual
>>  VAX 6000 Model 500 Service Manual
>>  VAX 6000 Model 500 Mini-Reference
>>  DEC STD 057-0 VAXBI Standard
>>
>>
>> They were all available via manx and are probably all available on
>> bitsavers.
>>   
> I had much docs for the BI bus but unfortunately nothing on the adapter.  
> Maybe it is
> available now, but this was ~10 years ago, and I don't have any 6000's  
> around anymore.
> I assume bqt is one of the last persons with real large-scale hardware  
> around :-)

Well, I own a 6/320 (with IIRC a spare additional CPU is flying around
somewhere), but no disks. Ethernet is there, so something in terms of
nfs-root might work.

MfG, JBG

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