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From: st@amber.epcc.ed.ac.uk (Scott Telford)
Subject: Re: netbsd on sun 3/xx
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Dirk Wright (wright@uspto.gov) wrote:
: After reading the freebsd/netbsd faq and browsing the web site for
: netbsd.org, I need more info on running netbsd on a sun 3/60 and 3/80. I may
: be inheriting one of these machines in the fall, so I need an os. The
: license for the sunos is not transferable, so I can't get one legally
: without buying from sun. I'm a poor boy, so buying from sun is out of the
: question. Will standard release 1.0 run? or, will I have to use an interiem
: release? Any help is appreciated.

Last I heard, NetBSD/sun3 ran on a 3/60. The 3/80 (Sun 3x series) are a
different ballgame and aren't supported yet AFAIK. I think a lot of
things have happened to the /sun3 port since 1.0, I would try -current.

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Scott Telford, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre,        <s.telford@ed.ac.uk>
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