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From: sawyerk@apci.net (Kevin Sawyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Where can I get Per's port?
Date: 14 Aug 1995 19:30:16 GMT
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Per Fogelstrom (pefo@gordon.enea.se) wrote:
: Kevin Sawyer (sawyerk@apci.net) wrote:
: : Hi there.  Anyone know where I can get my hands on a copy of Per's port 
: : of NetBSD?  I have a bunch of Olivetti M700-10 R4000 workstations, but no 
: : unix to run on them.

: : Thanks in advance,

: Can you wait until the end of next week?  I still have to add a floppy
: driver to be able to make a binary release. If you want the source i'll
: be happy to mail the machine dependent part to you asap. The rest can be
: found at the normal ftp-sites. Hopefully the pica machdep source will also
: be available at the ftp-sites very soon.

Sure!  I'd like to give you my system configuration so that you can tell 
me if you think it will really work:

Olivetti M700-10 as follows...
- MIPS R4000PC 100Mhz Processor
- fast SCSI-2 on board (and externally accessible)
- floppy diskette controller on board (up to 2.88MB supported)
- ethernet (10Mbps) on board
- 2 serial ports with 16550AF UARTs on board
- 1 parallel port on board
- digital sound on board
- Logitech PS/2-style mouse
- Jazz364 2MB VRAM EISA video controller (1280 x 1024 at 75hz)
- 5 available EISA/ISA slots
- 8 72-pin SIMM sockets (takes 2MB, 4MB, 8MB, or 16MB SIMMs)
- Bi-Endian support
- CPU heat-sink and cooling fan

The only other UNIX which I know will run on these things is UniSoft's 
UniPlus+ port of SVR4 with a BSD-compatibility package.  However, it is 
incomplete, undocumented, unsupported, and extremely expensive.

Let me know what you think.  I would also appreciate it if you could help 
me get it up and running.  Appropriate compensation would also be in order.

Kevin Sawyer

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