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From: benh@inlink.com (Ben Hockenhull)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: apollo domain series 3500
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 09:31:38 -0600
Organization: is not in my nature!!
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In article <74e188d3.17275@luckey.citi.umich.edu>, rees@umich.edu (Jim
Rees) wrote:

> In article <4krj02$1k28@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, renet@ismea.imt-mrs.fr
writes:
> 
>   I own an old apollo domain series 3500, and i' d like to know if netbsd
>   had been ported to this kind of computer ??
> 
> There was some work done on a port, but it isn't complete.  The only part
> that's generally available is the boot block, which I did.  You can get it
> from the UM Apollo Archive.

I'm about to get one of these Apollos.  Is the port still active?  Is
there anything else you can tell me about BSD on Apollo, or any other OS
on Apollos?

Thanks

-- 
  Ben Hockenhull <benh@inlink.com>             

  "It feels so funny to be free..."