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From: st@epcc.ed.ac.uk (Scott Telford)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD/NetBSD port for DEC MicroVAX 3100?
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In article <4lpn1o$lja@daily-planet.execpc.com>, Todd Mailandt
(tmailand@execpc.com) wrote:
> Is there a port of FreeBSD / NetBSD available that will run on a DEC 
> MicroVAX 3100?  I've used Linux before, but don't know where to obtain 
> FreeBSD or NetBSD.  Is there an archive on the net, or is it available 
> from a commercial source?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  
> Thanks.

NetBSD/vax 1.1 supports the 11/750 and MicroVAX II. I think some extra
support may have been added since then in 1.1B, but I don't if there's
anything for the 3100.

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