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From: hayter@pa.dec.com (Mark Hayter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.sys.arm
Subject: Re: Is NetBSD alive?
Date: 10 Jun 1997 20:55:04 GMT
Organization: DEC Systems Research Center
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In article <ant092201965+gH=@wymondham.demon.co.uk>, Chris Walker <chris@wymondham.demon.co.uk> writes:
> In article <5nhkrj$46d$1@roloc.bl.org>, Michael Parson
> <URL:mailto:mparson@roloc.bl.org> wrote:
> > 
> > In article <339CB4F3.5082@nospam.nedernet.nl>,
> > Pim van der Eijk  <pvde@nospam.nedernet.nl> wrote:
> > >Does anyone have information on the StrongARM port announced by
> > >Digital Semiconductor ?  On a related note, what's the role of 
> > >NetBSD in the Oracle Network Computer ?  I've found it hard to 
> > >find any information on this so far.
> > 
> > I don't know how involved Digital Semiconductor was with it... but
> > there is RiscBSD <http://www.ph.kcl.ac.uk/~amb/riscbsd/riscbsd.html>
> > 
> You could also take a look at http://www.causality.com/ This is the home
> of Neil Carson whi is/was involved in the prting of RiscBSD. He also
> wrote a threading module which IIRC may be used in some future Acorn
> software.
> 

Maybe it is not a coincidence that Causality showed off the
Digital Network Appliance Reference Design at the recent Acorn show...


Mark :-)