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From: simonb@supp.cpr.itg.telecom.com.au (Simon Burge)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Support for DECsystem 5500?
Date: 23 Jun 97 13:01:17 GMT
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jaime burns <burnsja@teleport.com> writes:

: This is jus a trivial question..
:
: Is the DECsystem 5500 supported? The ports list the DS5900 as supported
: but the DS5400 as not.. correct? So i'm just a little confused..
:
: The DS5500 is a r3000/r3010?fpu @ ?30Mhz is beleive, it lists
: other machines as supported, so I just wanted to get clarification..

The 5500 is a QBUS based machine, based on a VAX system.  About the
only thing it has in common with any of the other (supported) DEC/MIPS
machines is it's CPU chipset.  Don't look for support for this machine
for a long while yet :-(

The 5900 is pretty much a 5000/240 in a rack mount cabinet.

Simon.
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