From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 25 16:11:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA27811 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:11:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [209.118.174.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA27801 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:11:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA12263; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:08:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:08:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@picnic.mat.net To: "Robert D. Keys" cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PS/2 MCA Model 80 port --- (don't laugh too hard) In-Reply-To: <199808252135.RAA22043@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Robert D. Keys wrote: > Although the PS/2 line is mostly a dinosaur, there are a lot of the > beasts out there. What is the potential of doing a scsi based port > to something like the model 80 line (386/16M/scsi) based upon borrowing > some of the Minix or Linux code? I am looking for something very low- > endian with no frills. Is there anyone that has done something like > that or worked in that area, or does any of the early(?) FBSD attempts > at that still exist? > > Curious, (as he says, tongue-in-cheek, but with several AIX PS/2's > wanting to get beyond the sysV flavor)...... > This has been asked for on and off for years, but no one who actually had the model 80's wanted to do the work. The number of you guys started small, and is dwindling ... > Bob Keys > rdkeys@seelab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message