From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 25 16:47:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03804 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:47:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu (seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu [152.1.88.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA03799 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:47:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsdbob@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu) Received: (from bsdbob@localhost) by seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA22508; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:42:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bsdbob) From: "Robert D. Keys" Message-Id: <199808252342.TAA22508@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Subject: Re: PS/2 MCA Model 80 port --- (don't laugh too hard) In-Reply-To: from Chuck Robey at "Aug 25, 98 06:08:57 pm" To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:41:59 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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, ..... > > 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 ... Well, I guess we are dwindling to some extent. But, there is a fair amount of traffic on the ps/2, linux, and minix newsfeeds that would suggest there might be still some interest. Folks are almost giving the boxes away. I would hate to see linux or minix steal the show. There are a lot of linux patches that I have found and minix only seems to require two patches. That would suggest that it might be easier than it may have been thought in the past, since some (or much) of the groundwork has been done on the other lists. I don't mind borrowing their code for this kind of thing. The scsi systems seem fairly workable, but the ESDI seems to be in another world, entirely. Does anything exist from times past in the FBSD arena? I would like to see what might be there, already. I will offer to do what work I can, since I have half a dozen loose m80's in various configurations. I don't mind putting in some time here and there. I am beginning to get a little tired of AIX 1.x, although it has served me well for the past 10 years. RDK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message