From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 25 17:38:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA09846 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:38:09 -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 RAA09840 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:38:06 -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 TAA12422; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:34:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:34:15 -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: <199808252342.TAA22508@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: > > > > 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. [some deletions] > 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. First place to start is the FreeBSD mailing list archives, at: http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html > > RDK > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- 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