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Date:      Thu, 5 Nov 1998 14:14:02 -0500 (EST)
From:      chuck <chuck@iconnet.net>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>
Cc:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>, Unfurl <unfurl@dub.net>, Woody Carey <wcarey@cs.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: status?
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.981105141308.1178A-100000@ncc-ws03>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811051208440.10448-100000@porkfriedrice.ny.genx.net>

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Check out www.sparc.org.  This will give you pointers to the official
documents on the SPARC architecture.  I've got a version 8 that I'll
sacrifice, but that's not Ultra.

Wouldn't mind a PA-RISC book tho. ;)

Chuck Youse - Icon CMT Network Operations Center
chuck@iconnet.net


On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> 
> ok, well there does seem to be a few people subscribed to this list.
> 
> some questions to help me get started:
> 
> a) Any URLs to Usparc assembler language (detailed)
> b) Any recommended books
> 
> a&b for: sbus info, creator info, the scsi interface, serial interface
> 
> i don't plan on supporting much as this is the first time i'm doing
> something like this.  however i did purchase the box explicilty for this
> purpose.  so i'm really counting on some pointers.
> 
> other stuff:
> 
> netbsd seems to have a usparc port, but i don't see any support in their
> source tree, any pointers/clues?
> 
> i'm thinking of installing UltraPenguine as a build enviorment but would
> rather use netbsd for obvious reasons.
> 
> so, opinions/comments? 
> 
> if anyone wants to donate a book on the arch to me i'll pay for
> shipping+whatever (if you want a small return on the book)
> unfortunatly all i have is books on PA-RISC, x86 and PPC archs, well
> PDP-11 if you count the Lions Book. :)
> 
> thanks all,
> Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com
> -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD.
> -- http://www.freebsd.org/                        3.0-current
> 
> On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Unfurl wrote:
> > 
> > > "ee's pineing for the fields..."
> > > 
> > > So there really is *no* work being done on this port?
> > 
> > 
> > That I cannot say. If there is, it's been very quiet.
> > 
> > 
> 
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