Re: aboot maintainer?

[Craig P Prescott <prescott phys ufl edu>]

>Chris Kloiber wrote:
>> Ooooh. Nifty. I didn't think Linux could work on the 3000 at all.
>
>Well it can't currently, but there's no reason that it couldn't be
>ported to it (and I commend the effort).  NetBSD works on many of
>those machines, so the hardware specs aren't impossible.  Also
>the linux/MIPS people have several turbochannel-based DECstations
>up and running, so the bus support is coming along, too.

I run NetBSD on a 3000/500 at work, just to play with - and I haven't
done much of that - but it seems pretty solid.

Indeed, the TC bus support from the Linux/DECstation folk is of value to
the DEC 3000.  I just installed Linux on a DS5000/120 - they are
indeed getting there!  Nice to have such a machine around to make sure
I don't break anything ;-)

Cheers,
Craig