Re: DECstation port?

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 12:37:34PM -0500, Nick wrote:

> decstation 5000's are not vax hardware they are mips based
> netbsd will run on the 5000's

Ahh, oops, I had them confused with the VAXstations.  I believe Linux does
run on MIPS processors.

> 
> nick
> 
> John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> > I don't believe that there is yet Linux support for VAX hardware.
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 11:52:21AM +0000, Mario Amado Alves wrote:
> >
> > > I have 3 abandoned DECstations in my lab that I want to put to use by
> > > installing Linux on them. Is this possible, i.e. is there a port to
> > > DECstation and/or is it possible to compile one locally? Thanks.
> > >
> > > [The machines are:
> > >    1 digital DECstation 5000/133 with CD-ROM drive
> > >    1 digital DECstation 5000/125 (no visible drive)
> > >    1 digital DEC 3000 (no visible drive)
> > > All have network connection and nice 19" screens.]
> > >
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