Re: Alpha Turbochannel display adaptors and Xorg 1.20

Tobias Nygren <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Dec 2021 14:29:26 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.alpha
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, 4 Dec 2021 22:36:42 +0000
David Brownlee <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alpha is one of the few ports stuck back on Xorg 1.10 rather than
> 1.20, as I understand primarily to continue to provide X servers for
> turbo channel display adaptors (please someone sing out if I'm
> mistaken in that)
> 
> I'm just in the process of the minor tweaks needed to get port-pmax
> able to run generic Xwsfb X servers for at least cfb (and likely the
> other supported tc PMAG adaptors).
> 
> Would anyone have turbochannel Aplha hardware to hand and be
> interested in testing a current kernel & x binaries to see if it does
> work?

Well, I have a DEC3000 with a PMAG but no means to connect a monitor.
If someone has Mouser or Amphenol part numbers for the correct
3w3 coax termination I'd be interested to know.