Re: NS32K and NetBSD/pc532 Directions

Julian Stacey writes: 

> Reference:
>> From:=09=09"Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]> 
>> Date:=09=09Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:28:21 -0400 
>> Message-id:=09<[email protected]> 
> 
> "Perry E. Metzger" wrote:
>> 
>> Germain "Labont=C3=A9" <[email protected]> writes:
>> > I've been considering developing an emulator/simulator.  However,
>> > I'm having second thoughts here because of 
>> 
>> > i) I don't have any NS32K hardware to provide reality checks 
>> 
>> I'm sure someone could give you access over the net to a pc532 to do
>> experiments if you were interested enough. 
>> 
>> > ii) I'm wondering really what might be the eventual value in this
>> > exercise beyond nostalgia? 
>> 
>> For many people, nostalgia is a powerful driving force. I doubt there
>> is any commercial interest in such a thing. 
>> 
>> > Would an emulator/simulator help with dissemination of the
>> > architecture and give rise to a greater interest? 
>> 
>> It would certainly make it much easier for people to revive things
>> like the gcc port for the architecture. 
>> 
>> Perry
> 
> Sorry, I have a pc532, but havent got netbsd on it currrently.  (it
> works, just lack of my time).  I should really instead install DDNS
> & host it myself, over DSL, but I certainly wouldnt hold breath for
> that.  Also I don't have an ethernet adapter for it, though I'd
> like one, & there's s few of those cabletron adapters about.  (&
> now I've passed on my last Symmetric 375, I've a bit more time for
> PC532, I hope :-) SL-IP isnt a lot of fun, but then over the 128 K
> bit/s of my home DSL uplink you might not notice a difference ;-) 
> 
> For a quicker solution (access to a working PC532), I guess Dave
> Rand via [email protected] still has his on line part time.  [email protected]=
m
> from memory. Then of course there's [email protected] All cc'd 
> 
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I've got a PC532, as well as a Heurikon VME532 (running GNX).  Always 
intended on trying to get NetBSD running on the later.  Dunno how many of=
 
those are left (I only have a rumour of one besides mine somewhere in 
Germany). 

Ken