[rescue] DECstation 5000

[Dave McGuire]

On July 15, Patrick Giagnocavo +1.717.201.3366 wrote:
> > > > So what can these things run if not ultrix?  I have a couple of 5000
> > > > /200's and a 3100 awaiting rehab, and have been letting them gather dust
> > > > lacking any media or docs.  If it is possible to get a NetBSD or Linux
> > > > working on them perhaps they are worth the time to fool with.
> > > 
> > > I haven't looked in a while, but from what I understand NetBSD has
> > > supported them for quite some time.
> > 
> >   Bigtime, yes.  I first ran NetBSD/pmax in like 1995 or something.
> > It was quite stable even then.  I haven't run it in a while, but I'm
> > told that even the machine-independant SCSI subsystem is working on
> > the pmax port.
> 
> How easy is it to find RAM for these boxes?  I have one without any RAM.

  3100 RAM is easier to find than 5000/2xx RAM, but still not very
easy to find.  Your best bet is to ask people around here.  I know
Sridhar has a metric buttload of 5000/2xx RAM (something like eight
5000/260 machines each with 448MB or something obscene like that) and
maybe Brian Hechinger does.  I have some somewhere, but I've no idea
where.  I have a box of 2MB 2100/3100 SIMMs here, though.

      -Dave

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