NetBSD/vax Goes Multi-Processor

sparcv9 writes: "Anders Magnusson had gotten NetBSD/vax to run on a 3-CPU VAX 8350. It's expected that it will soon support some of the faster Multi-CPU VAXen, like the 8800 and the 6000-series. The full writeup can be found here on the NetBSD website." On a per-cubic-inch basis, this may seem a little strange, but it's a good way to fend off the reaper.

Re:So what? *BSD dies slowly

[abs0]

Damn, just couldn't resist replying. Apologies to all :)

If *BSD is dying, why one one side are there so many busy lists with users, and on the other only one person pasting the same text again and again.

Maybe you're unhappy that where you work for switched from Linux to BSD, so now you feel you want to get your 'own back'?

Stick to the playground where you're not so out of place.

Incidently - no insult intended to Linux users in general, we also have the occasional clueless adolescent who is only good for causing embarrassment, you just seemed to have (through no fault of your own :) picked up a lulu. My condolences!

Computing power

[abs0]

I definitely think the NetBSD/vax port is in danger of redefining the term 'computing power' - I think your neighbours are more likely to be concerned about the block wide power drop when you spinup that vax.

Hmmm - would the VAX must be the largest (in a physical sense :) SMP box that NetBSD supports, or would that honour go to one of the big SMP alpha machines? I'm assuming there is nothing in the i386 world with quite the same floor covering capabilities :)

Looking ahead to upcoming SMP ports, what would be left? I think people are looking at sparc, bebox, and macppc, and sgimips covers the MIPS cpu... but are there any interesting m68k SMP capable machines?

I'd like to see NetBSD running SMP on a six CPU hydra board in an arm based RiscPC. The memory bus is going to choke it, but it would be pretty cool :)

Re:Who the fuck cares?

[randombit]

My computer can crush your computer. :-P

Yeah, really. The density of those VAXen is amazing (SPARCstations, too - just got an SS5 and it's really heavy for it's size). Circulation? Bah! Who needs circulation?

Re:So what? *BSD dies slowly

[vaxzilla]

Dear god, it's the BSD Serdar Argic.

I disagree about BSD dying. Afterall, it's too busy resurrecting old VAXen.

Viva la Daemon!
Viva la BSD!
Viva la VAX!

Re:Who the fuck cares?

[vaxzilla]

Nuh uh, IS NOT!

My computer can crush your computer. :-P

Re:vaxes are not cool

[vaxzilla]

What!? NetBSD/vax isn't cool because people don't talk about them in trendy magazines. Ooooh--how drole, HOW MAINSTREAM, how un-hip and sell-out can you get?

You sir wouldn't know cool if you sat on it and it froze to your ass.

There is nothing more hip in the world of computing than having you own 1/2 ton hunk of multiprocessing machinery chugging away in the basement. Get your candy-pants gigahertz AMD and P4 machines out of my sight YOU PATHETIC LITTLE PUKES.

So get a REAL MAN'S machine. Get a VAX!

Big VAXen Don't Die

[vaxzilla]

Excellent.... Muh HAH HA HA! It is time to awaken the VAX 6000-420 in all of its sinister multiprocessing glory. Once brought to life in the lower dungeon of my dwelling, all the lowly PCs residing within my neighbors domociles shall quiver in fear from the resonating EM of the giant beast.

It's a good thing it's under the BSD license...

[Spamalamadingdong]

because our previous president Bush promised:

Read my MIPS! No GNU VAXes!

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Re:vaxes are not cool

[trash eighty]

well kids today have no brains or imagination, they have to be told what is cool and what is not. its a real shame