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NetBSD/vax Goes Multi-Processor

Posted by timothy on from the pursuit-of-happiness dept.

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.

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  1. Big VAXen Don't Die by vaxzilla · · Score: 2

    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.