[Info-vax] Alternative _legal_ operating systems for VAX ?
Bill Gunshannon
bill.gunshannon at gmail.com
Mon Jan 3 07:18:16 EST 2022
On 1/3/22 4:22 AM, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2022 16:53:55 -0500, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>
>> Sadly, language has little to do with it. Too much of the DEC stuff is
>> still proprietary and trade secret locked. Last I heard that was the
>> reason why neither NetBSD or OpenBSD ever had a functioning X11.
>
> I find that hard to believe. I am using X11 on FreeBSD right now, and the
> projects overlap quite a bit.
>
>
>
FreeeBSD does not run on a VAX so that really has nothing to do with
the discussion. It is the VAX video hardware that is not supported
under NetBSD and, especially at this point, probably never will be.
bill
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