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 A port of Linux to the VAX Architecture.

If you want to run a free unix on your VAX right now may I suggest you check out
The Netbsd Project. at http://www.netbsd.org/

Still here?  ok,  Get your compiler out....
News
18/02/2000 This project is moving to sourceforge, in order to speed up access to the software and 
to allow people aside from me to manage the web site. 
New release this weekend. 
01/11/99 New snapshots at the http link. Old packages are still available under the "old" directory. A mopd, this time including the loop.c fix, has been put up as well. Whilst I'm away patches and new releases can be found on Kenn's site at www.bluetree.ie
24/10/99
  1. All the vaxes have arrived. The only problem now is that as a result of moving jobs and house, they are all in storage.
  2. The mailing list has moved. The new details are below.
  3. If you were on the old linux-vax list, you will have to re-subscribe, as the list of members was not saved.
  4. I am about to depart to a desert island (with no internet access) for several months. I'll try to update documentation and the web site before I go.
  5. Simplified web pages a bit. Amazing how being on a DECstation running NetBSD with a 33.6 dialup instead of a T1 can lead to a lack of patience with useless graphics.
25/07/99 New snapshots for things at the download link. 
Linux C code now compiles. Pretty much all of arch-dependent stuff to do
(or redo) still. I'm acquiring the rest of the VAX hardware I need tomorrow.
Still dont know where to store it ...
Mailing List
A mailing list exists, imaginatively titled linux-vax. It has Just changed its home.
to subscribe, send an email to:

majordomo @ solar.physics.montana.edu

with

"subscribe linux-vax" in the body (without the quotes of course)

 There is a hypermail mailing list archive as well. 

If you were a member of the old list at resserv, you will need to resubscribe to the new list, as the list of members was not saved.
 

Downloads

ftp: Software Snapshots   I'm not bothering to keep this up to date as the server access patterns show that people aren't using it as much as the http link.

http: Software Snapshots

Grab the latest crossdevelopment tar file, and kernel snapshot. You will also need the mopd. 
 

More info about  VAXes can be found at the DIGITAL VAX Home page. Click on the one true logo to go there.

All trademarks are property of their owners (surprisingly enough). The digital logo is the property of Digital Equipment Corp, a Division of Compaq. Nuff 'sed