NetBSD/sun3x 1.3 supports the 3x family of workstations manufactured by Sun Microsystems: the models 3/80, 3/460, 3/470, and 3/480. All of the devices on board the 3/80 desktop workstation with the exception of the parallel port are supported. The deskside workstations (3/460/470/480) are expandable via VME slots and currently supported VME devices include the 'si' SCSI card and the Intel Ethernet 'ie' adapter.
| Device | Nickname | Models | |||
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| 80 | 460 | 470 | 480 | ||
| On-board CPU (68030) | - | x | x | x | x |
| On-board FPU (68881) | - | x | x | x | x |
| On-board Zilog 8530 Serial Ports | zs | x | x | x | x |
| Emulex 53c90 SCSI Controller | esp | x | - | - | - |
| NCR 5380 VME SCSI Controller | si | - | x | x | x |
| AMD ``LANCE'' Ethernet Controller | le | x | - | - | - |
| Intel 82586 Ethernet Controller | ie | - | x | x | x |
| Intel 82077 Floppy Controller | fdc | x | - | - | - |
| Bwtwo Monochrome Display Adapter | bwtwo | x | x | x | x |
| Sun Type 4 & 5 Keyboard and Mouse | kbd,ms | x | x | x | x |
NetBSD/sun3x is a fully functional operating system and comes with standard UNIX utilities. In addition, it is binary compatible with all other NetBSD m68k architectures (atari, amiga, hp300, and mac68k) and includes SunOS 4 emulation.
New to NetBSD 1.3 is support for binary packages and a ``ported'' software collection derived from FreeBSD. The package sub-system is available via FTP.
NetBSD/sun3x 1.3.2 is available via FTP at one of the many NetBSD ftp mirror sites. Please read the INSTALL document for instructions.
Frequently Asked Questions about NetBSD/sun3x 1.3.
If you're interested in installing NetBSD/sun3x 1.3, you should look at the installation notes.
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| There are various NetBSD mailing lists, including a sun3 and sun3x specific port-sun3. |
| To obtain NetBSD/sun3x: via CD-ROM, an ftp mirror near you, or direct from ftp.NetBSD.org. |
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