. .Ss2 Supported machines .(bullet -offset indent .Tn DECstation 2100 and 3100, also known as .Em pmin No and Em pmax t .Tn DECsystem 5100 t Personal DECstations (5000/20, /25 and /33) also known as .Em MAXINE t DECstation 5000/120, /125, and /133, also known as .Em 3MIN t DECstation 5000/200, also known as .Em 3MAX t DECstation 5000/240 and DECsystem 5900, also known as .Em 3MAXPLUS t DECstation 5000/50, 5000/150, 5000/260 (and DECsystem 5900-260) - R4000 and R4400 variants of the .Em MAXINE, 3MIN No and Em 3MAXPLUS .bullet) . .Ss2 Unsupported machines .(bullet -offset indent DECsystem 5400 and 5500 (Q-bus based systems, similar to the Vax .Em Mayfair No or Em Mayfair II , but with an r2000a or r3000 CPU instead of a CVAX CPU.) t DECsystem 5800 (xbi-based multiprocessor, a Vax 6200 with Vax CPU boards replaced with Mips CPU boards) .bullet)
p The minimal configuration requires 8 MB of RAM and 170 MB of disk space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended, as .Nx with 8 MB of RAM feels like .Tn Ultrix with 8 MB of RAM - slow. Note that until you have around 16 MB of RAM, getting more RAM is more important than getting a faster CPU. . .Ss2 Supported devices .(bullet -offset indent DECstation 2100 and 3100 baseboard video .(bullet -compact one-bit mono or 8-bit pseudocolor frame buffers. .bullet) t DECstation 5000 series TURBOchannel video .(bullet -compact PMAG-DV Personal DECstation baseboard 1024x768 frame buffer t PMAG-B (CX) 1024x768 8-bit color frame buffer t PMAGB-B (HX or SFB) 1280x1024 8-bit color frame buffer t PMAG-A (MX) 1280x1024 four-bit greyscale frame buffer t PMAG-C (PX) 2D 8-bit accelerated frame buffer. t PMAG-D (PXG) 3D 8-bit accelerated frame buffer. t PMAG-E (PXG+) 3D 24-bit accelerated frame buffer. t PMAG-F (PXG+ Turbo) 3D 24-bit accelerated frame buffer. .bullet) t PMAG-JA (TX) 1024x1280 color frame buffer t PMAG-RO (TX) 1024x1280 color frame buffer .(Note All supported DECstation video produces sync-on-green. Be sure to use either a DEC-compatible fixed-sync monitor or a multisync monitor that supports sync-on-green. .Note) t Serial ports .(bullet -compact ttya and ttyb (can be used as console if needed) .bullet) t Ethernet .(bullet -compact on-board AMD Lance ethernet
q Em le0 , t TURBOchannel AMD Lance ethernet cards
q the Em PMAD .bullet) t SCSI .(bullet -compact on-board .Tn DEC .Em sii SCSI controller (2100 and 3100) t on-board .Em asc SCSI controller (5000 series machines) t TURBOchannel .Em asc No SCSI controller
q the Em PMAZ .bullet) t .Tn DEC LK-201 (or compatible) keyboard t .Tn DEC .Em hockey puck or compatible mouse .bullet) . .Ss2 Unsupported devices .(bullet -offset indent Q-bus based DECsystems t PrestoServe NVRAM on DECsystem 5100 and 5000/2xx machines t Audio drivers for Personal DECstation machines t Floppy driver for Personal DECstation machines t TURBOchannel audio hardware (LoFi) .bullet) .(Note The primary obstacle to supporting the above is non-availability of sample hardware for development. .Note)
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