NetBSD/vax

About NetBSD/vax

NetBSD/vax is the port of NetBSD to DEC VAX computers. The first model was announced in 1977 and they were sold until September 30, 2000. NetBSD/vax was the first free OS that ran on the VAX series of computers, and by far runs on the largest number of models.

Development activity on NetBSD/vax continues at a speed depending of people's spare time. NetBSD runs on most of the common desktop systems and also on some of the more unusual older systems such as the large-scale 11/780 and 8600.

Release Info

Mailing List

The NetBSD/vax mailing list, covering NetBSD's port to vax machine: [ subscribe | archive ]

Mail the NetBSD/vax port maintainer

Supported Hardware

Systems for which support exist only in current are marked (current)

VAX 11/78X systems
VAX 11/750 systems
VAX 8600 and 8650 systems
VAX 8200, 8250, 8300 and 8350 systems
MicroVAX II family systems
MicroVAX III family systems
MicroVAX 3200 and 3300
MicroVAX 3400 and 3500
MicroVAX 3600
MicroVAX 3800 and 3900
VAXstation 2000/MicroVAX 2000 systems
MicroVAX 3100 model m10, m20 systems
VAXstation 3100 model m30 and m40
VAXstation 3100 model m38 and m48
VAXstation 3100 model m76 systems
MicroVAX 3100 model 80
MicroVAX 3100 model 85 (current)
MicroVAX 3100 model 90 (untested) (current)
MicroVAX 3100 model 95 (untested) (current)
VAX 4000/100, /105, /106A and /108 (current)
VAX 4000/200
VAX 4000/300
VAX 4000/400 (current)
VAX 4000/500 (current)
VAX 4000/600 (untested) (current)
VAX 4000/705A (current)
VAXstation 4000 model VLC
VAXstation 4000 model 60
VAXstation 4000 model 90

Additional Info

NetBSD/vax FAQ maintained by Gunnar Helliesen [ mirror ]
VAX hardware reference maintained by David Brownlee
NetBSD/vax History
Developers and Development Funding
NetBSD Diskless HOWTO
Netbooting NetBSD/vax by Brian D Chase
VAX MACRO and Instruction Set Reference Manual
Running NetBSD/vax on emulator by Lars Brinkhoff