--- wikisrc/ports/newsmips.mdwn 2014/01/17 15:15:32 1.2 +++ wikisrc/ports/newsmips.mdwn 2014/01/17 21:36:41 1.3 @@ -7,44 +7,16 @@ changes_future="7.0" thumbnail="http://www.netbsd.org/images/ports/newsmips/5000b.gif" about=""" NetBSD/newsmips is the port of NetBSD to SONY's MIPS based "NET WORK -STATION" series. [More information](history.html) on these machines is +STATION" series. [More information](http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/newsmips/history.html) on these machines is available. NetBSD/newsmips port is based on NetBSD/{mips,pmax} and 4.4BSD Lite2. -m68k based NEWS machines are supported by [NetBSD/news68k](../news68k/) +m68k based NEWS machines are supported by [[NetBSD/news68k|news68k]] port. - -Sony has good pages about it's history in both -[Japanese](http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/SonyHistory/) -and -[English](http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/SonyHistory/) -language. There is also a NEWS chapter available in both -[Japanese](http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/SonyHistory/2-12.html#block3) -and -[English](http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/SonyHistory/2-12.html#block3). -(Note "MIPS" in this article stands for "Media Information Products and -System" Business Group, not the MIPS processors.) - -According to that page, the first NEWS machine appeared in January 1987, -in Japan. It was -[NWS-800](http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/en/computer/work/0005.html), which is -not supported by NetBSD/news68k as of this writing. It was designed for -replacement of VAX mini-computers on desktop. The price was -950,000-2,750,000 Yen (\$8800-\$25000 US) and they were selling very -well in Japan. The NEWS machines were used for DTP, CAD/CAM etc. They -were sold in USA and Europe (there are a few user of NetBSD/news68k in -USA and Italy) but the sales were hard because Sun Microsystems already -had big market share. - -Sony released the newer MIPS based NEWS (NWS-3800) in December 1989, and -they were used for VOD system and internet server etc. Note that the -4.4BSD/Lite release also supported the news3400 models. Finally the NEWS -division in Sony has been dissolved in 1998. """ supported_hardware=""" -Supported System Models ------------------------ +## Supported System Models Currently only single CPU models are supported in NetBSD/newsmips. @@ -58,8 +30,7 @@ Currently only single CPU models are sup - R4000/4400 and apbus based models: - NWS-5000 -Supported Peripherals ---------------------- +## Supported Peripherals - On-board LANCE ethernet interface (*le*) - On-board SONIC ethernet interface (*sn*) @@ -74,6 +45,11 @@ Supported Peripherals """ unsupported_hardware=""" +## Not Yet Supported + +Models / Devices / Functions: + + - IOP based systems (NWS-3800 series) - R4600 based systems (NWS-4000 series; on going) - internal floppy disk