On Tue, 26 Feb 2019, Martin Husemann wrote:
https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-8/latest/
It behaves in a manner identical to the 8.0 boot.iso I first tried.
I did get to the uc menu, but I haven't a clue as to what the video device is called /dev, so I am stuck there now.
I think it's time to get on the trail of a refurbished desktop machine not so old as this one.
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