On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Richard Ervin wrote:

> How far can I expect to get using the GENERIC kernel with no FPU?  I've
> been trying to get a non-FPU version of the kernel via this forum, but
> so far nobody has volunteered one.  

If you mean with emulation, it's not quite ready yet.  Most kernels 
should at least work without an FPU, though.  You might try 
Netbsd11-patched, though, as it has a few bug fixes.

> 68030 33 MHz
Should use standard 030 internal MMU.

> with the Minidock
> 2 normal Macintosh serial ports 
> second 640x480x256 display available (Can be mirrored)
> ADB
> external SCSI interface
> A/UX 80 MB at SCSI 3
> FDHD Floppy Disk Drive
> 
> Maybe an external display would make a difference?

Give it a try.

> Hooking up a serial
> terminal will be a bit of a pain.  I think I can set up my Mac Plus with
> a 6.1 boot disk and a serial terminal emulater (Zmodem).  What serial
> port settings would I use? I would guess 9600 N81.

Well, I certainly wouldn't expect most people to have an old VT100 terminal 
hanging around.  Yeah.  Use ZTerm or pretty much any other modem program 
with a normal cable in between (mini-8 to mini-8 printer cable) at 9600 
8N1 ot N81 or whatever they'll call it next year.  :-)

> I'm pretty sure that my internal is a SCSI.

They're all SCSI (on Mac, anyway).  There was some special type of SCSI 
internal drive used on a few of the 040 systems that behaved strangely.  
Looking at the FAQ on puma, I see it is the IDE drive used in a handful 
of Quadras.

The external monitor idea sounds like the most promising - at least 
you'll get your 640x480 standard resolution, though my PB145 works okay 
with internal video, just no ADB.  Bummer.

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