Subject: Re: Mac IIfx
To: CHRISTOPHER PROSSER d iv <cprosse@elux3.cs.umass.edu>
From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@edsi.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/22/1996 22:13:06
On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, CHRISTOPHER PROSSER d iv wrote:

> 	I previously had NetBSD running on a MacIIx last summer.  I can't 
> find the MacIIx anymore, but I have come upon a MacIIfx.  I know the IIfx 
> isn't currently supported, what things in it cause problems? i.e. ADB, 
> Memory Mapping, the DMA SCSI, all of the above...

The mapping should be pretty easy to fix, but the SCSI DMA chip seems to 
be rather sparsely documented.  That's a pretty significant hurdle.  
Also, Apple changed all of the glue logic around again.  *sigh*

On a semi-related topic, does anybody netboot their mac68k machine (after 
loading the kernel locally off of an HFS partition)?

--scott