Subject: RE: (off-topic) 630 CD (was Re: P630CD)
To: Ryan Ordway <rimsky@teleport.com>
From: BloodWolf <bloodwolf@usa.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/24/1998 06:26:29
coolness! hrmm well one more question before I have to go, what's up with
the kernel naming convention? Generic, Generic SBC ect.... and which one
should I use out of the current 905 distro on the ftp.netbsd.org server? I'm
just installing the one on top now, the Generic 84 one

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Ordway [mailto:rimsky@teleport.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 6:09 AM
> To: BloodWolf
> Subject: RE: (off-topic) 630 CD (was Re: P630CD)
>
>
> On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, BloodWolf wrote:
>
> > well getting into a performa 630 requires taking off about 10 panels so
> > don't try unless you have time... Anyways it has a special power plug
> > connecter thing inside that's 50 pin scsi... It's running a
> Sony SCSI Cdrom
> > from Apple of some kind... It won't run any none apple cdroms without
> > special cdrom drivers like FBW Cdrom Toolkit (I have it).. Oh a quick
> > question how fast will netbsd run on a 33 mghtz 68040 33 mghtz processor
> > with 20 meg of ram? I'm hoping it'll ftp serve and telnet serve
> like a bad
> > boy
>
> 	Heh, yeah I've put in my CS ethernet card, and upgraded the RAM...
> but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get to the CD
> compartment. The Documentation just said to let Apple authorized
> technicians put in Cd drives, etc ;-)
>
> 	I run NetBSD on my Q630... basically the same as your P630 and
> almost exactly the same since you swapped out the LC040 for the full 040.
> It routes my LAN of 5 machines, ftp serves, hosts telnet and ssh sessions,
> runs apache, X and all kinds of goodies. I've got 36MB of RAM, but 20
> should be fine as long as you don't run huge programs. And, if you have
> plenty of swap space you should be fine. It's nothing near as good as a G3
> would go, but it works ;-)
>
> 	Ryan
>
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