Subject: Re: Hardware question about Quadra 840av
To: 'MacBSD' <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/01/2000 11:00:14
At 06:25 PM 12/1/2000 +0000, doffret@maverik.com wrote:
>I have the opportunity to purchase a Quadra 840av at a local university
>surplus sale.  Before I buy it I want to do some research as to whether
>it has a built in ethernet connection.  I understand it does.  I looked
>through the MacBSD related links at NetBSD.org and found a rather date
>document (July 20, 1998) that stated the Quadra's onboard ethernet wasn't
>supported.

It does.

>My question is, has support been added?  Can I install 1.4.2 and get the
>onboard ethernet to work?

1.4.2, dunno.  1.5 definitely.  And would strongly suggest using 1.5
over any version of 1.4.
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