Subject: Re: Hardware question about Quadra 840av
To: None <doffret@maverik.com>
From: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/01/2000 13:12:29
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 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.
>
> My question is, has support been added?  Can I install 1.4.2 and get the
> onboard ethernet to work?

That ethernet status document is very out of date, unfortunately... The
660av/840av ethernet has been supported since NetBSD 1.3.
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