Hi,

Keep in mind that 1.6.2 was quite nice on 68k macs.  Even though I run
current on my powerbook 540, I've not been as happy with it.

- X takes much more disk space.  Give a 160 meg disk this is a problem.

- X takes much more memory.  Given 36 meg of memory this is a problem.

- With the big exception of ssh, it seems to run at the same speed or
slower.

I'm not sure that running 1.6.2 is so bad.

I've just booted my 540 sitting here and it's running current
from 4 Sep 2005.  It seems to run fine.  On 
ftp://ftp.ziaspace.com/pub/NetBSD/m68k/current/

there is a current from 17 Sep 2005, which, while not tested
is probably ok.  You might also want to give this a shot as well.

Both of the above current builds are softfloat builds.

cheers

bruce

On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 12:05:39PM -0400, iMac wrote:
> on 10/25/05 9:18 AM, Cameron Kaiser at spectre@floodgap.com wrote:
> 
> >> Is it just me or is the LCIII a really bad choice for running NetBSD?
> > 
> > I don't thnk it's a bad one, it's just not a good one. As you mentioned, it
> > doesn't have an FPU, and it has a low memory ceiling which makes hungry apps
> > unhappy.
> 
> It's not too much trouble to add an FPU to the LCIII.   My LCIII has a
> socket for a 68882 *and* I have several Asante MacCon LC Ethernet cards
> kicking around that have FPU sockets as well.   Finding 68882 processors at
> a reasonable price, that's the tough part.
> 
> Have you checked out 68882 prices at places like Digi-Key?   Outrageous!
>  
> > On the other hand, it's a very handy form factor (hence my Q605 in a LC3).
> 
> I've already asked this question in another message, but I'll repeat it here
> because you appear to be the man to ask.
> 
> I want to get some first-hand accounts of running NetBSD on the 605.  I have
> a 605 case with an LC3 logic board in it and I'm thinking that it might not
> prove too difficult to source an actual 605 board for it.   So, how does BSD
> perform on your 605?
> 
> 

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