Hiya,

Thanks for that doc! About your other mail about the fact that it
doesn't seem to sent the actual email to the list, I had the same
thing. Just be patient, that seems to work. :)

I hope to have some time very-very-very soon to start fiddling around
with it. Just a sem-offtopic question; how much does the openFirmware
look like the sun sparcstation stuff? It sounds odly familiar (besides
the need of some emacs-fu).

I'll shut up now and start reading :)

Wacco

On 8/7/05, dixie <dixieml@imap.cc> wrote:
> [: wacco :] wrote:
>=20
> >Hi there guys and girls,
> >
> >I'm as of wednesday the proud owner of the now one-and-a-half week old
> >new model iBook G4 12". You know, the model that isn't included on
> >this page yet: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=3D88039
> >
> >Some specs for the clueless:
> >  Machine Name: iBook G4
> >  Machine Model: PowerBook 6,7
> >  CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
> >  CPU Speed: 1.33 GHz
> >  L2 Cache: 512 KB
> >  Memory: 512 MB
> >  Bus Speed: 133 MHz
> >  Boot ROM Version: 4.9.3f0
> >  HD Size: 40 GB
> >  Optical Drive: CD-RW/DVD-ROM
> >  Airport, Bluetooth, sudden motion sensor, scrolling touch pad, and
> >some more goodies.
> >
> >Anyway, I'm not familiar with netBSD at all. I've used freeBSD a bit,
> >and know a thing or two about kernels but my main focus is cognitive
> >Ai programming and research, with custom OS design and embedded
> >systems as a side-hobby. Not an expert in the field of BSD kernel
> >hacking, to say in the least.
> >
> >However, I am seriously considering to get 'involved' and I think a
> >dual boot would be really fun. Thing is, I'm clueless in where to
> >start, especially since this system is so incredibly new and unknown
> >to the public. Next to that, support will be sporadic and the
> >possibility of damaging the hardware && / || firmware makes me lightly
> >paranoid.
> >
> >I will start looking into how to set up a system like this, but I'd
> >like to hear if somebody else can give me some prior info, has the
> >same system, or whatever.
> >
> >I'll keep it short for now, I'll keep you updated if I make any progress=