Subject: Re: NetBSD and PowerBook ?
To: None <sparta@imsa.edu>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us>
List: macbsd-general
Date: 04/17/1995 15:09:08
> Quit frankely, there is very little chance that NetBSD/mac68k will ever
> work with the Powerbook. Those machines according to apple can NEVER
> have FPUs.
Not necessarily true. The upper-end powerbooks like the 180 have an
FPU. Also, NetBSD/mac68k will eventually run fine w/o one.
> It's possible if Apple would give up the specs. on that machine and if the
> Alice Group had the time,
... and the machine, but you're right about the time and full hands and
all... When I get NetBSD running on my Q700 I might entertain the idea
of getting an Apple PowerPC card for the machine and working on the
port. Maybe... ;-)
-allen
--
Allen Briggs - end killing - allen.briggs@bev.net ** MacBSD == NetBSD/mac68k **