Subject: Re: NetBSD support on Quadra platform...
To: Brian McColgan <mccolgan@algorithmics.com>
From: Ken Nakata <kenn@eden.rutgers.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/11/1996 19:49:33
> This note directed specificaly at Mr. Briggs:

I'm not Allen, but I'll answer the questions which I can.

> my lowly Quadra-605.  I visited the NetBSD/mac68K FAQ page to
> determine whether the Quadra-605 is supported but was unable to find
> a direct reference to this hardware.

Hey, if your Q605 is lowly, what's my SE/30? B-)  The answer is
"probably not".  Various things are implemented quite differently on
Quadras from on the ones we already support.  Work is "in progress".

> In addition, I have been considering installing a DayStay Dig.,
> PowerCard 601/100 Upgrade into the box along with a 32Mb SIMM (to
> bring it up to 36Mb).  Looking in section 3, there is only
> references to DayStar's m68k based accelerator's.

As its name NetBSD/mac68k implies, it'll never run on PowerPC chips.
PowerPC versions will be separate ports of NetBSD from the mac68k
port.

>      1. Can I run NetBSD on this machine?
>      2. Would I be advised (or ill-advised) to upgrade to the DayStar h/w?

See above.

>      3. Does this environment directly support the GNU C/C++ compilers?

Provided that NetBSD runs on your hardware, it is our standard
compiler therefore supported (I'm not sure what you mean by
"directly", though).

ken