Subject: Re: Centris question again
To: Joe Faber <joefaber@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
From: Space Case <wormey@eskimo.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/03/1996 00:47:45
On Apr 3,  2:00am, Joe Faber wrote:
>Seems to me that last I heard the problems with running MacBSD on the 
>'610 was that there were problems with:
>* The ethernet
>* Lack of an FPU on the '040LC
>* ADB

Add: * SCSI

>But, I thought that I've read messages over the last week or so that says 
>that these problems have been worked out. Is there a kernal that has an 
>ADB interface that works with the 610? and does that kernal allow for the 
>machine to boot to multi-user mode without an fpu? And, didn't I see a 
>message that said that ethernet was now working for the 610? I would 

Almost (if you have a add-in card that uses the DP8390).  Julian Bean's
interrupt fix might make it work completely.  The built-in SONIC (if you
have one) won't work.

John Wittkoski's ADB fixes appear to work on these systems.

I'm not sure of the status of the FPE, but for my tests, I'll be plugging
in a full '040 and running off ramdisk.

~Steve

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