On Thu, 14 May 1998, Scott Reynolds wrote:

> the IIfx is partially supported, under the following conditions:
> 
>  - a custom kernel must be built with no SCSI drivers (i.e. it operates
>    as a diskless system).
>  - the Serial Switch control panel must be obtained from Apple and set
>    to compatibility mode.
>  - you must use a serial console.
>  - you must _not_ accidentally hit a key on the adb keyboard or move the
>    mouse while the system is up.  we don't handle some interrupts
>    correctly, and this causes the system to crash.
> 
> i'm currently working on the SCSI driver in my spare time.  i don't expect
> adb to work any time soon, unfortunately; it uses some strange ROM traps,
> so MRG support isn't quite as trivial as it might seem at first.


Cool.

Did y'all ever get the Apple folks to give you any info on the hardware?
I remember that Allen Briggs was trying a few months ago, but I never
heard whether he had any success or not.

Are internal video and nubus ethernet cards working?  This is, of course,
purely curiosity, since I don't know of anyone around here with a IIfx.

Anyway, congrats on getting it to do as much as it does.  That's a
substantial improvement from "Machines that will probably never be
supported".  :-)


Just curious,
David

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