Subject: Re: Duo (yet again)
To: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
From: Jude Giampaolo <jude@smellycat.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/25/2000 09:12:38
At 2:23 AM +0200 6/25/00, Hauke Fath wrote:
>> Is there any support for Duo's while docked?
>
>Depends on the dock.  ;)

Hmm... I have an original Duo Dock, the big one. I've got a NIC and a toby
card in the nubus slots.

>Essentially none. When a Duo is docked (in a DuoDock), the only internal
>devices that are used are ADB and the internal modem. Everything else is
>either duplicated in the Dock (53c80 SCSI, SCC serial, video, sound) or
>only provided externally (SWIM II floppy controller, SONIC ethernet).

Well the lack of built in ethenet doesn't bother me as my dock doesn't have
that option and thereis no floppy drive in my dock either.

>Currently, we provide no driver support for Dock peripherals.
>
>There are some devices (e.g. SONIC) where support would be rather easy
>-- more or less probe the right addresses.
>
>There are devices where things are not so easy, mainly because we treat
>them as unique so far (the 53c80 SCSI drivers, the SCC serial driver).
>
>And finally, there are devices which we do not support at all (SWIM II,
>Jet video controller).

Is there any good starting point for the duos? How far could I get booting
with what?

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Jude Giampaolo
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