On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Pete Lancashire wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My *nix background is AIX-RS6000, RedHat-Linux-x86, and Solaris-Sparc.
> Never tried NetBSD. And I only have one Mac client.
> 
> I was just given about 15 Mac's in various sizes and shapes. Of the
> 68K models only 2 SE30's and one IIci has Ethernet. I would like to
> play with getting NetBSD on the IIci since it is the only one I can
> at this time easily open and drop a reasonable size hard drive into.

You can use Appletalk (Localtalk-phonenet) to transfer the NetBSD install
files on those macs that do not have ethernet. All macs have built-in
networking. 
 
> Here's the questions I have after reading the FAQs, and can not find
> an answer to. Sorry if I missed it in the FAQs
> 
> The IIci has a E-Machines "Colorlink" 24 Bit colour card.
> 
> Can I run the card in either 1 bit or 8 bit mode ? I don't have any
> doc's on the card.
 
Dunno about that particular card. But you can run other NuBus video cards
in 1 and 8 bit modes. The 8-bit part is a bit trickier.

> Can I make use of the Ethernet portion of the card ? The chip is
> a National DP83902V.

I bet it just works right off the bat. This is a Mac you're working with,
remember?

> Can I do a remote install similar to Solaris/AIX/RedHat via FTP
> or NFS or ?
 
Dunno about that. I did my installs from the local hard drive. Gave my
68k macs anywhere from 40 to 250meg MacOS partitions, then copied all the
NetBSD installer files and installed them onto the NetBSD partitions of
the drive. 

> And not directly related to this mailing list.
> 
> Does one know of a cheap supply of smaller SCSI drives ? I once
> found 10 new IBM 50pin 2Gb drives for $25 each but haven't seen
> such again.

Check www.macresq.com, www.macworks.com, preowned.com, dealmac.com, and
nexcomp.com and see what drives they carry.

> The other not related question is, has anyone seen or know of
> a 30pin SIMM to ??? adapter. I had once seen an adapter for
> the Sun Sparc II's.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -pete
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