Greetings, Todd.

> Hi. I just bought a Quadra 800 for NetBSD use and I've run into a 
> couple roadblocks.

Nice machine. :]

> 1. There are no packages for mac68K listed in the 
> <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org//pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.2/> directory. However, 
> the 1.5 directory is fully populated. Is it proper to use those 
> packages?

Yep, no problems at all. NetBSD works with all the old packages. You can 
remove this feature when you compile a custom kernel, but for the one 
you're using, they'll work wonderfully.

> 2. Is this <http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/howto/networking/OT.1.3.gif> 
> still the current way to setup networking on a machine running 1.5.2? 
> I've followed the directions, but I can't seem to see the outside. I 
> can ping the box from the outside, but can't FTP out. Any suggestions?

Yes, that way works wonderfully. If you would like another approach 
(which probably equals the same end result) to get another picture then 
try 
<http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/theobald/#first-things-first_configuring-for-networking>
.

Since you can ping, but can't FTP, it sounds like you're behind a 
firewall. Briefly, unless you use Passive FTP, you cannot FTP when 
behind a NATing router.

Ensure that the FTP client uses Passive FTP.

Take care,

~ Matthew