Port-mac68k archive

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Old Index]

Re: Disk errors on PowerBook 180



On Thursday, June 11th, 2026 at 1:28 AM, Nat Sloss <nathanialsloss%yahoo.com.au@localhost> wrote:

> Just wanted to say that graphics can get much faster with support for 16 shades of grey or 16/256 colors on external display.
> 
> If you enable options GENFB_SHADOWFB graphics get a lot faster on PowerBooks at the expense of a little memory.

Does this apply for other machines as well? The next computer I want to install NetBSD/mac68k on is a Macintosh IIcx with 64 MB RAM and an accelerated 24-bit color video card, the Radius PrecisionColor 8-24X.
However it seems that card may not work, according to this snippet from INSTALL
> Most basic NuBus video cards (there have been some problems with some 24-bit color cards and with most QuickDraw accelerators)



Home | Main Index | Thread Index | Old Index