I have successfully run NetBSD on a Motorola StarMax 5000/250, which
differs from the earlier StarMaxen in having a Tanzania II motherboard.  
It was a little spotty; I had to have the Zip drive unplugged, and I
couldn't run both SCSI and IDE disks, only one or the other.

-Bill


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        I've always been impressed with a girl
        Who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well

                                             -Billy Bragg