> 1) where can I find documentation on the full boot process of this
> computer?

Inside Macintosh will have some of this information.  The old IM:V
covered the older macs--I don't know if the PB1400 and other late-model,
pre-OFW systems follow the same method, but I expect it's not much
different.

> 2) where can I find documentation on open firmware? the only refrence
> i have found it to IEEE, which isn't exactly open from what I have seen.

There is a late draft of the standard somewhere around
playground.sun.com, I think, but it's been a while since
I dug around for it.  Were you thinking of trying to
provide an OFW-like interface for NetBSD to use, or just
trying to understand the existing system, or what?

> 3) where can I find documentation on nubus? This one is tough...

Inside Macintosh, or the Designing Cards and Drivers (pre-PCI version),
or possibly the Guide to Macintosh Family Hardware.

> 4) Does netbsd currently have something like UMDOS, so that I can
> install netbsd without trashing mac OS? I have no floppy drive on
> this computer, only a network connection :(

Nope.

> 5) Does anyone know if there is support in the video hardware for a text
> console [...]?

Nope.

> 6) Are there any ports of unix tools to macintosh?

As someone mentioned, there's Tenon's MachTen, but it's not free.  Apple
did release MPW, but it's cli is pretty funky, IIRC, and not terribly
general purpose.

-allen

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