on 12/8/05 3:01 PM, Manuel Bouyer at bouyer@antioche.eu.org wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 06:30:24PM -0500, iMac wrote:
>> After having allowed my R5000 Indy to sit dormant on a shelf for half a
>> year, I've finally managed to get dhcpd and tftp working so that I could
>> install NetBSD.  I'm now in the process of installing NetBSD 2.1 after
>> having cut my teeth with 2.0.2 yesterday.
>> 
>> I have a couple of questions that I haven't been able to find answers for at
>> the NetBSD site or through Google.  My questions are as follows:
>> 
>> a) I'm feeling kind of stupid for even asking this question, as I feel the
>> answer is a big fat 'no', but I'm going to ask anyway.  Does NetBSD support
>> the IndyCam?  (ducking and running)
> 
> Well, no
> 
>> 
>> b) Does NetBSD support any of the audio/video in ports of the Indy? (Vino,
>> etc.)
> 
> I think video will work at last for the low-end 8bits and 24bits adapters.
> Don't know about audio (it's been a while since I played with this)

Apparently the Indy will play mp3's with a 2.1 install. :)

The Indy is quite a nice machine, albeit old.
> 
>> 
>> c) Are there any Indy specific applications available that take advantage of
>> unique Indy hardware (ASICS, Etc.) and, if so, where can they be found?
> 
> As far as I know there's none.