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From: kxn3796@hertz.njit.edu (Ken Nakata)
Subject: Re: Reviews Requested: NetBSD Mac68k
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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 20:49:46 GMT
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In article <paulcho-2111941316040001@pet.net2.io.org>,
Paul C. H. Ho <paulcho@io.org> wrote:
>In article <MICHAELV.94Nov19211400@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>,
>michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) wrote:
>> In article <paulcho-1811941345010001@pet.net2.io.org> paulcho@io.org
>(Paul C. H. Ho) writes:
>>    In article <MICHAELV.94Nov13141548@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>,
>>    michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) wrote:
>>    > In article <paulcho-1311940934100001@pet.net2.io.org> paulcho@io.org
>>    (Paul C. H. Ho) writes:
>>    > 
>>    >    Will it work on a Mac II with no PMMU but have a Daystar 030/fpu card?
>> 
>>    > This is an incorrect statement.  A 68030 *has* an MMU.  You can't have
>>    > an '030 without one.
>> 
>>    "Mac II with no PMMU" = 020 + 881 + HMMU on mather board. Of cause the
>>    Daystar 030 have MMU...
>> 
>> Still doesn't work for me.  Your Mac II *has* an MMU.
>> 
>> Your '020 doesn't... but your Mac does.  :-)
>
>However, "Mac II with PMMU" = 020 + 881 + 851 is known to work with
>NetBSD. "Mac II with 020 + 881 + HMMU + Daystar 030 + 882 card" is an
>unknown (to me that is). Are you saying it is 100% the same thing, and
>will work??

They were just picking nits in each other's wording, as shown above...

Anyway, I think someone has reported his II didn't work with Daystar's
50MHz '030 accelerator (without FPU), but that information is
currently swapped out of my brain.  You could check out NetBSD mailing
list archive on your favorite NetBSD mirror site.

NetBSD mirror sites are...Segmentation fault.
Core dumped.
$

Ken
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