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From: briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us (Allen Briggs)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: MacBSD question...
Date: 18 Jul 1995 16:00:44 GMT
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In article <darmou-1907950150590001@mts01-modem07.cc.monash.edu.au>,
Daryl Moulder <darmou@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>Has x windows been releaced for macbsd and where can I find it?

X11R6 will run on some systems in 1-bit (mono) mode.  If dt will work,
so will X.  A clue is if the grf0 line during boot reports the correct
dimensions for your display.

>Will freebsd work under a Daystar acceleratior, I will be getting a 500Mhz
>030 with onbourd 68881 for my ageing LC 1.

FreeBSD, as far as I know will not work on Macs at all.  NetBSD seems
to work on some accelerators and not others.  I don't know if the accel.
will allow you to run NetBSD on the LC, though, as I don't know how all
the LC differs from the systems that do work.  Even so, you will have to
disable the Daystar's cache to run BSD--at least for now.

-allen

BTW, I didn't realize that Daystar came out with a 500MHz model...  Must
     be fast...  ;-)

-- 
Allen Briggs - end killing - allen.briggs@bev.net ** MacBSD == NetBSD/mac68k **
   Where does all my time go?  <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">Guess.</a>