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From: briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us (Allen Briggs)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Mac and Quadra/Centris 68040s
Date: 25 Aug 1995 21:31:46 GMT
Organization: Home, Blacksburg, Virginia
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In article <41if1a$l0f@news.connectnet.com>,
Bill Pace <billp@doctord.com> wrote:
>The FAQ sez that none of the 68040 Macs are supported yet, but that the work 
>is "in-progress".  Is that still the case

Yes.  The SCSI, ADB, and built-in ethernet are the three big holes at
the moment.  I have booted my Quadra 700 by using a RAM-based mini-root
and a serial console, but I haven't done much more than that...  It's
"on the list."  I've also learned some more about the Macs that might
help me with the scsi driver.

>I have a 660AV and would dearly love to run Unix on it.

Hmmm..  The 660AV uses real DMA SCSI, doesn't it?  That's real nice,
except that I don't know of any documentation on the DMA engine.  Is
there any?

-allen

-- 
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>