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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!raub From: raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu (Mauricio Tavares) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD on a Mac SE? Date: 4 Dec 1995 02:43:53 GMT Organization: Mostly Harmless Lines: 37 Message-ID: <49tn99$1ok@huron.eel.ufl.edu> References: <49m0u3$lvl@huron.eel.ufl.edu> <MICHAELV.95Dec2231953@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kushana.aero.ufl.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] In 03 Dec 1995 07:19:53 GMT, Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com) wrote: > In article <49m0u3$lvl@huron.eel.ufl.edu> raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu (Mauricio Tavares) writes: > I have recently saved from the dumpster one of those old Mac SEs > (14MHz 68000). Knowing that its max onboard RAM is 4MB and provided I > had a large enough hard drive, would the Mac port of NetBSD run on such > beast? > Actually, it's a 16MHz 68000. And, I could be mistaken, but I believe > it maxes out at 8MB of RAM (at least the SE30's did). Was it 16MHz? Oh well, I never really bothered that much; the poor beast is in my closet waiting to become useful once more. =) > But, no. It is impossible to run a modern unix on a 68000 processor > without lots of black magic hardware (which wouldn't be supported, > anyway) to make up for the fact that the 68000 has no memory > management unit, and absolutely no support for adding one. This would > be akin to trying to run unix on a PC with an 8088 in it. > You must have a minimum of a 68020+PMMU, or a 68030 (which has the MMU > built in). Just like you need a minimum of a 386 in a PC. I see. It would really be interesting to have that beast running Unix though. I would then leave in in my desk in the Aero Department, connected to the department's ethernet of course, with a note saying "Unix Box thinking. Do not disturb" in large, friendly letters. =) Someone suggested me to try Minix. I will think about that. In the mean time, that SE will stay in my closed sucking dust. ===========================+============================================= | Mauricio Tavares | "We will attack... | | raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu | ...under the cover of daylight!" Rimmer | ===========================+=============================================