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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD on a Mac SE?
Date: 07 Dec 1995 06:35:47 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu's message of 4 Dec 1995 02:43:53 GMT

In article <49tn99$1ok@huron.eel.ufl.edu> raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu (Mauricio Tavares) writes:

   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. =)

Actually, no.  I mispoke. ;-)  The SE/30 had a 16MHz (actually 15.xx
MHz) 68030, and the SE had an 8MHz (actually 7.xx MHz) 68000.  Sorry I
confused...

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  Michael L. VanLoon                                 michaelv@HeadCandy.com
       --<  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x  >--
     NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
                           DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
     NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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