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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!news.uoregon.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!newsfeeder.ust.hk!nntp.hk.super.net!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!sol23.cs.wisc.edu!tuc From: tuc@sol23.cs.wisc.edu (Brian Cole) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Mac IIci - NetBSD 1.1 success and problems Date: 30 Mar 1996 06:09:46 GMT Organization: University of WI, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept. Lines: 52 Message-ID: <4jij7a$51@spool.cs.wisc.edu> References: <jcarr-2103960858540001@jcarr.inxpress.net> <3151A235.7121@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sol23.cs.wisc.edu Dave Corcoran <adair@netcom.com> writes: ] ] Jeff Carr wrote: ] > ] > I installed 4 4meg simms bringing my machine to 20meg total and happily I ] > have ] > yet to have had any problems. I was even able to compile the entire GENERIC ] > kernel that is the same size as the default one that comes with netbsd1.1. ] > My machine also works now with 256 colors. It hasn't crashed yet. I even ] ] Heh.. makes me wonder how I get by with only 5meg and I can still use 256 ] colors. What's this about colors? I'd love to be able to have a bit depth of more than 1 on my IIvx.. I've checked the macBSD web sites I know about, and visit here at comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.* occasionally but this is the first I've heard of color support. Is there anyplace else I should be looking for this kind of news? (Is the mailing list archived anywhere, maybe?) Also, since I'm talking about MacBSD anyway, here's some more questions: 1. I remember reading that only Sonic and Asante ethernet cards are supported, but I just saw a page on puma that says "most ethernet cards based on the 8390 chip should work for most machines." Does this mean there's hope for a Cabletron E6010 NuBus board in my IIvx? It does use a DP8390CN chip. 2. A posting in this newsgroup implies that if I figure out how to compile myself a new kernal, that I can use my macBSD machine to route between my local ethernet (assuming I get ethernet working) and a PPP dialup connection (which I'll also have to figure out for macBSD, as I connect from MacOS now). Is that all there is to it? And what will my ISP have to do on its end to support this? 3. I've installed the X tarball "X.11Mar95.tgz" without trouble, though it's weird that I have to use the minishell and cd to /usr instead of just using file:install, but I'm unsure what to do with the "Xmacbsd.950912" update. I understand that I'm supposed to install it on top of the existing files, but do I have to cd to /usr first or not? The brief readme doc does not say, and I don't want to create a bunch of files in the wrong place. I have similar questions about the "xload.NetBSD.m68k.tar.gz" tarball, and also wonder if I should gunzip it first (some tarballs end in ".tgz" or ".tar.gz", while others do not). thanks, brian -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______ _____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian A. Cole |_ _ | | ___| Visit Brian's Repository of U. Wisconsin | | | |__| |___ Macintosh Information at tuc@cs.wisc.edu |_| |__________| http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~tuc/mac/