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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!skate.demon.co.uk!skate.demon.co.uk!skate.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: plunky@skate.demon.co.uk (Iain Hibbert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD on a BBN Butterfly? Date: 12 Feb 1997 11:42:06 -0000 Organization: The Bath Room Message-ID: <5dsaae$cqj@skate.demon.co.uk> References: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970207093947.3657B-100000@stat.WPI.EDU> <pk920an1nw1.fsf@btm0qt.se.bel.alcatel.be> <5dr2r8$q8h@cyber3.servtech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: skate.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: skate.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Brian's News Reader V0.10 [NetBSD] Lines: 15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5362 Brad Salai <bsalai@cyber3.servtech.com> writes: > grayc@btm0qt.se.bel.alcatel.be (Christopher Gray) writes: > >I could be wrong -- it's happened before ;> -- but I'm pretty certain that > >NetBSD requires a 68030. The only free *n*x I know of for 680x0, x<3 is > >MiNT (originally developed for Atari, also exists for Mac). > I believe NetBSD will run on a 68020 with a PMMU. that's the configuration > of a MacII which is known to work. yeh, though I think you need an FPU also? I ran v1.0 on my Amiga 2000 with 68020/MMU/FPU for a while, but it was a bit slow.. iain