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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.infi.net!newsfeeder.servtech.com!post.servtech.com!cyber3.servtech.com!not-for-mail From: bsalai@cyber3.servtech.com (Brad Salai) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD on a BBN Butterfly? Date: 11 Feb 1997 19:28:24 -0500 Organization: ServiceTech, Inc. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <5dr2r8$q8h@cyber3.servtech.com> References: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970207093947.3657B-100000@stat.WPI.EDU> <pk920an1nw1.fsf@btm0qt.se.bel.alcatel.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: cyber3.servtech.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #7 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5395 grayc@btm0qt.se.bel.alcatel.be (Christopher Gray) writes: >In article <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970207093947.3657B-100000@stat.WPI.EDU> > robert mcdonald <frobnoid@wpi.edu> writes: > Our local chapter of ACM (association of COmputer Machinery, a bunch of cs > geeks mostly :)) has got ahold of a BBN Butterfly, which contains 32 > motorola 68k processors... (68020 I believe) > Is running NetBSD on this thing a viable option? > I know it's been ported to the 68k architecture... but will it run on a 32 > processor machine? >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. >As for the multiprocessing bit, Perihelion have a product called PARDI >which may be relevant: however I think they want money for it. :( Take >a look at <URL:http://www.perihelion.co.uk/>. Brad