hardware revision 1.7
1NetBSD/mac68k _VER runs on several of the older Macintosh computers.
2About 4MB of RAM should be sufficient to boot and the system can probably
3be squeezed onto a 40MB hard disk by leaving off an unnecessary set or two.
4To actually do much compiling or anything more interesting than booting, at
5least 8MB of RAM and more disk space is recommended.  About 75MB will be
6necessary to install all of the NetBSD _VER binary system distribution
7sets (note that this does not count swap space!).  An addition 25MB or so
8is needed for the binary X11 distribution sets.  Much more disk space is
9required to install the source and objects as well (at least another 300MB).
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12Supported models:
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14	Mac II, IIx, IIcx, SE/30, IIci, IIsi, IIvx, IIvi,
15	Performa 400/405/410/430, Performa 450, Performa 460/466/467,
16	Performa 520, Performa 550/560, Performa 600,
17	LC II, LC III, LC III+, LC 520, LC 550,
18	MacTV,
19	Centris 650,
20	Quadra 610, Quadra 630, Quadra 650, Quadra 700, Quadra 800,
21	Quadra/Centris 660AV, Quadra 840AV
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24Supported devices on all of the above systems include:
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26	Onboard SCSI bus and most SCSI tapes, hard drives, and CD-ROMs
27	Internal sound--enough to beep on some machines, anyway
28	Most basic NuBus video cards (there have been some
29		problems with some 24-bit color cards and with most
30                QuickDraw acclerators)
31	Both internal serial ports
32	ADB keyboards and mice (both Apple and a number of third party
33		multi-button mice and trackballs are supported)
34	Ethernet cards based on the Natl. Semiconductor 8390 and the
35		SONIC (DP83932) chips
36		(Asante, Apple, and a few others--problems still
37		 with ethernet and many NuBus video cards).
38	Onboard ethernet based on the SONIC chip for Quadra-series Macs
39	Onboard ethernet based on the MACE chip for the AV Quadras.
40	Comm-slot ethernet may be working for some machines/cards.
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43If your 68030 system is not listed above, it may be because of a problem
44with accessing onboard video, and it may still work with a serial console.
45Some of the known ones in this category:
46
47	Classic-series Macs 
48	PowerBook 100-series and Duo-series Macs
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51If your 68LC040 system is not listed above, it is due to a problem with
52floating point emulation (FPE) for this type of processor.  Machines in
53this category include:
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55	Newer LC-series machines
56	Newer Performa-series machines
57	Some PowerBook 500-series Macs
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60What isn't supported, but often asked about:
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62	Macintosh IIfx:  This machine has unusual custom chips for the
63		ADB and serial interfaces which makes support for it
64		difficult.  Work is in progress on this, though.
65	Quadra 900/950:  These machines have I/O processor chips for their
66		ADB interfaces similar to those used in the IIfx and thus
67		face similar support problems.
68	PowerPC-based Macs.  This will be separate from this port.
69 		The PowerPC is a much different processor as is much of
70		the hardware inside these machines.  If you are
71		interested in this, you might want to take a look at 
72		http://www.mklinux.apple.com/.  In addition, there is
73		also a NetBSD-powerpc port.  For more information, please
74		see http://www.tools.de/~ws/NetBSD/powerpc.html.
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