Subject: Re: 68851...
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: Kord M. Kober <kord@ucla.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/25/1996 13:34:36
I am also looking for a 68851 for my Mac II, the '030 accelerator
apparently will not work. If someone can point me in the direction of an
*affordable* PMMU, I would be most appreciative ($100 is too much).
Thank you,
-Kord
On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> >
> > Not entirely on the NetBSD/mac68k topic... Well, kinda.
> >
> > I'm looking for a 68851 PMMU for my old, crufty, but free Macintosh II so
> > I can run NetBSD on it on my network. I have a few questions:
> > 1) Can NetBSD route appletalk or TCP/IP packets between localtalk and
> > ethernet networks if I stick an Ethernet card in?
>
> Someday, yes. But not yet. The problem is that we don't support LocalTalk
> yet. We support hopefully-not-hanging-while-booting if LocalTalk's around,
> but we don't use it yet.
>
> We need NetAtalk in the kernel first (it's rather silly to try and make
> a network interface if the only protocol it will use is not supported
> by the kernel).
>
> Take care,
>
> Bill
>