Subject: Re: Quadra 605
To: Steven Campbell <campbel@istar.ca>
From: Bob Nestor <rnestor@metronet.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/16/1997 07:02:55
>>The Gestalt ID for the Quadra 605 is 94 and the Gestalt ID for the
>>Performa 475 is 89. So at this level the two are not _exactly_ identical
>>even if you change the faceplate. If you dig a bit deeper into the ROMs
>>you'll find that although the two share many common routines, they use
>>some different sequences for ADB interrupt handling. From a NetBSD point
>>of view, if your Kernel is built on the MRG routines, the two systems are
>>not _exactly_ the same, but very similar.
>
>This is not true. There's a jumper, on the Q605's logic board, that if
>present, makes Gestalt report the machine is a Q605. If it's missing,
Try working on the MRG code and getting it to support both of these
systems. I think then you'll agree that the two are not identical.
-bob