Subject: Re: Net BSD and the Performa 630
To: toby Deinhardt <toby@NetzArtisten.de>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/14/1998 10:28:30
toby Deinhardt wrote:
>
[ btw, you might consider using a mailer that wraps lines at 80 cols or
less...it makes replying easier :-) ]
> I've got a Perfoma 630 and was wondering if anyone has been able to run
> NetBSD and X on the Performa 630 (yet). If the answer is no, does NetBSD
> (and X) run if I replace the 68LC040 with a 68040 ?
>From what some people have posted recently, you might be able to run X
now...assuming that your grf device configures on startup. A few people
have posted that it might take about 10 tries to get X to come up, but it
does come up for them on 68LC040-based machines. However, some 'LC040's
are actually buggy and will require an upgrade. I guess this is a
situation where you'd just have to try it and see....
Later.
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Colin Wood cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6 Intel Corporation
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