Subject: Re: Some newbie questions ... please help
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com>
From: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/06/2000 22:59:05
At 18:36 Uhr +0100 06.02.2000, Allen Briggs wrote:
>I don't think there are any 68k macs that could keep up with that
>printer.  I don't recall 230,400 being supported until the PowerMacs
>came along, although there might be a chance with the IIfx, Q900/950,
>or AV machines.  To get that speed, I think you need an external clock
>signal.  Bill Studenmund might have a better answer for you, though.

Trust in MacBSD, Allen!  ;)

I am running a IIci as NAT box with 115k2 for an ISDN modem. That's
incoming speed; outgoing should be easier on the Mac. Since a pre-1.4.1
patch, you can set serial speed up to 230k4 if you feel adventurous. I'd
give it a try...

>You might have some problems with some SCSI devices, but you can't
>really get around that with the mac68k systems right now.  I've been
>outbid at Ebay on a SCSI bus analyzer twice now.  If I could get my
>hands on one of them, I'd like to work on all of the NetBSD/mac68k SCSI
>drivers.

That's really good news...

	hauke


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