Subject: Re: 68882 FPU?
To: None <eclipse@trellis.net>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/24/2000 00:19:11
Levi Sluder wrote:
> Hey, I have NetBSD totally up and running on my FPU-less LC III. I even
> have ethernet working with an Asante MacCon LC III. Anyway, the FPE is
> too broken on my system, so I need to buy an FPU. I know the one I need
> is the 68882 but I can only find it at 33 mhz. And I think the the LC
> III runs at 25. Now having the hardware and OCing knowledge I have, I
> seem to think you can put a higher rated chip in a slower system. Is
> this the deal, or do I have to find a 25mhz one? Thanks for any help...
> (oh, and where is the cheapest place to get one?)

what version of netbsd are you using?  the 1.4.2 kernel should have much
more stable FPE than 1.4 or 1.4.1.

-colin