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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!er7.rutgers.edu!not-for-mail From: kenn@eden.rutgers.edu (Ken Nakata) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Trouble Booting a IIsi Date: 21 Dec 1995 00:47:52 -0500 Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4base8$b6k@er7.rutgers.edu> References: <suk-0912951251360001@cola66.scsn.net> <suk-0912951910510001@cola61.scsn.net> <30D0D16B.583D@gamgee.cc.flinders.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: er7.rutgers.edu Paul Callaghan <pmpdc@gamgee.cc.flinders.edu.au> writes: > Would a IIsi with 5M + 200M HD (without FPU) devoted to MacBSD be a >usable system? I'd like to run unix, but I still need MacOS. Is it possible >to choose which OS to start up on, or is MacBSD always the default. Also, is >there a X window system available (does it cope with 8M of RAM)? As for FPU-lessness, please wait for a little longer. Floating Point Emulator (or FPE for short) is being developed. Right now, it's in "somewhat" useable stage. And, NetBSD/mac68k (aka MacBSD) is always booted by a MacOS application called Booter. IOW, you always boot the Mac into MacOS then boot MacBSD. You may think it's tedious and cumbersome, but it has its own charm. Finally, X11R6 (the latest and greatest) is available on MacBSD, albeit it only supports B&W (1-bit color depth) mode. If you have a Logitech MouseMan or TrackMan (not too old), you can even use all the three buttons just like any other X. I suggest you join one of the NetBSD mailing lists, port-mac68k. You can find out how to join the mailing lists by periodical post to comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce. ken -- Ken Nakata . . . . Cook College, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey http://remus.rutgers.edu/~kenn/, ftp://remus.rutgers.edu/pub/NetBSD/index.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense." -- John McCarthy