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From: bsalai@cyber3.servtech.com (Brad Salai)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD on a BBN Butterfly?
Date: 15 Feb 1997 09:31:17 -0500
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plunky@skate.demon.co.uk (Iain Hibbert) writes:

>Brad Salai <bsalai@cyber3.servtech.com> writes:
>> grayc@btm0qt.se.bel.alcatel.be (Christopher Gray) writes:
>> >I could be wrong -- it's happened before ;> -- but I'm pretty certain that
>> >NetBSD requires a 68030.  The only free *n*x I know of for 680x0, x<3 is
>> >MiNT (originally developed for Atari, also exists for Mac).

>> I believe NetBSD will run on a 68020 with a PMMU. that's the configuration
>> of a MacII which is known to work.

>yeh, though I think you need an FPU also?

You are correct, the MacII has an FPU standard, forgot to mention that.

Brad