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Mark Heath wrote in a message to All:

j> : i have a friend who has a macintosh, it is a basic machine
lcii :
j> i think, i am not to sure, is thier a version of linux that
: will
j> run on this and use the standard as supplied by apple 80 :
meg
j> apple scsi hard disk and some sort of apple certified cdrom
: drive
j> : .

 MH> I have no idea what type of CPU an LCii has so it may not
work at
 MH> all. 

some sort of motorola 68020 is i think

 MH> Anyway there is no Linux for 68k macs (ppc macs yes).  But
there
 MH> are  versions of BSD (NetBSD) which do.

an aside .. if the ppc mac's don;t use motorola processors,
what do they use, i was seriously thinking of getting a power
mac to replace my aging intel hardware. reason is that i
thought that they would have the most recent tpe of m68k
processors.

 MH> 80 meg might be a little tight.

yup but, it would be just a client machine with the server
having all the resources ... hard disk and printers (they are
electrical engineers and do cad at home)

j> : also what would the chances of the apple version working
on :
j> what is called a apple mac classic .. it has appletalk, an :
j> aftermarket 300 meg scsi and some 4 meg of dram. both of
these :
j> machines are in the same office and can be memorey upgraded,
if :
j> required.

 MH> What CPU does it have?  

m68030 and m68881 (someting like that) anyway its the
appropriate mmu. or someting like that. its been tinkered with
by a freind and upgraded by apple in parramatta nsw .. anyway,
everytime i ask i get the usually blank stare some (most) mac
users manage 
to comeup with when you ask them about what is in
the box, most time the answer i get is a short and simple
'gee's mate i don't know, its a computer or something like
that'.

 MH> The minimum is a 68020 and an MMU .  MMU is NOT OPTIONAL.

yup, been thier done that and got the teashirt.

 MH> :  just as an aside, how much memory would be required ?

 MH> 4 meg, at least. Probably more if you want to do anything.

given that netbsd might be the go .. looks like an upgrade
might be in order.

j> : finally, is thier a newsgroup or mailing list that
specialises :
j> in apple macintosh and linux, or more broadly motorola 68000
:
j> seris processors & linux ?

 MH> comp.os.linux.m68k

that is new, must be, i'' go hunting

thank you mark, for your time it is appreciated.

cheers

regards ... jonathan

EMail: jlm@caamora.com.au

 ... i do all i can, with what i have, are you able to say the
same ?



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