NetBSD/mac68k 1.0

NetBSD/mac68k 1.0 was the first formal release of NetBSD/mac68k.

Allen Briggs was the maintainer of NetBSD/mac68k at the time of the 1.0 release.

Supported Hardware

NetBSD/mac68k 1.0 runs on several of the older Macintosh computers. A minimal system requires 4M of RAM and about 65M of disk space. By leaving out a package or two, the system can be squeezed onto a 40M disk. At least 8MB of RAM and 200MB of disk space are recommended for more serious use. The following Macintosh hardware is supported:

CPUs:
- Mac II
- Mac IIx
- Mac IIcx
- Mac IIci
- Mac SE/30
Internal SCSI bus and most SCSI disks, and CD-ROMs
Internal sound (enough to beep, anyway)
Most basic NuBUS video cards (there have been some problems with some 24-bit color cards)
Both internal serial ports
ADB keyboards and mice

If you have a device that's not listed, it might be compatible with something else, or we might have simply forgotten it. If all else fails, maybe you could write a driver!

Some systems will boot and are usable from an external terminal (serial tty or SLIP):

Mac IIsi
Mac IIvx
Others?

Major items often asked about, but not supported in 1.0 include:

Ethernet interfaces. 1.0 does not have a working ethernet driver, but several cards work with a more current system.
68040-based Macs. Work is in progress on getting a Quadra 700 running. This requires (at least) a new SCSI driver and a new ethernet driver.

Don't see something you're looking for? Check to see you see if it's in the current system or on the TO-DO list.

If you're interested in NetBSD/mac68k you should use a more recent version.

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