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.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.4 2000/11/01 15:36:53 deberg Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.5 2002/05/03 03:59:30 mbw Exp $
.
.Nx*M
\*V will run on 68040-based non-turbo
\*V will run on the 25 MHz 68040-based
.Tn NeXT
workstations.
This include the NeXTstation and NeXTstation Color slabs, and the
non-Turbo NeXT Cube.
machines or Turbo (33 MHz) machines.
workstations. The Turbo (33 MHz) models are not supported. The 68030
model is not supported.
.Nx*M
\*V does not
have complete SCSI support, so installations must use a remote NFS
file system.
have any local disk support, so you must netboot and run diskless.
.Pp
The minimum configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and a network server
capable of netbooting
.Nx*M .
Serial consoles are poorly supported by the hardware, see the FAQ for
help. Typically it is just easier to use the NeXT monitor and keyboard.
.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/next68k/faq.html
.
.Ss2 Supported hardware
.(bullet -offset indent
CPUs
.(bullet -compact
68030-based: none.
68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube)
.It
68040-based: NeXTstation, NeXTstation color, NeXT Cube.
68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation)
.It
68040-25 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color)
.bullet)
.It
RS232 interfaces
.(bullet -compact
built in A and B serial ports
on-board A and B serial ports
.Pq Em zsc .
.bullet)
.It
Network interfaces:
.(bullet -compact
built in ethernet
on-board ethernet
.Pq Em xe .
.bullet)
.It
Displays
.(bullet -compact
NeXT monochrome display
on-board NeXT monochrome display
.Pq Em nextdisplay .
.It
NeXT 12-bit color display
on-board NeXT 12-bit color display
.Pq Em nextdisplay .
.bullet)
.It
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.bullet)
.bullet)
.Pp
If it's not on this list, there is no official support for it in this release.
.
.Ss2 Unsupported hardware
.(bullet -offset indent
CPUs
.(bullet -compact
68030-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXT Computer)
.It
68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube Turbo)
.It
68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation Turbo)
.It
68040-33 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color Turbo)
.bullet)
.It
Disk interfaces
.(bullet -compact
on-board SCSI interface and disks
.It
Floppy drive
.It
Optical disk
.It
non-SCSI CD-ROM
.bullet)
.It
Miscellaneous devices
.(bullet -compact
NeXTdimension 32-bit color framebuffer
.It
16-bit digital audio
.It
DSP
.It
NeXT Printer
.bullet)
.bullet)