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$NetBSD: whatis,v 1.11 1998/01/09 18:46:45 perry Exp $
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NetBSD _VER is the fourth "real" release of NetBSD for the 68k-based
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Macintosh.
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For the mac68k port, NetBSD _VER brings a number of improvements:
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- A host of new drivers and kernel changes enable support for
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many 68040-based Macintosh systems.
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- Many previously unsupported 68030-based Macintoshes are now working.
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- Support for SONIC (DP83932) and MACE (Am79C940) Ethernet controllers
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has been added (via the "sn" and "mc" devices).
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- The "ae" driver for DP8390-based Ethernet cards now handles more
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NuBus ethernet cards.
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- The "grf" video driver supports many more NuBus video cards and
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most onboard video configurations.
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- The serial driver code has been converted to use the machine
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independent driver. This change enables the use of cdtrcts flow
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control, but support for externally clocked serial ports is still
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incomplete.
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- The "adb" driver now supports the ADB hardware on most Mac models,
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and a wider variety of third party mice and trackballs are handled
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as well.
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There is still a lot of work to be done and help is welcomed. Please jump
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in!
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NetBSD _VER on mac68k is, as usual, also fully backward compatible with
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old NetBSD mac68k binaries, so you don't need to recompile all of your
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local programs.
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