NetBSD/distrib/notes/macppc/hardware

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.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.3 2000/03/21 10:50:04 soda Exp $
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NetBSD/macppc \*V runs on PCI-based Power Macs and several compatibles.
The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and ~80M of disk space.
To install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run
X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. (NetBSD with 4M of
RAM feels like Solaris with 4M of RAM.) Note that until you have
around 16M of RAM, getting more RAM is more important than getting a
faster CPU.)
.Ss2 Supported models:
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Apple Power Macintosh 7300/7600/8500/8600/9500/9600
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Apple Power Macintosh G3 MT266/DT233
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Apple PowerBook 2400c/180
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Apple iMac (netboot only)
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UMAX Apus2000
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PowerComputing PowerWave 604/120
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Motorola StarMax 3000/240
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PowerCity 4000/200 (StarMax 4000/200 OEM)
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APS M*Power 604e/200
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NetBSD/macppc \*V does
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run on these machines (yet):
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Systems without Open Firmware. (e.g. PowerBook 5xxx)
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NuBus-based systems.
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PowerPC601-based systems.
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m68k-based systems with a PowerPC upgrade card.
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Supported devices include:
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. It Em Ethernet:
on-board 79C950-based Ethernet interface. ("mace")
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on-board bmac Ethernet interface. (10Base-T only)
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PCI NE2000 compatible Ethernet adapters. ("ne")
. It Em SCSI:
on-board 53c94 SCSI controler.
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on-board MESH SCSI controler. ("mesh")
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Adaptec 291x, 2920, 2930C, 294x, 295x, 39xx, 19160, 29160
and AIC-78xx SCSI controller. ("ahc")
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AdvanSys 1200[A,B], 9xx[U,UA] SCSI controler. (Since it has no OpenFirmware
support, you cannot boot from drive connected to this card)
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Most of SCSI disk/tape/CD-ROM devices should work.
. It Em PCI controler:
bandit/MPC106
. It Em IDE:
on-board IDE controler which is found in several models. (e.g. iMac)
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Most of hard drive and CD-ROM should work.
. It Em ADB devices:
Most ADB keyboards and mice.
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. It Em PS/2 devices: (PowerMac 4400 and several compatibles have them)
PS/2 Keyboards
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PS/2 Mice (middle button of 3-button one does not work)
. It Em Video (video card/on-board video):
PCI frame buffers which have Open Firmware support.
. It Em Serial ports:
ttya and ttyb can be used as console if needed. AKA serial/printer port.
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Hardware the we do NOT currently support yet:
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. It Em Floppy disk:
Though NetBSD/macppc can boot from it, no kernel support yet.
. It Em AWACS internal audio:
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