Re: next68k port status?

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:12:13AM -0700, Michael Wolfson wrote:
> Howdy next68k folk,
> 
> Since we're approaching a new major release, I figure it's time to 
> update the docs.
> 
> So, I know these models work (I've got a NeXT_X15):
>  - 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube) - NeXT_X15
>    ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display
>  - 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation) - NeXT_WARP9
>    ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display
>  - 68040-25 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color) - NeXT_WARP9C
>    ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display
> 
> Which of these work (and how well -- 
> ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display/SCSI)?
>  - 68030-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXT Computer) - NeXT_CUBE?
>  - 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube Turbo) - NeXT_TURBO_MONO?
>  - 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation Turbo) - NeXT_TURBO_MONO?
>  - 68040-33 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color Turbo) - NeXT_TURBO_COLOR?
> 
> Hardware support
>  - Do ADB peripherals work?
>  - Is SCSI reliably working (hard drives and CD-ROMs)?

SCSI is working fine on my NeXTstation (I think it's a NeXTstation,
not a NeXTstation Turbo) with scsi disk. I didn't try CD.

>    By this, I mean are there no sneaky gotchas involved in booting and 
> using SCSI
>    hard drives and CD-ROMs?  Is it a preferred method of installing 
> NetBSD?

I don't think there is a way to boot from CD yet.
I did mine from netboot.


>  - What about ISO 9660 file systems?  GENERIC seems to have it 
> commented out.
>  - Can you partition a disk to boot both NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP and NetBSD, 
> or is it
>    one disk per OS?

I don't know, I don't have NeXTSTEP.

> 
> OS support
>  - What boot methods are available (aside from netboot and SCSI HD)?
>  - Shouldn't it have sysinst if it supports booting from hard drives?

Probably

>  - Compatibility with NeXT format file systems (read/write)?
>    Isn't it the same that MacOS X uses (which is supported in 
> NetBSD/macppc)
>  - What's the X server status?
>  - Does it have full wscons support (i.e. virtual terminals)?

I don't think it has

Also note that the RTC seems to still be brocken on my NeXT.

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