Perhaps ... http://www.openbsd.org/mac68k.html &&
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.0/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k would be of 
interest?

On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 11:52:04AM -0800, Linux Rocks ! wrote:
> Hmmm.... Id like to see the mac classic doing *nix. I have an old one.. I 
> even have a 20 meg "HyperDrive" with it. It didnt boot last time I checked... 
> but before that It had worked great (for a 15 year old computer...) If there 
> is a reasonably easy way to put linux on it, ill dig the thing up and try...
>       I cant imagine playing mp3's on it...word processing and web browsing would 
> be about the max, heck I cant even remember any graphics to speak of.
>       my P120 will play mp3's just fine (atleast at 128kbps), but I just dont 
> think any mac classic will do the compression required for mp3, kernel 
> compile may take many hours on such a computer. but I would still like to try 
> linux on it.
> 
> Jamie
> 
> On Saturday 12 January 2002 22:17, you wrote:
> > Has anyone experience with Unices/Gnu/Linux on the Mac Classic II?
> > This is pretty olf stuff but not so bad at all, should be a fun little gig;
> > it's my neighbor's by the by -- the biggest hurdle seems connectivity.
> > There's another Mac (also relatively old -68k) which I'm hoping appletalk
> > could be established to avoid trying to use a serial line.  Here's some
> > info:
> > Classic II has a 16MHz 68030, PMMU but no FPU, B&W of course and
> > works a lot like the Performa 200 apparently...
> > Any idea if this could decode and play mp3's?  The primary goal is just to
> > to be able to write on it, and move the text to another local pc, prolly
> > his other mac via appletalk, maybe via serial.  I am of course looking to
> > test the limits a little, maybe see how mame works on that old beast, which
> > is also apparently fully 32-bit.  Maybe linux games would
> > be best (lbreakout is one I like)... or, uh, text-mode quake anyone?
> > Hum, this http://maclinuxstatus.sourceforge.net/status/ shows
> > that the FPU is optional, but looks like http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/
> > will make it work.  Looking to finish & return the little doorstop in the
> > next two weeks.  Anyone interested or got tips, suggestions?
> >
> > cheers
> >    ben
> >
> > ps - the internal drive is HD afaik, and there is an additional 250MB
> > external HD.

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