> In theory, you could get a minimal X-Windowing environment going, but it'll
> be tricky getting NetBSD to boot with the add-on PMMU and FPU, because there
> is no place onboad to add one. You could try to dig up the PDS accelerators
> that have those pieces on them, but *BSD and Linux (As well as A/UX) don't
> take well to PDS accelerators.
Depends. In general, this is true. However, installing a PDS card of the
same processor generation usually works (installing a faster '030 in an
'030, for example -- I use a Daystar 50MHz '030 in my IIci), and an '020
should be okay with an '030 upgrade card if you can find one. The only
real problems have been '030 -> '040 and of course with NetBSD/mac68k PPC
upgrades are right out.
> Get a cheap x86 box to play with *BSD or Linux. There's no good reason to
> use it on a Mac. In the x86 world, you'll have more available compiled
> applications, better hardware support, more functionality, and better speed
> per MHz than a Mac. You could most likely sell your Mac LC on the swap list
> and use the money to get a cheap Pentium box out of the classifides of your
> local newspaper.
This seems a little thick. The NetBSD world has excellent support and
many precompiled applications and packages. Why not make use of an old
system instead of getting another one? And what about Power Mac Unix?
In the case of the LC, it may be more trouble than it's worth but there are
*many* good reasons to be running Unix on a Mac. I think you're definitely
painting with a very broad brush.
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