1: [[!template id=port
2: port="mac68k"
3: cur_rel="6.0"
4: future_rel="7.0"
5: changes_cur="6.0"
6: changes_future="7.0"
7: thumbnail="http://www.netbsd.org/images/ports/mac68k/800_and_classicII.gif"
8: about="""
9: NetBSD/mac68k is the port of NetBSD to Apple Macintosh computers that
10: utilize the Motorola 68k-series processor. It should run on most
11: Macintoshes with a 68040 or 68030 processor, and on Macs with a 68020
12: processor (provided that they also have a 68851 PMMU). For Macs using
13: the PowerPC processor, please take a look at
14: [NetBSD/macppc](../macppc/).
15:
16: The mac68k port was originally known as MacBSD. It began as a port of
17: the Berkeley Networking Release 2 (more commonly known as Net/2) with
18: 386BSD-0.1 filling in the cracks. This was running in a basic form in
19: the late spring of 1992. About that time, it became obvious that 386BSD
20: was a dead end, and NetBSD looked like the way to go. The initial NetBSD
21: merge was into the 0.8 released sources. The first formal release of
22: NetBSD/mac68k was as a part of NetBSD 1.0. NetBSD/mac68k was the first
23: free OS to run on a 680x0-based Macintosh, and currently supports more
24: of these systems than any free OS.
25:
26: Development activity on NetBSD/mac68k continues at its usual pace (in
27: other words, when the volunteers find time). Much progress has been
28: made, however, and most desktop systems can boot to a usable state.
29:
30: """
31: supported_hardware="""
32: - Mac II, IIx, IIcx, SE/30
33: - Mac IIci
34: - Mac IIsi, IIvx, IIvi
35: - Performa 400/405/410/430, 450, 460/466/467
36: - LC/Performa 520, 550/560
37: - Performa 600/600CD
38: - MacTV
39: - LC II, III, III+
40: - Classic II
41: - Color Classic
42: - Centris 650
43: - Quadra 700
44: - Quadra 610, 650, 800
45: - Quadra/Centris 660AV
46: - Quadra 840AV
47: - Quadra 630
48: - Centris 610[^[1]^](#ftn.68LC040)
49: - Quadra 610 DOS[^[1]^](#ftn.68LC040)
50: - Quadra 605[^[1]^](#ftn.68LC040)
51: - LC 475, Performa 475/476[^[1]^](#ftn.68LC040)
52: - LC 575, Performa 575/577/578[^[1]^](#ftn.68LC040)
53: - LC 580, Performa 580/588[^[1]^](#ftn.68LC040)
54: - LC 630/630 DOS, Performa
55: 630/631/635/636/637/638[^[1]^](#ftn.68LC040)
56: - Performa 640 DOS[^[1]^](#ftn.68LC040)
57: - PowerBook 170
58: - PowerBook 160/165/180
59: - PowerBook 550c
60:
61: * * * * *
62:
63: [^[1]^](#68LC040)System is based on the Motorola 68LC040 and [FPU
64: functions are not yet fully
65: supported](http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/LC040-and-BSD.html).
66: """
67:
68: additional="""
69: ## History of NetBSD/mac68k
70:
71: [Allen Briggs](http://www.ninthwonder.com/~briggs/) was the port
72: maintainer of NetBSD/mac68k up until the release of [NetBSD
73: 1.2](../../releases/formal-1.2/). He handed this position over to Scott
74: Reynolds effective as of the 1.2 release. Here is Allen's story of the
75: origins of NetBSD/mac68k:
76:
77: *Once upon a time...*
78:
79: > [Brad Grantham](http://www.plunk.org/~grantham/), got to thinking that
80: > a cool, cheap workstation with a decent interface, tools, and
81: > capabilities would be a lot of fun to build and sell and was just what
82: > the world needed. Well, he started talking to some friends and they
83: > decided that a nifty first step would be to make some money by selling
84: > a real cheap Unix for the old Mac II's (that were required for CS
85: > majors at Virginia Tech for a couple of years -- basic config? 80MB
86: > HD, 2MB RAM, A/UX 1.0/1.1--later upgraded to 2.0).
87: >
88: > At this time, Berkeley Networking Release 2 (Net/2) was available on
89: > the Internet and 386BSD 0.0 had recently been released, so that looked
90: > like a handy place to start. Brad and [Lawrence
91: > Kesteloot](http://www.teamten.com/lawrence/) spent a lot of time and
92: > sweat getting the system to almost work--relieving stress by killing
93: > earwigs. They got the system up to single-user mode, but hit a slump
94: > that Chris Caputo broke. Chris also did a significant amount of work
95: > to get the system to be self-hosting and read/write SCSI at a decent
96: > rate. About this time, there was lots of wind about great things to
97: > come from 386BSD 0.2, but there was also these new system, NetBSD,
98: > that seemed to be going somewhere. Chris began to merge the existing
99: > code to NetBSD's 0.8 release.
100: >
101: >
102: > Well, that summer (1993) saw several changes: Lawrence went off to
103: > grad school; Chris went to Microsoft and got married; Brad moved to
104: > California; and [Allen Briggs](http://www.ninthwonder.com/~briggs/)
105: > and Michael Finch started working on the system instead of just
106: > hanging around like spectators. They got MacBSD merged into NetBSD 0.8
107: > by the time that NetBSD had progressed to 0.9... At Christmas that
108: > year, Brad and Lawrence got back together and had a hacking session
109: > with Mike in Mike's apartment. This led to support for a few more
110: > systems and was generally considered to be a Good Thing.
111: >
112: > Allen took on the responsibility of keeping the mac68k code up to date
113: > and managed to do so while also making some improvements and merging
114: > in the occasional contributed changes.
115:
116: Quotes included in an early release of MacBSD
117: ---------------------------------------------
118:
119: > "The best book on programming for the layman is \`Alice in
120: > Wonderland'; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the
121: > layman."
122: >
123: > -- Fortune
124: >
125: > "Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the
126: > Mac (and nobody cares about it)."
127: >
128: > -- Bill Joy 6/21/85
129:
130: """
131:
132: ]]
133: [[!tag tier2port]]
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