Bill Layer wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:21:37 -0500 > "Spencer J Sinn" <ssinn at qwest.net> wrote: > > > I just became the dubious owner of 3 Apple Macintosh Performa 467's and > > I was wondering if anyone on the list has had any luck using these. The > > hardware is listed as supported for linuxppc, mklinux or linux-m68k but > > I am willing to sacrifice an Apple to the linux gods. Any suggestions? > > Hmm... I'm not sure that the model 'Performa 467' exists, are you sure > these are not Performa 476s? > > The Performa 476 is a machine based on a 25MHz 68LC040 cpu. The 68LC040 is > an FPU-less chip, and was unsupported under earlier releases of Mac68k > Linux & NetBSD. Recently however, they seem to have gotten the fpu > emulation working for these models. Certain 68LC040 models however, can > never run *nix, as there is a 'broken' version of the chip which does not > allow for fpu emulation - if you cannot run SoftwareFPU under MacOS, the > chip is broken and won't run *nix. Replace the chip with a full 68040, or > a non-broken 68LC040. > > One nice feature that sets the Performa475, 476, LC475 and Quadra 605 > apart from all other models, is the ability to overclock these machines > without the usual clockchip replacement. It's a simple matter of adding a > switch and a couple of resistors, and the machine can be toggled between > 25 & 33Mhz. This actually increases the bus speed, not just the cpu, so > the performance gain is system-wide (including SCSI interface speed). It's > also a plug-in upgrade to add a full 68040, which gives the machine a true > hardware FPU. > > One issue that you may encounter is getting a working NIC for these > machines. They all use the proprietary Apple LC-PDS NIC, or one of the > aftermarket clones. Unfortunately, not all of the LC-PDS NICs are > supported in Linux; you'll just have to try booting a kernel and see if > the NIC is registered and assigned an interface. All of the 8390 based > NICs work (aka NE2000), as do the genuine Apple NICs. Some NICs from Dayna > do not work. > > The best Linux route for these machines is Debian Mac68k Linux, which can > be downloaded from the Debian site. I'd suggest you join the > debian-68k at lists.debian.org mailing list, as the system is still under > development, and new kernels are frequently released to the list. > > Finally, my webserver for the past year has been an overclocked LC475, > with a full 68040. It's rock-solid stable, and has never needed a reboot. > Current uptime is: 8:47am up 47 days, 11:39, 1 user, load average: > 0.07, 0.02, 0.00 > > Hope this helps, > > -.bill.layer.- > > -.those who are talking don't know, and those who know aren't talking.- > > -.frogtown.- -.minnesota.- -.u.s.a.- > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list The badge on the front of the machine says Performa 467, so I am guessing that is what it is. Looks like the processor is a Motorola 68030. They are interesting lttle units, 8MB RAM, 128 MB SCSI HD. Spec sheet is at http://www.info.apple.com/info.apple.com/applespec/applespec.taf?RID=70I appreciate all the info. I guess I will have to do some research before I can make this a full=fledged project. :) Hmmm The Apple/linux router project... ;)