[svlug] Linux for Macintosh (Alas MacII)

[Patrick McGovern]

I would tend to doubt it.  If I remember correctly the 68020 doesn't have a
PMMU chip.  This is required to do Virtual Memory.  There is a socket for a
PMMU on the MacII motherboard, but I think you'll have a hard time finding
one now.

Also the MacII only supported 8 megs of RAM I believe.  Probably not enough
if you wanted to do X.  Actually it did support more than 8 megs, but it
didn't support standard 4megs simms.  The spec for 4meg simms came out
after the machine shipped in 1987.

If there is a non-powerpc Linux port, it's probably only for 68030 or higher.

Pat-




>Does anyone know if Linux has been ported (or is in the process of being
>ported) to the old Mac-II platform (68020)? If I recall, there was a
>mk68-port, but I've no idea which chips it supported, nor who was in
>charge of the project.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Darrell Earnshaw
>SAP Labs, Palot Alto.
>
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