Re: debian & mac classic, en/sc

[Michael Schmitz <schmitz@opal.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>]

> > I'd like to run debian on it but only if it supports the EN/SC.
> > Has anyone in here already tried this?
> > Does anone know if debian supports that Asante stuff?
>
> Well, you should ask on the 68k list. However, I can answer your
> questions. First, if it's an actual Macintosh Classic, it's not
> supported by Linux at all. You need a real MMU, which the original
> MC68000 didn't have. Second, noone has been able to figure out how
> to get the EN/SC working yet. It might be possible to write a
> driver for it, but it would take some significant effort.

I still have one of these adapters. If someone wants to write a driver for
it, drop me a mail and I'll snail mail it to you. I haven't had any luck
with it, and don't have a Mac with corresponding driver anymore to reverse
engineer things.

	Michael