Subject: Hey, a NeXT Black Box is an m68k machine...

From: Bill Bumgarner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 96 21:31:29 -0500

...has anyone tried running Linux on it?    Anyone interested?  They are  
certainly ROCK SOLID pieces of hardware [i have one that is close to five  
years old, has been hit by lightning and still works *perfectly*-- except  
the optical vacuum cleaner].

b.bum

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From: Juergen Menden <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 13:30:32 +0200 (MET DST)

On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
> 
> ...has anyone tried running Linux on it?   

i don't know anyone.

> Anyone interested? 

sure! we are interested in any new m68k platform. :-)
but you have to be a kernel hacker and have the
hardware info's to port the device drivers.

if you would like to try a port, look at the m68k faq at 
tsx-11, somewhere in .../linux/680x0/FAQ.gz for our kernel
development list, or ask me, i can send it to you.

jjm

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