Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!purtill From: purtill@athena.mit.edu (Mark R Purtill) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: Hardware Mod for Daystar 50MHz Card Keywords: daystar accelerator Message-ID: <1990May25.220831.16589@athena.mit.edu> Date: 25 May 90 22:08:31 GMT References: <2157@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Reply-To: Mark Purtill Organization: Berglundic Insitute of Technology Lines: 15 In article <2157@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes: |> I've received a Daystar Accelerator II for my MacII. The Accel-Card is the |> 50MHz (CPU and FPU) version. I just want to tell all the other A/UX'ers |> out there who either have the Daystar card or are thinking about getting it |> that A HARDWARE MODIFICATION TO THE CARD MUST BE MADE BY DAYSTAR FOR A/UX |> TO RECOGNIZE OR USE THE FLOPPY DRIVES. This brings up a question I've been wondering about. We all know A/UX runs on an SE/30. But will it run on any of the 68030 cards sold for the SE or Mac+? Mark Purtill ^.-.^ purtill@math.mit.edu (if that fails, try: purtill@athena.mit.edu) ((")) \@_: Dept. of Math., MIT 2-229, Cambridge, MA 02139; (617)623-6238