NetBSD/next68k

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About NetBSD/next68k

NetBSD/next68k is a port of NetBSD to the 'black' 68k NeXT hardware.

It currently only runs on 68040 NeXT systems using non-ADB keyboard and mouse. There is experimental support for turbo NeXT machines (33Mhz) in NetBSD-current.

Easily installed binary distributions of NetBSD/next68k are available for the 2.0 release and for snapshots of NetBSD-current.

Matt DeBergalis is the maintainer of NetBSD/next68k. Darrin B. Jewell was the maintainer until the release of NetBSD 1.5.1 and still contributes to NetBSD/next68k.

NetBSD/next68k News

2005-12-23:   NetBSD 3.0 released
NetBSD 3.0 has been released with support for 57 architectures. More information is available in the 3.0 release announcement.
2005-11-02:   NetBSD 2.1 released
NetBSD 2.1, the first maintenance release of the netbsd-2 release branch, has been released with binary distributions for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.1 release announcement.
2004-12-09:   NetBSD 2.0 released
NetBSD 2.0 released with support for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.0 release announcement.
2004-03-01:   NetBSD 1.6.2 released
NetBSD 1.6.2 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.2 release announcement.

Archive of NetBSD/next68k news items

Supported System Models

Only non-ADB keyboards and mice are supported.

  • NeXTcube (NeXT_X15 - 25 Mhz 68040)
  • NeXTstation, a.k.a. slab (NeXT_WARP9 - 25 Mhz 68040)
  • NeXTstation Color, a.k.a. color slab (NeXT_WARP9C - 25 Mhz 68040)
  • NeXTcube Turbo (NeXT_TURBO_MONO - 33 Mhz 68040 )
  • NeXTstation Turbo, a.k.a. turbo slab (NeXT_TURBO_MONO - 33 Mhz 68040)
  • NeXTstation Color Turbo, a.k.a. color turbo slab (NeXT_TURBO_COLOR - 33 Mhz 68040)

Supported Hardware

  • Serial interfaces
    • zs; Zilog 8530 serial ports, which can be used as the system console if desired
  • Framebuffers
    • nextdisplay; 2 bpp mono (NeXTcube, NeXTstation, and NeXTstation Turbo)
    • nextdisplay; 16 bpp color (NeXTstation Color and NeXTstation Color Turbo)
  • Network interfaces
    • xe; On-board 10 Mbps ethernet
  • SCSI interfaces
    • esp; On-board ESP100A SCSI controller
  • Input devices
    • nextkbd; non-ADB keyboard
  • Miscellaneous
    • Battery-backed real-time clock

Avialable Projects

Anyone else interested is more than welcome to lend a hand - particular projects of interest include:

  • Better installation tools, now that SCSI works
  • ADB keyboard and mouse support
  • Support for non-512 byte sector disks since NeXTSTEP disks are typically formatted this way
  • Bring der Mouse's X server into the tree
  • 68030 support in locore.s
  • Floppy driver & support for floppy install
  • NeXT/OPENSTEP binary compatibility (using COMPAT_DARWIN as a starting point)
  • Optical drive support (Canon MO drive)
  • NeXTprinter support
  • NeXTdimension support
  • sound support
  • DSP support

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