Apple LC550

Ainsi parla Brian Roth (broth(a)heathers.stdio.com): "Of course it runs NetBSD!" Oh wait, that wasn't the question... :) http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/ Under OpenBSD, it seems that the graphics card on the LC 575 can't be used so you have to use a serial console. What's the use? Firewall, NAT. A friend once pointed out how the LC case is nearly ideal for a foot rest. :) "Bootstrapping" a fresh Mac OS install can be very annoying. You can't just FTP over a package and install it, because you need Stuffit (or equiv) and you can't install Stuffit because that requires Stuffit to turn the .sea (self-extracting archive) into something that's actually executable. Best advice is to either already have a running mac :) or buy a magazine that comes with a CD-ROM, they always have Stuffit on them. Setting up TCP/IP is relatively easy. The big gotcha is to make sure you have "Allways load driver" checked. Otherwise, you won't be able to ping into the computer unless some internet app is running. Also, Mac OS doesn't have ping, nor traceroute nor other network debuging tools. OTTools is what you want. But, how do you get it onto the Mac if you don't have a working network? I resorted to CD-R. You wouldn't happen to have a PPC-based mac that's looking for a home, would you?