Porting to NuBus PowerMacs

[David A. Gatwood]

On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Gary Thomas wrote:

> > http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/hardware2.html
> 
> This document does not have enough detail to be able to make a port 
> for this hardware.  As far as I know, such details are only available
> directly from Apple under NDA until they decide to "leak" the info
> out, such as releasing ports, drivers, etc.

True, but some of the information is frequently available through other
means, like information available in MacsBug, especially where hardware
addresses are concerned.  It should be enough to at least get past the
interrupt hurdle (since I think the code's currently putting the interrupt
controller somewhere in the middle of either the ADB hardware or video
hardware (hence the monitor shutting off).  It's not as easy as working
with docs, but it's still (historically speaking, anyway) easier than
actually obtaining docs. ;-)


LATER,
David

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