Subj : FreeBSD
To   : Jasen Betts
From : Neal Robles
Date : Mon Nov 26 2001 02:21 pm

Hello Jasen,

 NR> A monitor is like having a permanent copy of DOS
 NR> "debug" in ROM. This is one feature that I really miss in all the
 NR> newer computers.

 JB> Apple macintosh (atleast the 68K based ones) had that

This would be MacsBug, right?  Interesting how Apple tried to
make the breakout switch as inconspicuous as possible, as if that
made it any less technical :>

 A friend recently gave me a Mac Classic,
I think it must have had 512K or 1M RAM (which I upgraded using normal
30-pin SIMMS to 2(4?)Meg) and a 40M SCSI HD. This is the first time I
played with a Mac. Nothing much to play with, but I did find a cheat
sheet for the commands and will try poking around when I get time,
using M68000 Prog. Ref Manual (5th ed), the only reference I have.

Would you know of any downloadable technical tools and references on
this machine (68000, no memory management unit)?


 JB> Suns did too (I've only played with 68K based suns too)

Lucky you... 

Regards,
  Neal

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