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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2009-11-02 22:52:49 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2009-11-02 22:52:49 +0000
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Remove m68k from English version of the manual
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@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ distributions of GNU/Linux
for the privilege, but it does buy a level of peace of mind, since you can
be sure that the hardware is well-supported by GNU/Linux.
-</para><para arch="m68k">
-
-Unfortunately, it's quite rare to find any vendor shipping
-new &arch-title; machines at all.
-
</para><para arch="x86">
If you do have to buy a machine with Windows bundled, carefully read
@@ -43,17 +38,6 @@ for their hardware. Others won't allow us access to the documentation
without a non-disclosure agreement that would prevent us from
releasing the Linux source code.
-</para><para arch="m68k">
-
-Another example is the proprietary hardware in the older
-Macintosh line. In fact, no specifications or documentation have ever
-been released for any Macintosh hardware, most notably the ADB
-controller (used by the mouse and keyboard), the floppy controller,
-and all acceleration and CLUT manipulation of the video hardware
-(though we do now support CLUT manipulation on nearly all internal
-video chips). In a nutshell, this explains why the Macintosh Linux
-port lags behind other Linux ports.
-
</para><para>
Since we haven't been granted access to the documentation on these