>Subject: OSX on a G3 Coloc Classic?
>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Here is what a friend just told me:
>----
>The problem with the older PowerMacs is that Apple has
>terminated them completely... parts are going to become harder to find,
>too. I can't recommend any of those machines as a good investment- Apple
>is doing everything possible to force early obscolescence on them.
>
>Hence the fact that OSX won't run on them, even though the
>machines ARE capable of running it from a technical standpoint. Apple
>wants to sell more hardware.
>
>Sonnet's released software patches for OSX that let OSX run
>on older machines like the 7600, but it's a nasty kludge, and nobody can
>guarantee the compatibility or long-term viability of that option- I can
>tell you that FreeBSD (the kernel in OSX) doesn't well handle base-drivers
>inserted as modules.
>
>On the other hand, if you want to go the UNIX (Linux) route,
>then a Powermac 7600 (or a G3 CC) isn't bad at all!
>----
>
>Does anyone know what the 2nd to last paragraph means? And would this
>Sonnet software allow OSX to run on a G3 Color Classic?
That Sonnet's work-around might not work for later versions of X?
But in any case, Sonnet have NOT got OS X working with the L2/G3 cards that
are usually used in PowerCCs. GY's 'Cube in a CC' will get round that
problem, of course, at a price! ;-)
Stuart.
Stuart Bell ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
http://homepages.tesco.net/~macaddict/PowerCC.html
New: Colo(u)r Classic Forum at: http://www.voy.com/24978/
Still looking for an L2 cache for a 575.
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