While not a compact, I've been using OpenBSD on a quadra 800 since version 3.3. And with a little wood and creativity, the guts of such a computer can easily be back mounted...
Slap on a mac to pc video addaptor, and you can run the bad boy headless. -Matt --- Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 8:48 PM -0600 12/1/04, Jack Gallemore wrote: > >Spending oodles of time trying to get my 6400 set > up as a router for > >my home network, I stumbled on the fact that > LinuxPPC doesn't > >support the deep, rich sound the 6400 is capable > of. Still wanting > >to use that machine for my music, and looking at > the collection of > >my various compacts, I was wondering if one of them > could be used as > >a router. > > > >Obviously, the choice was an 020 or 030. but I was > wondering if > >anyone has done a router on a compact. > > Possible but not recommended. Assuming you are > talking about a > broadband connection you'll need two Ethernet > interfaces. You can do > it with one but it is strongly recommended against. > It will have to > be a SE/30. But the only way to get two NICs is to > use a PDS card > and a SCSI-Ethernet interface. I've used > SCSI-Ethernets but I can't > recommend them, it didn't seem to work well. > > Your best, low end machine for it is a IIci (or > IIcx). You could > also use a IIsi. I have successfully used one with > two PDS NICs. > You have to have one of the back panel connector > panels hanging out > the back. > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super > Highway" > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by > <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
