On 7/3/20 5:40 PM, Kenneth Parker wrote: > This is, actually something I would like to do. Anyone know of good > Computer Museums in areas they've been in? (I remember a good one, > South of San Francisco, but that's on the other side of the Country from > North Carolina). > > I have a couple that I REALLY want to make work, in a Museum > Environment: A G3 Apple iBook, with the last Dual Boot to Apple's OS-9 > (with OS X Jaguar on the other side. Look THAT up!). I also have an > Apple G4 iMac "Desk Lamp", where the Disk Drive gave out. (And it had > the Archive of my Classical Music CD Collection). To get, at least a > *little* back on Topic, I successfully booted an old Debian DVD on the > iMac (which, by the way, last ran OS X Panther). Unfortunately, it had > trouble with the Graphics. But, with the knowledge from these last > couple years, I'm sure I can find Firmware and Drivers that could work. > > Yes, in the olden days, I liked Apple. Then, they dropped Power PC and > I was Livid! (What's the best protection, from Windows Viruses? How > about a totally different CPU Architecture, where the Virus can't get > anywhere. > > Anyway, I am, right now, experiencing why Debian is so much better for > Computer Experts than Ubuntu or, Especially Mint. (The Mint Install > only works from its Live DVD, which I am running on XFCE, on a Lenovo > Ideapad 320. What could possibly go wrong?) So, for anyone who is > looking for Debian-like Alternatives, I give Thumbs Down on Mint 20, but > *do* have a message in their Forum. > > But back to the Computer Museum, anyone else experience those? > > Thanks for being patient with me. > > Kenneth Parker
[snip] List of computer museums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_museums I was familiar with Boston's Computer Museum long ago, now part of The Computer History Museum in California. See wikipedia link above. Good luck Kenneth. Regards, Ralph