I could do that, but I'd have to pay for it out of my own pocket. The company won't. Processor upgrade, memory upgrade, video card, USB/firewire card and bigger (SCSI) disk drive would probably run me over half a grand. Upgrading program products to run OSX would probably go more than the other half.
Maybe I can just peel up the inventory tag on the 8600 and put it on my G4 powerbook. The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. --Alvin Toffler Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. (425)865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Adam Thornton > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Putty users > > On Feb 10, 2005, at 11:03 AM, Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: > > >> Just bite the bullet and go to OS X. It doesn't hurt much and it > >> makes > > talking to the Linux and Unix world ever so much easier. > > > > I'd really love to. The company won't buy me a new mac to run OSX (my > > 8600 won't) and they won't let me bring my G4 Powerbook (OSX 10.3.7) > > in to run on the company network. It's OS9, or convert to the > > "standard" Windows 2000. Not even Linux. I'm grandfathered in, so as > > long as I can put up with it I will. > > OK, good answer. Can your 8600 be field-upgraded to run it? Drop a G3 > daughtercard and an ATI PCI video card in it and maybe you'd be able > to. > > Adam > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
