Thomas, you say the Powerbooks will never be much good for web surfing - as I mentioned, Dillo 3 actually runs pretty well on my (non-G3ed) one, certainly well enough to read/post on forums or read techblogs (which is all I do on the Internet, to be honest). I also compiled OpenTTD for it, which turned out to be useable but a bit too laggy for actual gaming. I'd recommend at least trying a GUI on it, the usability certainly exceeded my expectations.
Francis On Thu, 24 May 2012 14:57:13 +0100, Thomas Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm happy to hear that there are still people out there who are involved > with this project. I sympathize with those who want to push it forward > but are hampered by old kit. You can still get good deals at eBay on > functioning PowerBook 1400s. I have numerous parts machines that I use > to service my mostly functioning 1400 with a G3 processor and maxed out > RAM. Still, with 1mb of video ram, this machine is never going to be > much of a web surfer. Probably the 2.4 kernel is just fine for what > it's best able to do: run a basic installation (no GUI) of Debian. It's > a good machine to learn how to use the Linux command line on and I hope > to be more knowledgeable about that some day. > > Cheers, and thanks for all the responses. > > Tom > > On May 23, 2012, at 4:17 AM, Francis Herne wrote: > >> Tobias, >> Thanks for the quick response, and for working on the thing at all. I'll >> just keep using the 2.4 kernel until the laptop quits working then. The >> power supply is annoying - currently my 1400 is powered by bits of two >> broken power supplies soldered together! The clock battery is playing up >> now, though - does anyone on here know what voltage it's meant to be? At >> the moment, it keeps resetting to 1904, which is rather inconvenient. >> >> P.S.: Anyone with experience of using Linux on m68k? I got my PB190 >> working again, is there a useable kernel for it? >> >> Francis >> >> On Wed, 23 May 2012 06:18:52 +0100, Tobias Netzel >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> <snip> >> <snip> <snip> >> <snip> <snip> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Live Security Virtual Conference >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. >> Discussions >> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in >> malware >> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Nubus-pmac-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Nubus-pmac-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Nubus-pmac-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users
