On Monday 08 Aug 2005 01:22, Ruffin Bailey wrote: > > Actually OS 9 is good for a few things. You can, as a random example, > run Tomcat on it and have a nearly bullet-proof web server that runs JSP > for scripting; there are other web servers for OS 9 out there that'll be > even more bullet-proof in a practical world (ie, the OS 9-specific web > servers out there might have security holes, but ain't nobody ever going > to know enough about 'em to find them). Ftp server, same thing.
LOL! What I'm laughing at is the misconception that Mac users aren't a technical lot... especially considering how IT-illiterate most Windows users are (don't blame 'em, either; that OS made me too scared to firkle with my computer for best part of a decade!). > > You might also check out Print66 which makes your OS 9 Mac into a nice > print server, even for Windows and OS X. Moz 1.3 has also been built > for OS 9, and does an okay if not impressive job. Nice to know, but I'm not sure I'm up to doing most of those things. I'm still, for instance, unsure as to why a web server might be of use to me (anyting network related is easily my weakest area of knowledge). What I originally had in mind was using the StarMax as a general-purpose PC in the guest room, so guests could have internet access, play music, maybe the odd game or two. beyond that, I had no particular plans for it, other than just broadening my experience of different computer architectures and OS's. > > > ... > > Here's a question you might be able to answer - why won;t the Starmax > > boot > > from CD, given that the CD I'm using IS a bootable one and does have a > > PPC > > operating system on it? Any ideas? > > Hoping the mail server lets my last post in this time, hopefully I've > answered that one. Old World won't boot from random Linux CD. With an > OS 9 CD, sure, hit "C" and it'll boot up, but because of the way the > firmware works you can't go straight Linux without some trivial help > from an OS 9- install. I think you need about 300 megs of space for the > bare minimum, iirc. Aha! Now THAT's something I didn;t know. Right, will look into that asap. Meanwhile, another, more pertinent thing has occurred to me - just maybe the software currently on the box could be tuned to run better - clearly some of you folk are happy with OS9 running on that kind of kit, which you wouldn;t be if it didn;t run tolerably well, so perhaps something's making mine run sluggishly? Maybe there's things I can do to make it run better? > > > Sigh... I hate seeing good hardware go to waste. And the Starmax is > > rather > > more aesthetically pleasing physically than the vast majority of > > computers > > I've seen. Still has to earn its keep, though... :-} > > Might let us know what jobs you're hiring for so that we could tell you > if OS 9 could do the trick. Personally, other than the wacky memory > management that'll bring the whole system down if something borks, I > like the OS quite a bit. :-) I dunno about that - I've managed to bring a Linux system down, effectively (it was easier to reboot than try to fix it with what wasn't borked) on more than one occasion, due to my ignorant prodding trying to learn stuff. And I;ve yet to see any misbehaviour from the Starmax, though granted I haven't used it anything like as much. Just runs much slower than I;d expect, and the way the interface works isn't to my taste. Still MUCH better than the Windows of its day, though! > > Ruffin Bailey Many thanks, Ruffin, very informative! Esme -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
