>Hi all ! Anyody from the UK ? Yo - I'm from the U of K
>I have recently bought >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i >tem =2046539164 That page has expired. >Anybody on the list has experience with >installing Linux on a thing like this ? > >Would it be possible (I didn't say wise ! :-) to > run OS X on it ? The newest Darwin (6.0.1, the > equivalent of Jaguar) claims that SCSI CR-ROMs > don't work :-( > >I don't intend to upgrade the CPUs. It's a dual > processor, after all :-) OSX cannot be installed unless you upgrade the processor. What you have is a Umax Pulsar Super (Supermac S900 in the USA) with a Toshiba 12x cd and an IBM 4 gig drive - probably a 68 pin 7200 rpm. The Apollo card is for serial and ethernet communications and the Jackhammer is an E100 scsi 3 card for faster scsi. The dual processors are not a great deal of use except in applications which are written to use them like Photoshop etc - I am not sure whether system 9 uses them but system 8.6 definitely doesn't. It's a multi expandable unit as most of the subscribers here have undertaken - the processor can be upgraded to the latest G4 speeds via a generic card or a carrier card/zif combo. The ram can be upgraded to 1 gig and two 5.25" devices and up to five 3.5" devices can be installed internally in the spare bays and connected to the internal scsi ribbon. It has six pci slots to add all kinds of compatible cards like usb or firewire etc etc. It dismantles quite easily for cleaning or upgrades and is probably the best of the clones that were built when Apple licensed them. Price new in the UK on launch was �3000 for the cpu only. OS 9.1 is - I believe - the latest operating system that you can install with the 604e processor and can be downloaded free from Apple to upgrade 9.0.4. And there you have it - we are the supermaccers - I know nothing about Linux but I believe that it can be installed on the Pulsar as it is. Cheers -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
