On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:05:58AM -0700, Mike Picone wrote:
> Just out of curiousity, why do you want to install it
> on a 601 machine? I don't recall seeing the original
> post. I installed X on a 200MHZ 604e machine and at
> that speed it was just useable. On a 601, I think it
> would be so painfully slow that the frustration factor
> wouldn't warrant the novelty of having gotten it to
> work. Anyway, I assume the 601 your considering is a
> Powermac 7500 w/ a 100 or 120MHZ 601. If this is so,
> I've got a 200MHZ 604e (upgraded that machine to a G3)
> card you can have for $10 + S&H that would help your
> endeavor tremendously.
> Mike
It amazes me how we get spoiled. I am included, as I am spoiled
too. But I ran unix on a 2MHz 6809, a 0.2 MIP machine maybe, and
a VAX, at 1 MIP, was stunningly fast. The 7500 is what, a 100 MIP
machine? I have a 500MHz G3 and a 500Mhz K6 and am wishing for
something faster. And the Windows heads at work whine that their
1.6GHz P4 is slower with W2K than NT4.
But, I concur. I would not want to run X on a 601.
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