A G3 would be fully capable of running OS X (not sure about Tiger, however and especially with the rest of the hardware being of the older generation) with the appropriate memory and hard disk space requirements. Unfortunately as a student, I do not posess the capital to make the necessary upgrades (or purchase a newer, OS X native system). Linux is one option that I would like to explore, but I would likely need a larger hard disk and more memory for that as well.
I just want to use my distributed computing apps! I'm in somewhat of a competition/frenzy with a few friends of mine, to see who can pull the most work units. I haven't got the most cutting-edge farm, but it fares OK. It's a shame that so many have abandoned Classic OS, when even Microsoft still supports OS9 for Internet Explorer and other applications. (Oops, perhaps I shouldn't have said that, as it will likely open a huge can of worms). Of course, the question remains for how long. Can someone come up with an Intel/AMD equivalency for the G3 for our Linux friend here? I'm drawing a blank at the moment, but I'm assuming it must fall into the Pentium II/III vintage. On 9/2/05, Samual Acorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > like i said before... for older systems like that it would be better > to switch to linux/PPC... > if it cant run OSX it -will- be able to run linux... even the 68k > (68020+/PMMU) systems can run linux... > > as a side note; i have absolutely no idea what a PM6100 is (G3 doesnt > even really mean anything to me other than its a PPC CPU)... im a > linux/x86 geek... only thing i use a mac (i make use of only one mac) > for is a serial terminal.... (not a big fan of the MacOS UI.... tis a > strange, foriegn, and uncomfortable land to me -- some interesting > reading; http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/docs/macpaper.php -- makes one > wonder just how well built macs really are.... and no... im not trying > to start a flame war... using ancient 8bit hardware in a 'hybrid' > situation like that is definitly an interesting hack...) > > On 01/09/05, NODEraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I didn't know Classic was still chugging along... I'll download it ASAP. > > > > A BOINC client for OS9 could still be useful, because I'm sure there > > are iMac-ers or other G3 folks who don't have the resources to upgrade > > to OS X, but could still process workunits in time. > > > > By the way, my PM6100 has a G3-266 upgrade card in it. > > > > On 9/1/05, Samual Acorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the classic client still works as long as you already have an account > > > with them and > > > and a copy of the software; > > > http://setiathome2.ssl.berkeley.edu/index.html > > > (note as of this wrtiting the 'work unit' server is acting up [what > > > else is new] so i cant say if its been taken down or is just acting > > > up... but there are -many- users still using classic that i doubt will > > > switch because boinc is an absolute mess....) > > > > > > there is also a way to get boinc to work on an early PPC mac but i > > > doubt you will like it... > > > simply install linux/PPC ;) > > > > > > On 01/09/05, NODEraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It appears that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is no longer supporting their Classic > > > > client, I was thinking that a BOINC client for Classic MacOS could be > > > > a useful thing. There doesn't seem to be a team working on such a > > > > client on the BOINC port pages, so I was wondering if there was > anyone > > > > out there who's got the know-how to start such a project. 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