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BeOS on G3 Powermac????

Name: dominicus
Date: May 22, 2004 at 23:20:30 Pacific
OS: WfW311,BeOS5,MacOS 7.1to9
CPU/Ram: AMD K-6 398megs,LC4 to G3

Comment:

My jaw just about dropped to the floor when i read smewhere someone was running BeOS on a G3..is it possible, or did i misread? I was under the impression apple hadn't released the necessary specs for it to be compiled for G3's..if it's possible i'm gonna run, not walk, to my B&W and put it on now..!

Name: dominicus
Date: May 23, 2004 at 03:43:25 Pacific

Reply:

Me again..i guess i did misread after all..it was a mac with a G3 upgrade card..not a regular G3..such a shame..i really think the BeOS would have shown more potential than BSD as the base for OSX ..unix is, after all, at least as old as dos whereas BeOS is (was?) new and fresh. Oh well....

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