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Mac OS X on PowerMac 5400 ?

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Original Message
Name: Michael Ghilissen
Date: July 28, 2002 at 01:22:19 Pacific
Subject: Mac OS X on PowerMac 5400 ?
Comment:

Hi,

Is it possible to install Mac OS X on a PowerMac
5400/200 equipped with a G3 add-on card?

Thanks


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Response Number 1
Name: bob
Date: July 28, 2002 at 06:27:35 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Possible, but won't run well. It'll be as
slow as a snail. Minumum memory for
OS X is 128MB. Needs at least 300MB to
run fair. The 5400 only can use 136MB.


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Response Number 2
Name: the pickle
Date: July 28, 2002 at 09:49:59 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

It's not even exactly possible at this point without a *lot* of Unix knowledge. XPostFacto doesn't fully support the Alchemy/Gazelle boards yet, and there are lots of holes in the hardware support that have yet to be worked out.

And then there's the RAM issue that bob points out, which really sort of cinches the deal for me. Not worth my time or trouble.

p


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