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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
 Posted - 03 Apr 2003 : 17:12:18
A 7200/90I am going to have about 32-48 MB of RAM, and around 1 GB of HD space for this machine. I just want a simple internet machine, witha GUI mind you, that is a nix flavour. What do y'all suggest? ~The Penguin **| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line |**
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2003 : 20:47:34
I suggest getting more RAM, and a video card that will do at least thousands of colors at 1024x768!YDL with the XFce desktop and Mozilla should work fine. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2003 : 21:33:02
I'd say that you should get a 604e processor in there and you *might* be fine... IIRC mmost nixies want at least a 604/603 to work.Of the ones that doof tried on the 7300, debian worked. Official 68k videographer
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Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2003 : 01:24:15
Seeing as *nixes work on 68k's as we all now it should be OK on a 601! There were problems with nubus 601s but this is a PCI system and should be OK.Why not try Debian or free BSD? These two seem quite popular Incidentally there is no cost effective upgrade for the 7200 unless you swap the mobo for a 7300, 7500 or 7600 not all of these can use the 7200's power supply direectly though, check the xlr8yourmac forums for more details. I think a 7500 mobo will be fine. --------
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2003 : 06:20:53
good tip. I thought that the proc was similar to the other 7x00... as I think about it... I think the heatsinkless 601 was onboard that one.Deb or free should work. Official 68k videographer
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Alien
Junior Member
Netherlands
269 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2003 : 07:41:59
None of the BSDs run on the 7200.,xtG
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Commodore64
Starting Member
Sweden
47 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2003 : 14:11:10
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Deb or free should work.
IIRC, the PPC port of FreeBSD is not usable yet.
Debian on the other hand runs nicely on my 7200/90 (32mb ram, 1gb hd, using the onboard videocard (console only)).  ------------
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