[X-Unix] Orig G3 desktop and OS X

[Brent Baisley]

I've heard of a utility that would allow you to install OS X on "old" 
machines, but maybe not THAT old (I do have one at home running OS9). 
Performance would probably be abysmal, especially if you have the 
original Rage II(?) graphics chip. I haven't even attempted installing 
OS X on any of the Beige machines I have, but I have installed 
Yellowdog linux on a Beige G3. I would recommend going the linux route. 
You'll be able to work with it if you are looking for command line and 
performance will be much better.
I hope you've upgraded the hard drives though, that will probably be 
your biggest performance hit.

On Oct 21, 2004, at 3:51 PM, R Waechter wrote:

> Hello,
>
> According to the official word, my original (beige) G3 desktop
> "will not run OS X".  This is because it does not have either
> firewire or usb on the motherboard.
>
> Has anyone used any third-party software that would allow
> OS X to be run on this machine? And if so, has it 'worked'
> (and was it reasonable in the speed department?)
>
> I want to turn this into my fileserver and for that I don't
> need the graphical bit so much, but I really really do need
> access to a real command line.
>
> tia,
>
> rip
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