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On Thursday 19 June 2003 11:25 am, Robert Eanes wrote:
> Is it an old iMac or a biege old world mac.. some of
> the biege G3 actually used the macbois in software
> stored on disk (ie new world macs)
You're talking about the Mac OS ROMs. They were pulled out of the hardware,
and stuck into OS software. All Beige G3's are Oldworld. Any Mac that has
pretty colors is NewWorld. There is no macbios. There is, however, Open
Firmware, which is the same idea, but way different implementation.
Russell
> If it is an old world mac, then try YellowDog if your
> new to linux. Pretty nice setup and lots of help to
> get you started.. you will need, if it has a hardware
> bios stick, a mac os installed.... you can download
> mac os 7.5.3 up 7.5.5 for free from apple and used
> that to boot into linux. BTW, not completely sure
> about this... check the YellowDog or Debian hardware
> lists, but I don't think the addin card is going to be
> usable... most of the lists I have seen say the
> "co-processor" or upgrades are not usable.. but could
> be wrong :)
>
> If you would like mac os 7.5.5 burned on a cd I have
> it... contact me off list.
>
> Rob
>
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