10 Oct
2004
10 Oct
'04
9:35 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc Shipley" <doc(a)mdrconsult.com>
To: <General(a)mdrconsult.com>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: OS Suggestions - Mac Quadra 800
Zane H. Healy wrote:
>> > Scored this from the local "cleanup week", sans monitor,
keyboard
and
>> mouse.
>>
>>> Has the DayStar Digital 100 MHz PPC upgrade board installed. Now,
>>> what do
>>
>> I
>>
>>> do with it? I have a keyboard and mouse on the way.
>>>
>>> I have plenty of "standard" PC VGA monitors. Will these probably
work?
You need a cheap ($10-25) adapter, but yes.
Unless this is his only computer why would he need to surf the web on it?
I can get online easy enough on my 840av with maxed ram , but I only do it
if I have to since I have at least 6 other machines better suited for that
task.
System 7.5 should run ok on 48mb of ram, and more can be added if needed (72
pin simms).
A/UX will fun on a 800.
http://www.aux-penelope.com/hardware.htm
I'm guessing A/UX is *totally* out of the
question, and that even NetBSD
or Linux wouldn't run either, but I might be wrong about the last two.
I'd probably go with NetBSD, even if I had to dump the Daystar
processor. I know it will run on the Q800, but I'm not sure about the
PPC upgrade. With 48MB of RAM, MacOS is going to be excruciating. A/UX
is fun, but not well suited to surfing in the modern world.
Doc