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#1 2003-01-26 12:39 pm
TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/boxer/
Wow, a cheap G3 PPC ATX motherboard that runs linux AND supports generic PC sound/video cards... apparently there's some dodgy way to get them to boot MacOS, but it seems both unsupported and discouraged.
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#2 2003-01-26 4:02 pm
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Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
I wonder how much $$$
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#3 2003-01-26 4:04 pm
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hmmm.. i wonder how much it would take to get os X on that bad boy... well, not bad boy.. but still interesting..
Man, I don't know what makes them go. I just drive 'em.
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#5 2003-01-26 4:39 pm
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Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
That thing isent interesting, but the BriQ is!
hmm.. what is the difference between Yellow Dog Linux and Red Hat Linux ?
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#6 2003-01-26 5:02 pm
Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
If there is a way to put an Apple rom in them it wouldnt be dodgy, it would be outright illegal.
I believe they put it this way :
Q: Can I run Mac OS through MOL?
A: While it is technically possible, it is against the strict policies of the Apple Mac OS End-User agreement and is therefore not recommended.
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#7 2003-01-26 5:05 pm
Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
I wonder how much $$$
$499 for just a mobo w/600MHz G3 CPU
$799 for a basic system in an ATX case.
[url]http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/index.php?submit=hardware&submitimg[hardware][boxer]=1&PHPSESSID=00589d93e17f4efdbc858d76aee6e83a[/url]
Here's the link, I couldn't embed it in a url tag because it's got square brackets in it...
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#8 2003-01-26 5:16 pm
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Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
wow, that's expensive- definitely a hobby machine.
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#9 2003-01-26 5:42 pm
Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
What is the difference between Yellow Dog Linux and Red Hat Linux ?
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Linux is linux...just a different distro. Really only the kerenel is linux proper. Different people package the kernel differently, i don't know the lot of it, but it just affects what libraries, apps, languages, compilers, drivers, and whatever else you get with in...at least that's what I think.
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#10 2003-01-26 6:59 pm
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Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
I think this http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/briQ/ is cooler. It fits in a drive bay...
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#11 2003-01-26 10:09 pm
Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
Does DarwinPPC require a Mac ROM, or would it install on one of these boxes? :?:
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#12 2003-01-26 10:13 pm
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Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
the briq can come with a g4..... surely these things can't run os X.....
Man, I don't know what makes them go. I just drive 'em.
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#13 2003-01-26 10:28 pm
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Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
This isn't exactly new. 
Oh, and there is almost no difference between Red Hat and Yellow Dog. YDL is pretty much a Mac version of RH.
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#14 2003-01-26 11:38 pm
Re: TerraSoft ATX PowerPC motherboard runs Linux.
This isn't exactly new.
Oh, and there is almost no difference between Red Hat and Yellow Dog. YDL is pretty much a Mac version of RH.
There is also a mac version of RedHat...or at least there used to be maybe 4 or 5 years ago. I had it installed on my 7200 for a while.
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