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Linux on Macs
I bought a Mac Quadra 630 last night. It has a Motorola 68040 CPU,
which means it will have to run Linux m68k. That is the least stable
Linux for the Mac line, which is one of the reasons I bought this
machine. These are also some of the oldest, least expensive, Macs
available, which might make them desireable for cash-strapped schools to
pick up for a Linux experiment. The primary use of this machine will be
for educational software for my 6-yr.-old son, but I intend to also put
Linux on it to test the various things we come up with.
I got this via an auction on eBay <http://www.ebay.com>. It has 36 MB
RAM, a 1 GB Seagate HD, and MacOS 8.1 (no monitor). My winning bid was
$264.99. If you know what you want eBay can give you some amazing deals
on occasion.
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Doug Loss It is impossible to imagine Goethe
Data Network Coordinator or Beethoven being good at billiards
Bloomsburg University or golf.
dloss@bloomu.edu H. L. Mencken