sonnet L2/G3 in 6500 powermac

[Andrew]

On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 20:08, Kenneth Browne wrote:
> Richard.Gill@math.uu.nl wrote:
> 
> > Dear Kenneth, David
> > 
> > The next item on that old thread also explains how to
> > get the G3 recognised once you are inside linux with the G3
> > running (so the Sonnet extension already did its work),
> > all to do with /proc/sys/kernel/l2cr, but since I don't get into
> > linux at all when Sonnet is on, I don't think this can work.
> 
> Something here doesn't sound right ;-}If you get into Linux "with the G3
>  > running (so the Sonnet extension already did its work)" then why do 
> you still need to "get the G3 recognised"?
> 
> > I must admit that this quest is a kind of labour of love.
> 
> At this point it's a hobby issue for me too...although I had an offer 
> for fifty PMac 5500's for free, from a local school system where I 
> bought the two I already have. If I had the YDL 3.0.1 running with the 
> G3 card functioning, I'd be tempted to go pick them up and do something 
> with them.
> 
> > But I also have an iBook 2 USB, G3 of course, and yellowdog runs
> 
> Just got a G4-400 tower with a 17" flat panel monitor. I'm still using 
> my toshiba laptop right now since I haven't figured out how to migrate 
> my email from Win-Thunderbird to Mac-Thunderbird.
> 
> One other question for Richard: With the 6500 motherboard what are the 
> memory limits? I saw a deal for 5V 128MB DIMMS for $16 each the other 
> day. In the 5500 the machine will only read 64 MB per DIMM, but a 6500 
> might be able to use the full 128 MB x 2 which would make a 6500 MB 
> transplanted into a 5500 a very useful upgrade!

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