PowerMac G3 question(s)

[mascarasnake]

Hey Andrew -

Andrew Zschetzsche wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> My university is preparing to sell some Yosemite G3 Macs and before I dish
> out some precious clams - I'm a poor college student ;) - I have have a few
> questions.
> 
> A) I understand Yosemite's are supported by YDL3, is there any special
> tweaking for it, or should I expect some installation and operation (mainly
> X windows) problems?  I just want it to run apps and to do some c++ coding.
> I understand that it uses OpenFirmware, so I'm over that hurdle.

The B&W G3s are great machines, as long as you have enough RAM. The only 
trouble I encountered installing YDL 3.0.1 on my machine was with the 
Apple CD ROM. The install would stall at varying points. When I replaced 
the Apple CDROM with a TEAC CDRW, The install went without a hitch in 
text mode. I'm still uncertain if this was an OF issue, a hardware issue 
or both. I subsequently put the Apple drive in my 7500, and had no 
problems when I did a fresh install there.

You may encounter some OF issues, but if you search the Mailing List 
archives and check out:
<http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Installing+YDL/BootX%2C+Yaboot+and+the+OF>
and the links there, you should be able to get thru without a hitch (and 
the folks here on the list are always here ;)).

> B) Will YDL4 support it also?  And if there are things that don't work in
> YDL 3, will they work in YDL 4?

AFAIK, the only machines being officially dropped are OldWorld Macs 
(Beige G3s and earlier).

> I can get a nice big monitor with it, so it with linux on it will make a
> nice addition to my new iBook G4.

No doubt it will. Sounds like a man with a plan

> Thanks,
> -- Andrew Zschetzsche
> zsche004 at mrs.umn.edu
> aim: zsche004
> msn: zsche004 at mrs.umn.edu
> UMM Mail 1262
> 
> --The best answer to a problem with multiple solutions is often the simplest
> one.

g'luck

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