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| ChadTower:
... that I picked up at a yard sale last year. I've never gotten it to boot properly, probably an OS issue, and I've never gone any farther than that into it since I don't care to find an OS8 install for it. It has recently occurred to me that it would make a nice engine for a portable MAME cab, though... So, considering I need to start with a fresh OS, what should I use? I was looking at YellowDog Linux, but that's like $55. I don't know that getting a good OS8 install would be much cheaper. What would you folks recommend (or, does anyone have an OS they can throw at me :)? |
| SirPoonga:
Here's a good starting pont http://penguinppc.org/ The pay version of most linux distros is the commercial version. There usually is a free version without the commercial software. http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/resources/ftp_mirrors.shtml http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=12 |
| ChadTower:
Oh cool, very helpful. That is a lot of what I was looking for... EDIT: wow, yellowdog 3.0.1 is three iso images, each greater than 550meg... yowch. Still, it looks like that may be my best bet. Any opinions? |
| NoOne=NBA=:
What are the specs on the Powerbook? |
| ChadTower:
Well, it's system7-8 era, so that should give you an idea. I don't have exact specs with me, I'll have to get them when I get home. At least what specs I can get without a proper boot of the machine. EDIT: Bah. I just looked at the yellowdog list of supported powerbooks... I'm pretty sure mine is the 5300, which is not supported. I can confirm that tonight. Any other ideas? I'd be fine with a basic boot into a mame frontend... don't really care how. |
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