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   Message 324 of 1,512   
   John to Alex Wenzel   
   Re: BeOS on Mac Powerbook (Pre-G3)?   
   12 Jan 04 23:00:00   
   
   From: jmoj@removethisyahoo.com   
      
   i have a  Powerbook 3400c too, and have tried installing r4.5, nevr got   
   it to boot. (tried cd, external hd, internal etc...). No go.   
      
   In article ,   
    Alex Wenzel  wrote:   
      
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > I know that officially Mac Powerbooks were never supported, and that BeOS   
   > never worked on Apple machines that came natively with a G3.   
   > But I have a Powerbook 3400c (240 MHz PPC 603e) that I'd like to continue to   
   > use, but Mac OS 9 is just too buggy and Mac OS X is not an option in this   
   > case.   
   > So: Does anyone know if it's possible to get BeOS (I have a R5 Pro CD I   
   > never used) working on such a machine? Any hacks/workarounds (similar   
   > desktop systems were supported)?   
   >   
   > TIA   
   > Alex   
   >   
      
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