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   William Ove to starlets@smurf_kiki-productions.com   
   Re: BeOS for PPC   
   14 Aug 04 18:50:56   
   
   From: wove@copper.net   
      
   On 2004-08-12 02:52:38 -0500, Jesse   
    said:   
      
   > I'm a Mac user who has a  G3 466 iBook (clamshell) that I want to load   
   > BeOS using the CD discs at purplus.com.  Is the  5.0.3 CD is bootable ?   
   > I saw at bebits.com that there is still some software to use that is   
   > PPC.  So I'm sure I can find stuff to do.   
   >   
   > Seems only the PC version of BeOS will get any updates now.  So, what   
   > is a good older PC laptop to run BeOS ?  I don't want a whole other   
   > desktop.   
      
   To the best of my knowledge, BeOS will not run on any Apple laptop.   
   BeOS runs on the PCI Macs. The X5XX series of Macs is your best bet for   
   Be on PPC hardware. Be seems to work well with most G3 upgrade process   
   cards, but it does not run on any of the PowerMac G3 models. Be like   
   most alternate OSes require that the Mac begin its boot process as a   
   Mac and then takes over at some point and loads itself.   
      
   I had Be installed on an IBM ThinkPad 600 and it did quite well on that laptop.   
      
   bill   
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