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choasforages

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imac g5
« on: 13 June 2005, 07:55 »
teehee....i have an imac g5 1.8 ghz, 17 inch, its one of the older models, but it has a superdrive. now im just trying to figure out what the hell i should do with it. im thinking, i should put netbsd on my x86 machine, and use it as an nfs server, and add a few gb of networked storage space. im also thinking, that i should put 2gb of ram in this beast.
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Re: imac g5
« Reply #1 on: 13 June 2005, 08:01 »
netatalk would be cool alongside Bonjour (formally rendezvous).  See this article.

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Re: imac g5
« Reply #2 on: 13 June 2005, 08:11 »
i used netatalk between my 9500 and my old x86 box, it got on my nerves for creating a bunch of useless files serverside. if i get another fileserve i might set it up. lol, it already has a name...choasnetgui
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
ppc: the fruity way
mips: the graphical way
sparc: the sunny way
4:20.....forget the DMCA for a while!!!

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Re: imac g5
« Reply #3 on: 13 June 2005, 19:08 »
The more RAM you give your Mac, the better. It would be nice to have at least 512MB, but with 2GB and if you have Tiger, it will just be amazing.

Where to go from there? I heard Unreal Tournament is cool....

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Re: imac g5
« Reply #4 on: 14 June 2005, 08:01 »
ive gotten it partitioned the way i want it....
and ive figured out what to do with it for now.....
*knocks on wood*
some poeple always have classic running....
im probably going to never shut X11 down.
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
ppc: the fruity way
mips: the graphical way
sparc: the sunny way
4:20.....forget the DMCA for a while!!!

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Re: imac g5
« Reply #5 on: 15 July 2005, 20:12 »
this beast is running 10.4.2 with 1 gig of ram and an external firewire harddrive..best system ive run in a long time
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
ppc: the fruity way
mips: the graphical way
sparc: the sunny way
4:20.....forget the DMCA for a while!!!