[TriLUG] why run open source OS on oddball old hardware? (LONGDIATRIBE)

[Steven Blanchard]

William W. Ward wrote:
> No jokes about my client here, I'm at work, and when in Rome...
> 
> Would an Apple PowerMac 7100 qualify as "different" enough for a non-x86
> install (non)event?  I've been blessed with this somewhat heavy, but not
> terribly large computer, but light on RAM at 32MB.  I've thrown in an extra
> 2GB disk (1GB included with the unit,) and would love to see it run
> something other than MacOS 9.  Not that I have anything against MacOS 9 in
> particular, but I don't use it very much since I have two very capable
> Wintel boxes I use for most of that sort of window stuff anyway.

I'd guess it would, I do not believe anything supports the Nubus 
architecture, though, I have one of these gathering dust in my basement, 
and have long wanted to put something other than macOS 7.5, but to my 
knowledge no linux or bsd will run on it...