Possible uses of an old Powermac

[Ilwrath]

Not that I know of.  :-(

If you find one, let us know.  I've got a PowerMac 7200 (603 @ 120mhz) that is currently serving as a paperweight.

[Ilwrath]

Thats what they were built for.  :-D

Tell me about it.  It's the only computer I've ever regretted saving from a dumpster.  haha!

[Ilwrath]

get yourself a sonnet crescendo g3/g4 upgrade card, then you can run OSX (should you want to), MacOS, YDL, etc...

Well, that's good in theory, but in the US, they cost as much (or more) than a complete used G3 system.  Plus they are slower, not officially supported for OSX 10.3, etc....

As it is, it'll run OS 8.5 and several flavors of Linux.  I think mine has an old RedHat 6.2 PPC installed, though I also messed with YellowDog.  Really, the box is quite useless.  I haven't fired it up in over a year.  I'd strip it and take the SCSI HD and CDROM out of it and chuck the rest, if it weren't serving the valuable purpose of keeping some old SGI IRIX installation notes from blowing away.  ;-)

[Ilwrath]

7200s had a 601 cpu.

Ooops.  I just glanced at the front fascia and it said 7200/120.  I just assumed it was a 603, because I didn't think the 601s went past 100mhz.  Silly me.  So mine is even MORE useless than most.  I really regret saving it.  haha!