[plug] Mac expert anyone?

[Tim White]

I ahve a few macs lieing around with the intention the get linux on them. 
Some with cd drives and some without. The MAC that I have that is similar 
to yours is in a non working state (I think the OS died) and unfortuntely 
the com slot is empty. Some of the other macs have network cards so it may 
be possible to use them. Can you get a photo of the com slot?
Also can you post instuctions of were to get the boot floppies for os 8 and 
also debian. Do i install debian over the network?
Something I've always wanted to do but never got there.
Please post some instructions
thanks
Tim
At 01:04 05/12/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 23:51, you wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 11:30:40PM +0800, Steve Boak wrote:
> > | Just for the fun of it, I have been trying to install debian on a Mac
> > | LC-575
> > |
> > | http://www.apple-history.com/noframes/body.php?page=gallery&model=575
> >
> > Good lord, that brings back (mostly unpleasant) memories.  We had LC IIs
> > and later LC 575s at primary school.  Not to mention a few Acorn RISC OS
> > machines.  I wonder what's happened to them ... probably they got
> > homogenised into Windows PCs. :-(
>
>I think these are ex primary school too, by the look of the drawings saved on
>the hard drives. I picked two of them up from the Nannup recycling department
>before they went to the tip - I just couldn't bear to see them crushed and
>buried :)
>
> > I note on the site you linked to, it mentions a power consumption of
> > 40W.  The CPU alone in my desktop uses about twice that :-/  In fact, I
> > notice looking at later machines on the site, even the iBook uses more.
> > Blimey.
>
>Your desktop and iBook have just a few (million?) more transistors cycling
>just a bit (100,000 times?) faster :)
>
> > Sorry I can't be of any use with the problems you've been having getting
> > Debian onto it though.
> >
> > Cameron.
>
>It's the challenge that's the thing here. I don't know what I am going to do
>with the mac when I get it done, other than feeling exceedingly pleased with
>myself :-)
>
>Now I wonder if I can get u-linux onto the commodore 64 that was in the box
>with them. I'm sure there must be a cassette tape boot image somewhere on the
>net...
>
>Steve
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