[plug] Linux on Macintosh 8500/120

[Carl Gherardi]

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:00:48 +0800, Gavin Rogers
<grogers at vk6hgr.echidna.id.au> wrote:
> At 08:51 AM 2/03/2005, you wrote:
> >I have had debian running on a 7200/120 (pci based) which ran fine. I
> >was running it as a server though, so I didn't try running X or sound.
> 

Ditto with Yellowdog - You have to jump through a few hoops for 'old
school' Mac bootloaders but it works well.
 
> The reason I ask is because the machine has pretty good (for its age) video
> input/output capabilities and I'd really like to be able to use them
> without forking out for Mac OS software to do it.
>

Never used the video stuff on the older machines, but the audio worked
pretty well (at least for a non-audiophile)

Carl G