OS Suggestions - Mac Quadra 800

[Doc Shipley]

Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>  > Scored this from the local "cleanup week", sans monitor, keyboard and
>> mouse.
>>
>>>  Has the DayStar Digital 100 MHz PPC upgrade board installed. Now, 
>>> what do
>>
>> I
>>
>>>  do with it? I have a keyboard and mouse on the way.
>>>
>>>  I have plenty of "standard" PC VGA monitors. Will these probably work?

   You need a cheap ($10-25) adapter, but yes.

> I'm guessing A/UX is *totally* out of the question, and that even NetBSD 
> or Linux wouldn't run either, but I might be wrong about the last two.

   I'd probably go with NetBSD, even if I had to dump the Daystar 
processor.  I know it will run on the Q800, but I'm not sure about the 
PPC upgrade.  With 48MB of RAM, MacOS is going to be excruciating.  A/UX 
is fun, but not well suited to surfing in the modern world.


	Doc