[rescue] mac model performance

[Jeff Brendle]

There should also be mc68k/ppc ports of Netbsd/Openbsd you could run 
on those old Macs if you want to use them for tasks like dns, 
logging, mail, http, etc. don't know how up to date any of these 
projects might be, but they should run fine. only thing you might 
need to worry about is the motherboard batteries going after 5 years 
or so (radio shack sells a 1/2-AA Li Tadiran that works, think like 
$12). memory is pretty standard on the older ones, 30-pin I think, 
forget when they banished the FPM RAM from the line (it was in the 
7600 and I think the 7300 came "after" that and before the beige G3, 
but was the 7200 before it? memory is fading on me) ... have seen the 
6100 -> 240-ish MHz G3 upgrade parts selling for cheap from time to 
time on places like Macworks. the later 7x00 line should be 
upgrade-able too with a ZIF carrier card & CPU, but the earlier ones 
might need some other sort of daughter card (the 7600 took 604e's 
from the 9600 for one thing, or the ZIF carrier as another option). 
One asterisk, when I say "they'll run fine" you have to remember that 
I still think my old RT6150 is a beautiful BSD box. =-) good luck!!
-j
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