Re: Performa PPC 7100

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 07:47:17AM -0800, Mario Menezes wrote:
> Hi,
>    
>    I have the opportunity to buy a used Performa
> PPC 7100 (I guess) for a good price. 
>    I know nothing about Macintoshes. 
>    Is this a true PPC or a m68k?

It's a PPC.

>    Can I install Debian in this machine? 

Nope.  The 7100 requires MkLinux, which we do not yet support.

>    Is it a good machine for basic things 
> (Latex, X, xfig, ...)?

It's a bit on the slow side...


Dan

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