Newbie/Novice Question
Dear Debian PPC Guru's,
Trying to be brief:
As a total novice with Linux I've heard people say incredible things about what
is possible with linux. One problem I've run up with as a Mac user (but also a
Windows/DOS user), is drivers for PCI cards.
The Question:
Can I somehow use a driver built for a Debian x86 PCI card and use that card in
a Debian PPC (OldWorld PowerMac) machine?
Why: I scrounge up many old Video cards that are have MUCH better performance
than the old 2mb and 4mb PCI video cards (and a world better than using built in
video) that came in the Macs. I just want to give my projects a bit more power
w/o having to spend much money. Plus we could then use standard SVGA monitors
w/o needing a supply of adapters.
It would also help out schools I work with if we were to use scrounged video
cards from donated old Pentium machines and stick them in the old Macs.
We would also like to (cheaply) add used IDE disks to the macs w/ PCI IDE
controller cards out of old Pentiums and 486 machines (EIDE and UDMA/33). At
$75 per card for the Mac IDE controllers it's not cost effective when you're
talking about adding old < 1.2 GB drives.
Am I expecting too much to be too easy?
Sincerely & completely in ignorance,
Christopher Marcoe
Online Learning Program Specialist
Nassau County BOCES
cmarcoe@mail.nasboces.org
P.S. short answers are OK. I don't expect lengthy solutions and a lot of your
time. I apologize for the length of this message.
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