OS X on a PowerMac 7200/90

Hypernate

Hypernate

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Well, I know this is probably even stupid to ask, but would it be possible (not nice, but possible ;) ) to run OS X on a PowerMac 7200/90 with 16 mb Physical RAM and 512mb Virtual RAM? You see, I have to use this workstation at school when I'm in music, and I want to run OS X (or at least just have it on there to occaisionally use).

Does anyone know if it's possible?

Oh, wait, OS X uses 1.5GB hdd right? This machine only has a 1gb drive :S
 
I don't believe OS X runs on the PowerPC 601 chip that is used on the 7200/90 at all. The kernel has support for the 604 series (and, I believe, *not* even the 603).

Well, even if you get to run Mac OS X on the machine (you can use the usual tools for installing on older machines, you'll find them on versiontracker.com), it'll be an INCREDIBLY slow experience. No, you can't anticipate that, I really mean UNBELIEVABLY slow.

1 Gig HD should work fine if you can erase everything and just use the tools/applications that come with OS X, though. But I think it's actually a *good* idea to use Mac OS 8.6 or 9.2 on that machine.
 
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