[geeks] Windows NT and PPC Macintosh computers
Sridhar Ayengar
ploopster at gmail.com
Tue Mar 6 09:22:00 CST 2007
Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 04:47:18PM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
>
>> I know there were several Alpha processor versions released, and a MIPS
>> version under development. Was there ever a PPC version?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Was it released to the public? What did it run on? Did it run on
>> any Macintoshs?
>
> It was released to the public. I believe it ran on the PowerStack and
> some IBM systems, as well as some other systems made just for Windows
> NT, such as the IPC PowerPlay or FirePower MX. Mainly they said it
> required a PReP machine, although I would imagine that bit more was
> required than just that.
I believe the only IBM machines it worked on were the 7248 43P's. It
might have worked on the 7043-140, but I doubt it.
Peace... Sridhar
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