[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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