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From: Enrique Soriano <esoriano@lsub.org>
Subject: Re: [9fans] G3 Plan 9 installation.
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:55:04 +0200
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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> I'd like to install Plan 9 on a G3 233 MHz iMac. Any pointers on how
> to do this? Or any pitfalls that I should be aware of beforehand. Btw,
> I'd be happy to just have it as a CPU server. Thanks in advance.

I'm using Plan9 on VirtualPC 6.0 (x86 virtual machine for PPC)
in a Powerbook G4, and it is  terribly slow.

VirtualPC 7.0 has been released, but I haven't used it yet.

I have never tried to use the Plan 9 PPC port, I don't know if
this port works in up-to-date macs.

Regards,
Q.