There is an unofficial Debian install disk image for the NuBus system that uses the PowerPC Debian archive. Debian does still suport the old world macs. I'll keep looking for info on the video board. If anything it will be a good game machine for some little kids I know. On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 23:59 -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 11:15 -0600, Christopher Howard wrote: > > I have a Performa 5200CD and a Performa 6320CD. The 6320 is faster with > > biger hard disk and has some type of video capture card in it. The 5200 > > is a one piece with the built in monitor. I figure move what I can to > > it. This is a NuBus system. > > These are terrible machines. They're PPCs kludged onto an '040 > motherboard. > > http://lowendmac.com/tech/x200.shtml > > ...So I was absolutely astounded when I was able to boot Linux on a > 5200: > > http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/ > > The kernel booted, but thats all the farther I dared to go. These things > are slower than molasses. My high school had a 5200 in each classroom. > They were barely faster than the LCIIs that filled the computer labs... > > I don't think any distribution supports NuBus PPC out of the box. Hell, > nothing supports OldWorld anymore. You're deep in hack-it-yourself > territory here. > > Personally I have a 6500/275 (OldWorld PCI) running FC4. I managed this > by installing Yellow Dog 3 (last OldWorld supporting version), finding a > third party OldWorld compatible 2.6 kernel package, and upgrading via > yum... > > > If posible it be nice to watch a VCR or DVD thru the video card, use it > > as a TV, and then have streaming audio off the net at other times. I > > know what I need to get Debian onto it, but does any one have knowledge > > about the video capture card? > > There's a Plan B v4l driver, but near as I can tell its pretty bitrotted > these days. > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list