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Build Your Own PowerPC?

Posted by Cliff on from the why-not? dept.

amokk asks: "Let's assume for a second that somebody would want to take the time and effort to build a Personal Computer but base it on a PowerPC architecture. Besides saying 'Buy a Mac' (I already have one) or 'Buy an IBM server', is there any way of acquirng the individual parts and slapping them together? Why you would want to do this isn't up for debate. Rather, this is one of those 'wouldn't it be neat if...' type of experiments."

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  1. fr0st pr0st!! by billybob · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OMG LOL!!

    (lameness filter override)

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    1. Re:fr0st pr0st!! by natron+2.0 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      sorry beat you to it...LOL!

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  2. Handshakes? by mbbac · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't know about you guys, but I've been using the magic of the Internet to finger Stevie Case across state lines for quite a while now.

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    mbbac

  3. What happened to Jon Katz? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's happened to Jon Katz? Where has he been lately? What is going on in Afghanistan with Junis? Has he downloaded Enterprise Season 2?

    1. Re:What happened to Jon Katz? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Jon Katz is chained to a wall in homos lair. He was tired of molesting children, so he decided to go hardcore.

  4. The point is moot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    With this around, who cares...

  5. Tornados 4 Cadavers 3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The game-hardened Tornados scored in the first minute while the Cadavers were still stretching and scraping rust from their blades. The game Cadavers pumped in two goals to take a 2-1 lead and were confident that victory was in their grasp, but the Tornados managed to score twice on defensive breakdowns. A furious Cadaver rally produced a penalty shot score and many shots on the Tornado goalie, who was able to stand in the way of them all.

    Personal +/- +1

  6. Re:Score 5, Funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If for nothing more than the fact that no geek on this page would ever find a second use for his K-Y.

  7. Re:Next Week On Ask Slashdot... by unicron · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "I need an avacado, a snorkel, and a screwdriver."

    "But.."

    "Don't argue with me, man, I've made bongs out of less."

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    Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
  8. Re:Next Week On Ask Slashdot... by Contact · · Score: 4, Offtopic
    You may joke, but a hot topic in the UK at the moment is the idea of running diesel engined cars on used cooking fat mixed with a little white spirit.

    This does apparently work (although I'm not sure about the long terms effects on the engine, or performance), and over here, where automotive fuels run to about 5 dollars a gallon, the potential savings are huge - apparently some supermarkets have been running out of cooking oil and have had to impose rationing, and I'm sure that restauranteurs are finding themselves unusually popular...

  9. Re:compatible or not... good point! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cease and desist hyperlinking to our private web server or you will face criminal prosecution.

    Sincerly,
    US Lunatic Attorneys Department