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Steve Firth

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Dec 16, 2009, 3:05:46 PM12/16/09
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Sn!pe <sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> For the few true believers here: MacSOUP has been updated to restore
> the Services Menu functionality lost when Mac OS X upgraded to 10.6.x.

Downloaded, thanks.

Dead Mangled Pigeon

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Dec 16, 2009, 5:07:58 PM12/16/09
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"Sn!pe" <sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote

> For the few true believers here: MacSOUP

Tell hymm we've ahllready gaht whan.


Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex

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Dec 19, 2009, 1:12:09 PM12/19/09
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On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 19:52 +0000, Sn!pe wrote:
> For the few true believers here: MacSOUP has been updated to restore
> the Services Menu functionality lost when Mac OS X upgraded to 10.6.x.
>
> The current version is MacSOUP 2.8.3, available from:-
> <http://www.haller-berlin.de/macsoup/download.html>

But would Mac OS X 10.6.x run on my little dinky G3 (Linux powered)
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Rob

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Dec 19, 2009, 3:46:26 PM12/19/09
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Sn!pe <sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex <alex....@munted.org.uk> wrote:
>
> [...]


>
> > But would Mac OS X 10.6.x run on my little dinky G3 (Linux powered)
>

> It's for Intel only, not PPC.

The MacSoup upgrade works perfectly on my PPC-powered G5 iMac running
10.4.11.

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Rob - Shropshire
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Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex

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Dec 20, 2009, 4:36:20 AM12/20/09
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On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 19:52 +0000, Sn!pe wrote:
> > But would Mac OS X 10.6.x run on my little dinky G3 (Linux powered)
>
> It's for Intel only, not PPC.

It's a bit sad, you know. Had they waited a little bit longer, they
might have had Power7 chips outperforming the Intel equivalent.

Fevric J. Glandules

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Dec 20, 2009, 6:38:00 PM12/20/09
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Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex wrote:

> On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 19:52 +0000, Sn!pe wrote:
>> > But would Mac OS X 10.6.x run on my little dinky G3 (Linux powered)
>>
>> It's for Intel only, not PPC.
>
> It's a bit sad, you know. Had they waited a little bit longer, they
> might have had Power7 chips outperforming the Intel equivalent.

PPC != POWER.

HTH, HAND, RAM, ARSE.

Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex

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Dec 21, 2009, 4:15:29 AM12/21/09
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On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 23:38 +0000, Fevric J. Glandules wrote:
> > It's a bit sad, you know. Had they waited a little bit longer, they
> > might have had Power7 chips outperforming the Intel equivalent.
>
> PPC != POWER.
>
> HTH, HAND, RAM, ARSE.

Aren't they both from the same family?

Fevric J. Glandules

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Dec 21, 2009, 6:43:06 AM12/21/09
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Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 23:38 +0000, Fevric J. Glandules wrote:
>> > It's a bit sad, you know. Had they waited a little bit longer, they
>> > might have had Power7 chips outperforming the Intel equivalent.
>>
>> PPC != POWER.
>>
>> HTH, HAND, RAM, ARSE.
>
> Aren't they both from the same family?

PowerPC was based on POWER.

[fx: pokes Pikiwedia]

Seems that the newer POWER chips implement the PowerPC instruction
set as well.

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