Latest thrift store find - Ruby iMac (400MHz G3)

[Cameron Kaiser]

> Leopard (10.5) requires a /G4/ of at least 867MHz. The kernel is
> compiled against a G4 and will not boot on a G3. The check can be
> bypassed with an app called LeopardAssist or an OpenFirmware hack.

Compiling against a G4 implies there is AltiVec (without a non-AltiVec
option) code in the kernel. To my knowledge the Leopard kernel does
not have such a dependency; where did you see this?

Not that I advise bothering with Leopard on a G3, mind you :)

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