MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150
This article details the technical restoration and hardware modification of an Apple Workgroup Server 9150 from the 1990s. The author explores the history of Apple's early server strategy while documenting the process of installing MkLinux on the vintage PowerPC hardware.
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It provides historical context for Apple's early, often overlooked, attempts to enter the server market and serves as a guide for vintage computing enthusiasts.
Old Vintage Computing Research: MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150
MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150
As is typical here in the Floodgap lab, it all started so innocently: rebuilding a flaky Apple Workgroup Server 9150, the odd duck of the Workgroup Server line and older cousin to our beloved Apple Network Server. And then I just had to pimp it out for MkLinux.
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