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Hi Dan,

> PowerMac 7600/132 with 192MB RAM
> PowerMac 9500/180MP with 384MB RAM (dual processor board, yes actually
> has 2 processors too)

  FreeBSD won't run on these - the oldest known one to boot is a revA iMac.

  The NetBSD model support page indicates that both of these are 
supported. You might want to give that a try:

   http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/models.html

later,

Peter.