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>>I might be able to find a Beige G3 Mac somewhere.
>
>  No go, it's ofw 2.*, which runs in real mode and won't load ELF :(
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>  >= ofw 3.*, on all 'new-world' hardware, is the minimum required.
>
> later,
>
> Peter.

If I remember correctly, all iMacs are OFW 3 or later, and I know the 
early ones can be found for cheap on ebay.  Some even take standard 
SDRAM making maxing them out easy and cheap.

Joshua Coombs