On Wednesday, February 25, 2004, at 10:21AM, Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Minimum OS for ppc macs is 7.1.2 from memory. >7.1 plain wouldn't have enough fat in it to run a ppc. Technically speaking you don't need any FAT code to run an OS on a PPC. AFAIK, for example, NetBSD-mac68k will run fine on a PPC, although it warns you it is not optomised for that platform. All you need is a set of hooks that start the PPC's 68k enmulator. I have a feeling that is pretty much all that 7.1.2 was. >These macs are better suited to 7.5.x In actual fact 8.1 runs very well o nthem as it was the first Mac OS that was optomised greatly for PowerPC CPUs. Although most of it is FAT it'smore efficient on PPCs than 7.6.1, which was still predomminantly an enhanced 68k OS. YMMV. -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
