On 17 May 2004, at 03:34 PM, Philip Aker wrote:
On Monday, May 17, 2004, at 11:35 US/Pacific, Darcy James Argue wrote:
XPostFacto does not, in fact, require OS 9 -- it has a native OS X version, BUT...
If you try to install Panther on a stock G3, you will get a kernel panic error when you try to boot. So you will need a bootable OS 9 system folder so you have something to boot into. Once you run XPostFacto the first time, it installs the correct files to resolve the kernel panic, and if all goes well, you're good to go in OS X 10.3 from then on. You can then delete the OS 9 System Folder if you really want to.
However, I would recommend keeping a minimal bootable OS 9 System Folder on your HD -- if not for Classic, than for emergencies. For instance, installing 10.3.2 broke XPostFacto support, and we were back to the kernel panics for a few days until Ryan came out with a new version. It's possible this could happen again. Since our beige G3s are officially unsupported, that's just how it goes.
Oh, one more thing -- the beige's built-in video isn't supported in OS 10.3. You need to use a Radeon or Radeon 7000.
Thanks Darcy,
That's just the kind of information I needed. Except for extra memory, this is a stock machine so I guess, I'll have to pass. I mostly wanted built-in scripting for Mail and synchronization with my 10.3 iMac. But maybe the page is misleading:
<http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cfm? page=XPostFacto3.html>
Version 3.0a16 (and later) includes Panther support for the built-in video of Beige G3s. This appears to be mostly working, subject to a "video panic" which is reported by a substantial number of users (this also affected Mac OS X 10.2.8 on the Beige G3, so it is not exclusively Panther-related).
I've never had "video panic" on 10.2.8, only the 'obj_msgSend' occasional crash.
Hi Philip,
Actually, it looks like the information I gave you was out of date. I knew Ryan had been working on getting built-in video support for beige G3s, but I didn't realize he'd actually managed to do it! XPostFacto used to require a PCI video card to work on beige G3s, but it looks like it doesn't anymore.
BTW, you may be interested in the XPostFacto forum at <http://anybox.owc.net/forum/>. If you have any additional questions, the people there can probably answer you questions better than I can.
- Darcy
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