On Thursday, September 25, 2014 4:59:28 PM UTC+1, Dan Usmar wrote: > > No, it was MDDs generally...I'm not sure the FW800 ones could boot into > OS9 at all. > > On Thursday, September 25, 2014, Bruce Johnson < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> On Sep 22, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Gregory Allen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Hello everyone, >> > >> > I'm a new member on this group. I'm not a natural Mac user as I'm >> trained in windows, dos and unix based systems. I first came into contact >> with macs through a friend's Powerbook G3 as a kid, and later I fixed the >> very same mac in a matter of minutes. I've had 4 macs in total, however I >> only have two now which I recently bought to fill a mac-shaped void in my >> life... >> > >> > >> > I have two macs which I have bought recently: >> > G4 PowerMac MDD FW400 with a single core 1.25GHz processor >> > G3 PowerBook 'Lombard' with a 400MHz processor; RAM at its max with >> 512MB and a 20GB HDD >> > >> > I paid about £30 for the lombard and about £25 for the mdd >> > >> > I'm trying to get OS 9 on the g4 and I have 9.1 on the pb. >> >> I dimly recall that the MDD series needed a special version of OS 9, >> because it was the first Mac to come with OS X as default. May have been >> the FW800 one I'm thinking of, though. >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> University of Arizona >> College of Pharmacy >> Information Technology Group >> >> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group >> for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 >> 'Books). >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/g-books >> >> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "G-Books" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > The 800 wont boot any version of OS9, however all other g4 powermacs should. I've got mine working with it now and it really does make a difference in comparison with classic mode. I've also got virtual pc 7 on there and i'm suprised how good it is considering the architecture. On a different note, I'm trying to install panther on my pbook g3, but it hangs during the installation, any ideas?
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