On Sep 20, 2009, at 10:00 AM, WhyOSX wrote:
> There are many things my G4 cannot do with 'Tiger', but a G3 does > (SCSI card recognition for example). > Stupid G4. I know some specific models of SCSI cards don't work well in Tiger, but there are plenty of SCSI cards that do work in Tiger that are really cheap or even free. Many PC (non-Apple ROM) SCSI cards work in OS X but simply aren't bootable (unless you use XPostFacto's Helper Disk boot, and then they are bootable). Using PC ROM SCSI cards in OS X is something that OS 9 computers never could do. If you need a Tiger compatible SCSI card, I may have some you could have for cost of shipping. SCSI is dead for the most part, having a working card is only half the battle, you'd also need working software for the peripheral, and that's normally the catch. > And as TV sets I need my Performas, running 7.5.5, 8.5.1, 8.6, 9 or > 9.1. > The update to 9.2 will not work on a system with an upgrade card, > this requires an iMac or an other PPC 750 processor, or better. No. You can use "OS 9 Helper" from the website below to install 9.2.2 onto most all older Macs. The support for these "upgrade cards" comes through system extension files, and if you place the older system extension into a 9.2.2 System Extensions folder they will work fine in 9.2.2. The problem with the video cards is that sometimes more extensions are required to be changed out than just the one "driver" extensions. These "extra" extensions would normally be "video" extensions for video cards, or "sound" extensions for sound, and have names like "ATI Resource Manager" or "Graphics Accelerator". Once you get the correct combination of older extensions, all these older upgrade cards should work fine in 9.2.2. <http://www.os9forever.com/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
