Darren wrote:
Hi folks.
Just got OS X running on XP. :)
4 and a half hours for the install and takes a little over 4 minutes to boot. Speed is a little faster than a classic mac running OS7.1 and a bit slower than running Basilisk with OS8.1 installed. Not bad for alpha software.
Congratulations on this momentous occasion. You're the first person I have heard of doing this [getting a Desktop]. So wow, if I had a hat I'd be taking it off to you right now. Cheers, Darren.
You have been busy :)
Thanks Mike, I've been trumped by Dana from the Q-list. She is running it on a Athlon 2600+ at twice the speed under linux.
Thanks for putting me on to it, I finally had some time to play. I'll do the linux install and see how it goes via exodus, OSX on a quadra? There wont be any noticable network lag I'm tipping.
Pear will get better, I'm running a early P4 board maxed with a 1.8ghz 4x agp with sd and ddr slots so there's lots of hardware room and Altivac emulation wasn't in this so there's software room there as well.
I've also had success flashing a Radeon 7000 64mb video over to mac. The pc version is $20 cheaper than the mac and has twice the ram so why wouldn't you?
Indeed.
$70 AU or $45 US I grabbed a 9200/128mb pci but decided to go with the 7000/64mb, most info I found related to the 32mb card or negitive reports on the 64mb. Apart from the minor OpenGL problem below, I do have a major conflict between a ATI extension and the PCsetup control panel version 2.1.7f
The prime suspect is the ATI Mac2tv extension but you know how these things are with a mac. I can run the *full* set minus the PCsetup CP and everything works while it will freeze on startup if its included.
The mix of AV monitor software and the 3 outputs on the radeon looks to be the cause. If I nut it out without hacks I'll post it.
If you run PC emulators rather than a dos card you should be right at this stage. :(
Only one problem, the newer Radeon drivers replace one of OpenGL's extensions, reinstalling OpenGL fixes this. The problem was no 3D.
http://www.appletalk.com.au/forums/index.php?showtopic=352 contains the info I used and the pc-flash kit.
Re:above
A big improvement over the Voodoo3 which will go into a 7220 which I just picked up a dos card for. :) Better video, better OS, I might even hang on to the door stop
A good investment for the 7220 too.
In the US its the 4400 model and as you have mentioned here before the dos cards for these macs are a bit of a black sheep. Lets see if the cables are packed.
By big improvement I mean better 2D and both QuakeGL and Diablo2 are competative and better gamma. :) Haven't tried any others. Linux support also. :) I'd lose the dos card to keep the ATI. Knowing my luck the Powershop card I'd replace it with would also conflict..... all good fun.
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