> From: scott granlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PCI] OSX versus OS9
> > A couple more cents: > > I thought I would finally try to install OSX 10.2 on my 8500 thinking > that if worked out, it might make some aspects of daily usage more to > my liking. Having read quite a number of "gosh, what a total pain, many > many hoops, yet XPostFacto did finally work for me..." I wondered about > the sanity of my time spent. > > I'll describe the system; > PowerMac 8500/120 > XLR8 ZIF Carrier (G4 capable)-Apple G3 450 (running @400mhz, bus > @50mhz) > ATI Rage 128 video(slot 1) > ATTO SCSI card (plucked from Beige G3 - updated firmware to 1.6.6)(slot > 2) > IBM/Apple 9G Ultrawide SCSI - 68 pin cable to ATTO card (OS, boot > drive) > OEM Conner/Apple 1G - motherboard, SCSI 2 > 288M RAM (2x 128M, 4x OEM 8M) > 24x CD drive (plucked from Beige G3) > no floppy drive (discarded ;-)) > ZIP 100 - to internal SCSI 2 > XPostFacto 3.0b1 > > I placed the 10.2 install disc in the CD-ROM drive, started XPostFacto, > restarted from the install disc, installed the system and re-booted > into OS X for real. Not a single hitch. When updating via Software > Update I found that the only way to get it to work for was to use the > "download to desktop and install from there" method. > > I turn the machine off every now and again. It boots directly into OSX > again, no questions. > > Seems weird to me. I thought this was supposed to be messy but ended up > with a pretty nice little OSX box, fairly responsive. I'm shocked and > pleased. XPostFacto rocked for me! A little more RAM and I'll be > bringing it into daily use. > > May you be so lucky should you try this out! > > SG > OK, don't forget to tell us when you get more RAM whether you use it daily and for what exactly. I have been skeptical of the wisdom of going down the X road for serious work on a PCI Mac but I am most interested to hear specifics, in particular the operation of the classic mode in X which then enables one to go on using lower OS apps. From what I hear of people with 400 and even 800 imacs, this feature is a bit slow and I would not bet on it being bearable to some of us on a PCI Mac with its bottleneck bus. David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
