Jackie, Happily, you have what is probably the most upgradeable Power Computing machine, the PTP (power tower pro).
OS 9 should work very nicely on your machine. Personally, I would be content to stop at OS 9.1 (worked great on two non-pro Power Tower machines of mine); that will do all you need is the OS 9.x world. You also have options concerning upgrading to OS X. It could be a fun project, if you'd like. Personally, having been spoiled by a 1 GIG iMac running X, I would hate to try it on a 200 mhz machine. But running XPostFacto, you might be able to run OS X. But the PTP will run OS 9 just swell. As for your CD: You will likely need a different driver to make your CD-ROM work. The old CD driver from OS 7.6 might work: Go to: http://www.macdrivermuseum.com/disk.shtml And click on: # Apple's Universal CD ROM Driver 5.3.1 Unstuff it (if necessary), drag it to your System Folder | Extensions, then restart. (In fact, I would try this before you change your OS, to see whether this works for you. Your PTP came with FWB CD-ROM Toolkit to run your CD; in most cases, the Apple OS CD driver won't work; version 5.3.1 may be an exception.) If that doesn't work for your CD, there are other options. But do the simple things first. -- Chuck on 12/10/03 6:13 PM, Jackie Tarry at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for some help or advice on > how to update my Mac Clone to system 9. > > I have a Power Computing Power Tower Pro 200 MHz, 604e Processor hard > drive: > 4 MB ROM > 208 MB RAM > about 6GB hard drive > 1.4 MB floppy drive > 8x CD-ROM drive, 1200 kb transfer rate > IMS TwinTurbo-128M8 128-bit graphics accelerator > 8 MB VRAM on graphics card > > The machine itself actually runs pretty good. The main problem is that > it's becoming useless because I can't get any current software without > updating the OS. Which means I can't use files from other Macs and > general processes are cumbersome. > > I've been running OS 8.0 for ages because whenever I've tried to update > > in the past I continually got errors stating my machine could not be > updated because it was not Apple native/not compatible. I've tried a > million work-arounds, but I've never been able to work past OS 8. > > I know that I'll need to replace it with a G5, etc. but I'd like to have > > my current PTP get me through another year. I'd like to know: > Is this possible? > How can I upgrade my OS on an non-Apple native machine? (system 9 would > be fine if OS X is not feasible.) > will my CD-ROM drive work when I update? (it currently can't read newer > CD formats). > > I'd appreciate any advice or info you may have. > > Jackie Tarry > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
