On 1/10/06, Chris Laframboise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Erica and Greg for your replies! > > > > I've heard that upgrading a power computing comp. to > > run mac OS X is quite expensive so probably. > > I would be buying parts off of ebay so that should keep the cost down. > > > Not sure if you will be able to get XPostFacto to install on the > > powercenter. I did use Xpostfacto to install X.1 on a Powermac 9500 > > and then moved the drive over to my PowerTower120 and it ran with > > 32mb of ram and a 120mhz 604 (albeit really slow). Any newer version > > of X will require minimum G3 to operate. An old G3-400 would suffice > > and load up as much ram as possible. Will run fine for a file > > server. Should be rather cheap on ebay. SCSI is another issue for > > X. Make sure you have proper termination and are you using the > > internal/external bus from the mobo or an addon card (Adaptec, > > orangeMicro, etc)? Addon cards tend to have more problems with X and > > may require some firmware upgrades or hacks. > > I have an orange micro combo firewire/usb pci card installed and a > couple of HD's connected via firewire. I also have a Sonnet Tempo HD > PCI IDE card. It has a 2.5 inch laptop drive (10GB) on the card (my > boot drive) and a large 3.5 inch HD (160GB)and CDRW connected to the > single IDE bus. Currently its running OS 9.2.2 with 160MB RAM. I will > contact sonnet to see if there will be any issues with the Tempo HD > card in OS X. > > My hope is too purchase a cheap G3 processor card and an ATI Radeon > 7000 card off ebay. If I can do this and get OS X running (may have to > up the RAM some more) satisfactorily then it would be much cheaper than > buying a new mini. I know the mini has all the latest technology and > is small but I can't see spending 500+ dollars just for a computer that > will serve as a backup server. Yes this would be the easiest route but > the tinkerer in me would like to try the upgrade to the PowerCenter. > Has anyone got OS X going on a PowerCenter? What worked and didn't > work. Also, does anyone know if my current ADB keyboard and mouse > would work under OS X? > > TIA > Chris > >
If you get at least a 400MHz G3 card, Radeon card and definately add more RAM you should be able to run Jaguar or Panther fairly well. The Sonnet card should work fine. I had a PowerCenter with a 400MHz G3, an ATI Rage 16MB video card, 512MB of RAM with a Sonnet ATA100 card and it ran pretty decent. I wouldn't want to have to do much work on it because it was slow but as a server it would do well. I have since retired my PowerCenter and got a B&W with a Yikes G4 Zif which handles OS X so much better and is not nearly as noisy as the PowerComputing machines. But I still use my PowerTower Pro G3 as a file server and with fast SCSI drives it sounds like a jet engine sometimes. I can't say if the Orange combo card will work ok but Googling should find an answer. Your kb and mouse will work fine in OS X. -- Ron http://krowmagnum.4mg.com/ -- 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:powercomputing@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
