Thanks.
Are you saying I won't be able to run X because of the 160 MB RAM max.?
I didn't think of that-- Although I think I ran X on my Sawtooth with
less than 200 of RAM (can't remember now . . .)
More answers :-)
Howard
Bill Taylor's wrote:
Hi Howard,
I've a Starmax 300/160 with 92 MB of RAM [I think?] and a a 3 GB drive,
along with another 2 GB external SCSI drive. The system's running OS
9.1. I don't have any problems with it in this configuration, although
I do access it as a headless Mac through my network using Timbuktu.
This S/W is much like Apple's Remote desktop, but has been around much
longer. As such, I don't need a monitor as I can pull up on the screen
of Timbuktu what would otherwise be seen on a monitor.
The problem with this machine is that it relies on some very specific
RAM that is now hard to get. So, because of this, and the fact that
it's pretty slow, I don't bother with OS X. I prefer the interface of
OS 9 over that of X, that I've seen, so I'm pretty happy with it.
Essentially, this machine functions as an external hard drive that I
access through my network.
HTP.
Bill
At 6:07 PM -0500 20/08/2005, hnk wrote:
"New" to list here . . .
my Starmax is gathering dust, replaced by a Cube as my music server.
My neighbor across the alley needs a computer and internet to span the
"digital divide".
I'm starting to get rusty on everything pre-OSX, since I've been using
a G4 and an iBook in various incarnations of Jaguar and Panther for a
good while now.
The computer is I think originally a Starmax 180, but has a 320 G3
card (made by that german company that got in trouble for stealing
code-- forget the name). It has 160 MB of RAM, an 1/0 magic CD-ROM
that seemed like it never worked quite right in there, a 4x SCSI CD
burner that also seemed like it never worked right in there, a 100 GB
5400 RPM Maxtor hard drive that's probably about 5x bigger than this
neighbor needs . . . a 56k modem that some nice person just mailed me
for free to use in this project-- a Supra express.
I can figure out how to swap in a smaller hard drive and such, but my
main questions have to do wioth OSX and OS9.
What sorts of dead-ends might I run into with OS9.x?
What sorts of problems are people having running X on this thing? Is
there a driver written for this G3 card? I was successful getting
Panther up and running on a beige G3 not too long ago using X-Post
facto . . . would it be significantly harder to accomplish the same on
a Starmax?
I'm not sure but I suspect the kids are probably using macs w/ OSX in
school . . .
Anyways, I'm sure I have more questions but it'll be good to see if
anyone's out there . . .
Yours,
Howard
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