On Sunday, December 29, 2002, at 08:32 PM, Will Schou wrote: >> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 18:48:19 -0800 >> >> On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 01:58 PM, Brenda Pedersen wrote: >> >>> Hello; >>> >>> My children's computer is a stock C600 with 24 meg Ram, 2 GB drive, >>> currently running OS 8.0; only peripheral is an Epson 600 style photo >>> printer. >>> >>> I want to upgrade both the Ram and operating system. Had planned on >>> upgrading to 8.6, but I can't find it for sale, and Apple says it is >>> no >>> longer available from them (although everything else is.....) >>> >>> I gather that I can upgrade this machine to 9.1, which I own. What >>> are >>> the >>> issues regarding upgrading a C600 to 9.1? Minimum ram requirements? >>> Driver >>> issues still? Or can one update drivers as per the 9.1 CD? Anyother >>> "must >>> know"s before tackling this? >>> >>> Any and all advice most welcomed. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Brenda >>> >> >> You can install OS 9.1 on to a disk with OS 8. You don't have to >> reformat or anything like that unless you want to. I would check the >> disk with Nortons 6 or 7 to clean up the install which I've always >> seen >> after any new install. But this isn't a must do unless the install of >> 9.1 went south. You will lose the the CD driver but you can get this >> from Apple or go to <http://www.intechusa.com/> for the CD driver. >> Good >> luck. >> Eric > > It may or may not be possible to up grade to 9.1 over the top of OS > 8.0. It will depend on what was used to formate your hard drive. Most > of the Hard drives in these machines were formated using FWB and if > still using the version that came with the machine no way will it run > OS 9.1. FWB upgrades that will run 9.1 are not free nor do I recommend > you buy the upgrade. Many of the hard drives can be formated using > Apple drive setup which comes with the Mac OS. A large number of > machines did come with I think a 2gb Western Digital drive that will > not work with Apple drive setup. > Sorry but software from Apple will work with a clone CD player????I > think not! > You can either be sure to keep a copy of the FWB cd toolkit from your > current install or download an older Apple driver that was the only > universal CD driver made by Apple and not likely available from them. > Intech's CD speed tools is likely the very best but not free, > www.macdrivermuseum.com/disk.html > has the free Apple drivers get 5.3.1 for the drive and 5.3.2 for audio > disks. > > 24mb of ram is not going to be enough for ram hungary 9.1 which is > really the only drawback to using it. While 8.0 may run fine with 24mb > of ram i seem to remember 48mb as bare min with 8.6 and 9.1 is even > more ram hungary not sure about min needed. > Mac 0S8.1 is a free download from Apple and no one should be using 8.0 > but 8.1 as it has many bug fixes. > 8.6 and 9.1 are both great on our old machines but 9.1 is much more > modern and likely is near the same price now a days. If you can find > 8.5 at a good price 8.6 upgrade is a free Apple download. best of luck > Will S > > PS just re-read your post and see you already have 9.1 buy some more > ram and forget 8.6. You may need to re-formate your hard drive to > install 9.1 so be sure to save copies of anything you need.
I installed OS 9.1 on my C500 on top of OS 7.6.1 There were no problems with FWB drivers from OS 7.6.1. They were replaced with Apple drivers. The Apple CD-ROM v 5.3.1, .2 can be downloaded from Apple but I can't find the URL through Apples labyrinthine site. The CD driver is best had from as you say www.macdrivermuseum.com/disk.html. I couldn't find this link so thanks for posting it. OS 9.1 can be had from Apple's site. Eric -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
