I have a Umax 600-603e/240 with the original IDE 2 gig drive and a SCSI 4 gig drive, 112 mb of ram, ix3D video card, internal modem, original CD, running OS 8.1 on the SCSI drive and the original OS 7.6 on the IDE drive. Both systems have been remarkably stable. So, why rock the boat?
I would very much like to start rescuing my faithful UMAX machine from oblivion (e.g., so I can install a USB PCI card to use USB devices, as well as my digital camera, etc.). To start, I need to get to at least system 8.6. However, it's proving difficult. I can't bring myself to buy OS 8.5 for $139, as advertised at one online site, when the machine itself is probably not worth that amount. My wife's imac has system 8.6, but when when I click on the installer, after starting up in system 8.1, it says, basically, this OS will not run on this machine and then shuts down the installer. Questions: 1.) Is there any way to install the [imac] OS 8.6 on this machine? Any work around? 2.) Will the original CD-Rom device (Matshita Cr-506) still work, assuming I can upgrade to OS 8.6 (or 9.0)? 3.) If my imac version of 8.6 will not work, are there any sources for 8.5 (I have the update to 8.6 on another CD) that cost less than, say, $40? 4.) My sister bought OS 9.0 to update her G3 (and now she has moved on to system 10.1). Will system 9.0 (with updates) run on this machine WITHOUT the Sonnet G3 L2 accelerator? I know these are pretty elementary questions for most of you but I live in a rural area and advice, even though I am willing to pay for it, is far away. I sure would appreciate some help. (I have in my attic a Mac 512 Plus, an Mac SE, a Performa 600, a Quadra 450, so I am trying to avoid putting one more Mac away to gather dust, rather than bite the dust at the county dump). Stephen -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
