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Has a PowerPC upgrade been installed?
Hello all,
I recently acquired a PowerBook 540c. So far, I'm very happy with it, blah blah and blah. Anyways, as I was snooping around the System Folder, I noticed something: a PowerPC enabler! Yes, I realize that this could be there just because the original owner didn't know what they were doing (oh GOD, that hard drive is a mess), but it could also be if there is a PowerPC upgrade installed! 8-o Is there anyway I can check? It's running 7.5.3.
Thanks for your help!
I recently acquired a PowerBook 540c. So far, I'm very happy with it, blah blah and blah. Anyways, as I was snooping around the System Folder, I noticed something: a PowerPC enabler! Yes, I realize that this could be there just because the original owner didn't know what they were doing (oh GOD, that hard drive is a mess), but it could also be if there is a PowerPC upgrade installed! 8-o Is there anyway I can check? It's running 7.5.3.
Thanks for your help!
I believe 7.5.3 has Apple System Profiler. Run that and see what it says for processor.
It's very likely that the install was a "Universal" install for any system. Of course, it is very possible that it has the PowerPC, as well.
It's very likely that the install was a "Universal" install for any system. Of course, it is very possible that it has the PowerPC, as well.
It may have been a universal install; it appears as if the people who installed the software were from Tiger Foods. :?: They could have just made a universal set of floppies. If System Profiler wasn't under the Apple Menu, where would it be? I already checked there. Sadly, I have no time to boot up the machine and do a search for it. Also, I'm pretty sure System 7 (at least up to 7.5.5) didn't have the System Profiler. Oh well. Thanks!
Do you have Graphing Calculator installed? If so, it will give an error when you open it on a 68k Mac. "Sorry, Requires Power Macintosh" or something to that effect.
Nope, it doesn't have graphing calculator installed. Once I can get my PC and my 540c to play nice, though, I'll see if I can find a utility to tell me what processor is installed.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Determine by startup chime. If it has a 540 chime, it is 68k. If it has a 500/PPC chime, it is PowerPC.
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Ah, thanks. It's got the normal 540c chime. Oh well... Thanks for your help though! 
My 540C actually had its little "PowerBook 540C" badge replaced with "PowerPC" so I'm thinking it used to have an official Apple PPC upgrade. Unfortunately, it's just 68k still 