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Drive not recognized — #2

If the Hard Drive was previously used in a PC it might have (somehow) changed something so Device Setup no longer recognizes it. Or something like that. If you have a Mac OS X CD …
68kMLA OS 9 by PowerPup Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 04:00

How many have a Powermac G5? — #42

a 7600LE is a 7600 with about a 25% clock reduction, half the feature count, and a narrow memory bus width, its along the lines of a MX setup but with newer generation technology (…
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 02:37

Your thoughts on multi-boot systems — #15

I nearly always put two [seldom more] os on every machine and if possible on separate disks. On older macs this is generally 9.2.2 & tiger. On a pc generally recovery conso…
68kMLA OS 9 by 2simple Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 02:22

How many have a Powermac G5? — #41

actually it right up kicks a 9400m in the ... if on similar setups, at best a 9400m is on par with like a 7600LE performance and design wise Click to expand... http://hwbot.org…
68kMLA Hardware by MacJunky Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 02:20

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #45

Just downloaded it. StuffIt Expander gave me a funny error about "unable to verify resource fork of Cinebench 2003" and when I started it, it bombed to MacsBug with an illegal inst…
68kMLA Hardware by ClassicHasClass Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 02:16

Quicksilver [2002] & ATI 9700 Mac Ed — #1

Can't get this combination working. Will boot os 9. Will boot cd/dvd drive tiger disk. Will boot tiger install disk from firewire. Will boot in safeboot, BUT no core image or e…
68kMLA OS 9 by 2simple Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 01:49

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #44

This is a link of the Mac version. http://personal2.redestb.es/emilioemilio/CINEBENCH 2003.sit It works on Mac Os 9 and Mac Os X. I'm only interested on the Mac Os 9 results. …
68kMLA Hardware by Tron Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 01:40

Your thoughts on multi-boot systems — #14

I honestly don't see the point most of the time. None of my current systems are no longer dual booted. When I get an intel imac though I will dualboot snow leopard and win7. That w…
68kMLA OS 9 by zerotypeq Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 01:29

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #43

A cursory search for Cinebench 2003 was unsuccessful. Do you have a link? It has to be OS 9, because this machine obviously no longer has OS X.
68kMLA Hardware by ClassicHasClass Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 01:00

Your thoughts on multi-boot systems — #13

Oh, yes, my IBM PS/2 Model 77 has IBM-DOS 7 and Windows 3.11 on one partition, OS/2 2.0 on a second, OS/2 2.1 on a third, and OS/2 Warp 4 on a fourth. (OS/2 3.x wasn't very intere…
68kMLA OS 9 by Anonymous Freak Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 00:01

Your thoughts on multi-boot systems — #12

Unless your computer is just for experimenting you need lots of big hard drives to run that many OS's. You're going to find that you will accumulate software for all those OS's alo…
68kMLA OS 9 by Quadraman Sat, 20 Feb 2010 - 00:01

Daystar XCI Bus -- Ever Released — #3

What do you think of this card edge connector? http://picasaweb.google.com/teozenios/MagazineScans#5440107913938144770 I think the normal internal 50 pin connector is above the c…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 23:58

Your thoughts on multi-boot systems — #11

In My hackintosh I have Leopard,Win XP, and Debian in the same HD. But in my iMacG4 and my 2 G4 MDD only 9.2.2. I love Mac Os Classic (7.x 8.x 9.x) -it is the best os I know- and…
68kMLA OS 9 by Tron Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 22:55

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #42

ClassicHasClass said: " I posted this over at PPCMLA, but since we're talking about it here too, I got one of the Sonnet dual 1.8s (1833MHz 7447A) over the weekend. Not cheap. But…
68kMLA Hardware by Tron Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 21:33

Dual versus Single CPU in Mac Os 9 Real test — #5

Both are G4 revision 3.3 (7455B) but diferent production number. Both G4 have 32kInstr/32kData L1 cache at CPU speed. Both G4 have 256k L2 cache at CPU speed. Both G4 have L3 ca…
68kMLA OS 9 by Tron Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 21:03

How many have a Powermac G5? — #40

The GeFORCE 7800 is ancient. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the 9400m could outperform it Click to expand... actually it right up kicks a 9400m in the ... if on similar setu…
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 17:57

Daystar XCI Bus -- Ever Released — #1

While researching the RAM PowerCard, I found this: DayStar add-in boards outrun NuBus FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Frustrated by the NuBus speed limit? DayStar Digital has found a…
68kMLA Hardware by trag Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 17:48

How many have a Powermac G5? — #39

Yes, the mac mini uses an IGP, no, I have never heard anyone say that most average use is worse for it. The GeFORCE 7800 is ancient. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the 9400m co…
68kMLA Hardware by Cory5412 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 17:46

Drive not recognized — #1

I'm trying to get one of my beige G3 towers running and have a Western Digital 205AA drive with the Apple logo on it. I have it installed and am able to load MacOS 9.2 from CD but …
68kMLA OS 9 by Quadraman Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 17:01

Portable Backlit (not backlit) — #6

Yes, I have pressed interrupt and reset button at the same time many times but nothing changes. So, a battery must be installed to avoid the "10 seconds" message and Mac going in …
68kMLA Hardware by Philsan Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 09:12

Portable Backlit (not backlit) — #5

The backlight inverter in the Portable makes a high pitched whining sound when the backlight is on. Since converting mine to a solid state hard drive, that noise seems much louder…
68kMLA Hardware by shred Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 07:13

Dual versus Single CPU in Mac Os 9 Real test — #3

Great info! It really highlights which apps are dual or even multi-thread aware as well as which apps/codecs are memory and/or io bound instead of cpu bound. This is the kind of …
68kMLA OS 9 by ppuskari Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - 04:47
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