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…

The simplest way, if you're willing to start from scratch, is to partition the drive, one partition per System. That way, you can use Startup Disk to swap, and don't have to worry…

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 Po…

I have System 7 installed on my SE/30 but I'd also like to install System 6 an use system picker to switch between the two. I've renamed my System Folder to System 7 so it doesn't…

Hi Here's a shot of the area around slot 7. The cable (with single-pin-socket) attached to the card would reach to the connectors to the right of the slot but I've no idea which …

Cool, I didn't realize that there was an easy install version of ubuntu for PPCs! AFAIKnew, they all required foolin' around waaay more than I wanted to do. Will it run on a 6500/…

Could just be the drivers were not tested in OS 9.2.x and they don't feel like taking returns or testing for that OS.

So the instruction manual from Sonnet says their upgrades only work up to 9.1 but I know there are people here who refuse to accept such things so I have to ask. Have any of you go…

In every instance since the late 1980s, CPUs are faster than memory, which is why the CPU speed is decoupled from memory speed. But using one clock base to drive memory and CPU jus…

The processor card is what determines the system bus speed. Click to expand... That's backward, isn't it? The system has to be in-time, and that's given by a master oscillator …

The processor card is what determines the system bus speed. Click to expand... My only experience is with the Crescendo Nubus G3 cards and the automatic configuration of their …

Carbon isn't modern?

given that situation yes

That's backward, isn't it? The system has to be in-time, and that's given by a master oscillator crystal to which the memory and processor must obey. In Apple IIs and the early Mac…

So you just got a beige PCI Mac with no OS installed and you have Mac OS 9.1 and Ubuntu 9.10 for PPC Macs available for a clean install. Given how old 9.1 is and that no modern sof…

If you're parting with anything, I'm certainly interested in any LC motherboards, a couple 68040 processors, and a SCSI to Ethernet adapter.

I definitely wouldn't recycle it... I'm sure you can find *someone* to take it off your hands.

The processor card is what determines the system bus speed.

I'd either hang onto it or sell it, definitely don't recycle it...I don't think StarMax's are all that common (well at least they're not here in Australia anyway, none of the clone…

I wonder if calculating pi to some long number of digits would use up a lot of RAM... I like RAM Disks myself. Click to expand... I put the System file and Finder on a R…

Don't the Sonnet upgrades automatically increase in speed depending on the bus speed? The 7600/120 has a 40 MHz bus, while the 7600/132 has a 44 MHz bus, so I think the upgrade is…

I had bob, its not too bad until you try and use it

... and Microsoft Bob! Click to expand... I'd be too scared to touch it. Someone made a pact with the Devil to produce that thing. That's some baaaad mojo. Click to expand…

... and Microsoft Bob! Click to expand... I'd be too scared to touch it. Someone made a pact with the Devil to produce that thing. That's some baaaad mojo.

So you have the tower version... Nice. Yes, it's nice to have the ability to use standard, easy to find drives yet still have access to SCSI stuff (like my DDS tape drive). It'll …