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Post #12 by Maccess
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateFri, 7 Sep 2007 - 08:25
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/radius-rockets.8299/
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Tried it on the following:

7100, 8100. Configs: both have max ram (136MB, 264MB).

* 8.1 is the highest system you'll be able to run on the host mac.

* It doesn't work if there is a G3 accelerator in your host Mac.

* You need to find RocketWare (it's in the macdrivers yahoogroup)

Rocket Card 33 Mhz with 32MB RAM

*Don't use parity RAM, makes the RocketMac slower

*For networking, it helps to connect a NuBus ethernet card. Assign the host mac to the NB card, and the Rocket to the on board ethernet (it won't work the other way around)

*7.1.x without thread manager is the highest system that works on the Rocket Mac. That means, no netscape, or any modern web browser.

It works, the Rocket Mac shows up as a Window on the host Mac (just like parallels), but it slows down a PPC host Mac because of all the 68K patches and traps.

Radius video cards accelerate video output of both the Rocket and the host Mac, however, any Nubus Video card is slower than AV/HPV video on a Nubus PPC, so that's a strategy for a Rocket in a 68K Mac.

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