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Re: MorphOS noob. School me!
« on: September 26, 2014, 07:36:01 AM »
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Wow, OWB even works with my google drive!

Not only can I get my files like rexxsyslib.library, but there's a good chance I could use this OS on a daily basis.


It's pretty awesome isn't it.  Welcome to the club.  Runs much better than OS X on same hardware.  I have triple boot OS X, morphos and ubuntu on a powerbook and Mac mini just for odd occasion. I stay away from the pack these days and just use grunch.

Have  fun.
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Re: MorphOS noob. School me!
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2014, 11:28:45 AM »
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I think previously PackChrysalis broke something on my MosBook setup as OWB started to fail with web sites secure login. Now after MOS update to 3.7 the system does not boot every time (sometimes ends up in grey screen). So, perhaps I should do clean start.

(just a little painfull to backup the data with USB1.0 speed of my old PowerBook HW. Especially when the USB is not rock solid either ((or perhaps my USB issues are only with Android devices where transfers hang with multiple files)))


Anyway I'm so far pretty happy with the 50eur HW investment (1GhzG4, 1GB RAM, new DVD drive, brand new battery+spare battery) with it's defects (no sound, weird keyboard things, etc...).
(silly how much faster it is than my newer 1.8Ghz LinuxMintDebianEdition laptop HW)


btw. licence price for those half supported PowerBooks could/should be smaller than 111eur.



What is not supported on powerbook.  I am running on powerbook and have not found anything that is not supported or does not work.  Sounds like you either have a bad install or faulty hardware ?
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Re: MorphOS noob. School me!
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2014, 03:38:39 PM »
Wifi works on both powerbooks and mac mini now
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Re: MorphOS noob. School me!
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2014, 03:40:05 PM »
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@jj & yasu

More about old powerbooks:
http://www.morphzone.info/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9960&forum=11#111747

Home page still does not mention that audio does not work etc.
http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware

@yasu
The HW only has USB1.1.


Sorry should have read properly mine is the very last model so everything works luckily.  I understand there are issues with the older versions of the powerbook
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Re: MorphOS noob. School me!
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2014, 09:13:47 PM »
Hadn't realised that there was a G5 imac.  Last model pretty decent specs.  Would be pretty impressed if support came for those.  They are not too expensive either :)
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