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Description: I didn't think this was possible, but it is. I've been running MacOS 7.5.5 on my Amiga 500 for a while now, but I read somewhere that OS 8 needed a minimum of 256 colours and an 040. (obviously, whoever said that was wrong) OS 8 is a memory hog (compared to 7.5.5) and running it in 16 colour mode on an A500 with 6Mb is a bit painful (6Mb - largest memory block available). B&W mode is fast, but still not much RAM left. OS 7.5.5 uses less than one third the RAM and so is much more useful on my setup. The trickiest part of this screenshot was not getting OS 8 running - it was having enough memory left for the Amiga screenshot program to actually take the screenshot. Picture Stats: Views: 7293 Filesize: 29.78kB Height: 768 Width: 1024 Posted by: mr_a500 at March 12, 2006, 11:36:48 PM Image Linking Codes
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| ognix Posts:256 | April 21, 2011, 09:42:11 PM Nice!  I like seeing A500s used for unusual/pumped ideas like this! Love that machine (my first Amiga, and still in my hands). |
| kreciu Posts:614 
| September 28, 2007, 12:22:00 AM If this is true  ... :cry: :cry: :cry: Why we couldn't have this 15 year ago !!! :madashell: |
| AMIBY Posts:148
| July 01, 2007, 08:08:12 PM Incredible. |
| mr_a500 Posts:865
| April 25, 2007, 11:49:43 PM See also OSX buttons on A500 in 16 colours. |
| whabang Posts:7270 | January 29, 2007, 06:20:26 AM You pwn! 8-) |
| mr_a500 Posts:865
| January 25, 2007, 12:28:26 PM Yes, I can choose between 16 colours and 16 greyscale. I chose greyscale for the screenshot because it looks better (nice shading of buttons/gadgets). Mac 16 colour is basically B&W GUI with occasional bright (ugly) colour highlites. Same with 16 colour Mac games. Most supposedly 16 colour Mac games I played only use 8 colours and lots of horrible pattern dithering. |
| CannonFodder Posts:1115
| January 24, 2007, 08:13:14 PM Is there no way to get a colour GUI out of Shapeshifter on your A500? |
| AlbyVai Posts:20
| December 22, 2006, 09:18:59 AM Quote You should be able to run MacOS 8.1 on your A500 a lot easier - with your super-rare Viper/Ematrix 530. Have you tried it? Yes, I want to try it next days! :-) |
| weirdami Posts:3776 | December 12, 2006, 04:40:37 AM i don't know what good the ratings thing is anyway. |
| mr_a500 Posts:865
| November 24, 2006, 09:59:57 PM Thanks AlbyVai. :-) You should be able to run MacOS 8.1 on your A500 a lot easier - with your super-rare Viper/Ematrix 530. Have you tried it? |
| AlbyVai Posts:20
| November 24, 2006, 05:33:53 PM You are the best mr_a500!!! :-) |
| mr_a500 Posts:865
| September 26, 2006, 01:46:26 AM My A500 has a 33Mhz 68020/68882, 8Mb Fast RAM, 2Mb Chip, 3.0 ROMs and 40Gb 2.5" IDE HD (ECS graphics, original sound). Obviously you can't run MacOS 8.1 on a stock A500. It's still all basically 1992 and earlier technology - except the HD (and I do have a 1992 HD that works). Around 95% of my Amiga was made in 1987 ;-). *(95% by weight, not by volume) :-D |
| hamtronix Posts:566
| September 26, 2006, 01:21:43 AM Is there a link to the specs of your A500? Or would you post them? |
| DaNi Posts:281 | September 06, 2006, 08:21:49 AM only a word... AMIGA 500 Rulez!!! |
| SamOS39 Posts:357 | July 19, 2006, 06:50:08 PM Its really impressive! |
| krize Posts:452 | May 28, 2006, 04:06:27 PM Cool stuff mr_500 ! Keep more pictures coming, please!! |
| mr_a500 Posts:865
| May 03, 2006, 02:29:19 PM I just read this on Wikipedia: Quote Released January 19, 1998, Mac OS 8.1 was the last version to run on both 680x0- and PowerPC-based Macintoshes...Released October 17, 1998, Mac OS 8.5 was the first version of the Mac OS to run solely on Macs equipped with a PowerPC processor. So it looks like it is impossible for any 68K Amiga to run anything beyond Mac OS 8.1. I have "hit the wall", so to speak. (..at least I managed to get to the wall :-D) I think it's amazing that a 1987 Amiga can emulate a 1998 Mac. (and this Amiga cost $799 CDN when NEW) I have an accelerator and some newer software, but still - has there ever been any other computer in history that could not only run software 10 years newer but EMULATE a whole other computer system that is 10 years newer? Unbelievable! 8-) |
| leirbag28 Posts:1793
| April 27, 2006, 09:26:36 PM As usual.very impressive You should make images of your harddrive setup but install Linux First! get that running with a GUI.like Redhat maybe |
| InTheSand Posts:1766 | March 24, 2006, 11:30:51 AM Very cool! Have just installed MacOS 8 into Basilisk on the PC, will have a go getting it running on my A3K, but am very impressed you've got it running on your A500! But if I remember correctly, yours is no ordinary A500!!! - Ali |
| amigagr Posts:1454 | March 18, 2006, 06:35:26 PM Quote: Hey! My name is mr_a500, not mr_c64. that's right! maybe now is the time for a linux like os journey? |
| mr_a500 Posts:865
| March 17, 2006, 02:00:46 PM Quote Well.... Why don't you?! Hey! My name is mr_a500, not mr_c64. ;-) |
| spinal Posts:24
| March 17, 2006, 07:54:22 AM Quote Why don't you do something actually impressive, like run OSX on a C64??" Well.... Why don't you?!  |
| mr_a500 Posts:865
| March 16, 2006, 06:20:21 PM Quote I love watching the stuff you do with your A500! Oh good, I thought I was starting to bore everybody to death with my A500 stuff :-). I can just imagine people thinking, "What, another 16 colour A500 screenshot? Give me a break. Why don't you do something actually impressive, like run OSX on a C64??" ;-) |
| drewz21 Posts:393
| March 16, 2006, 05:05:33 PM I love watching the stuff you do with your A500! |
| PaSha Posts:537
| March 13, 2006, 03:42:57 PM Impressive. |