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Re: Mac mini Os4
« on: December 29, 2008, 03:09:43 PM »
Dudes, can someone quickly summarize some facts here ?

1. Does OS4 boot up (not just the "kickstart-hand") ?
2. What works, and what doesn't work ?

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Espen (Waiting for my Mini ITX MiniMig V2 + SAM440 board)
 

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Re: Mac mini Os4
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2009, 06:50:22 PM »
So, this was not a hoax afterall. Yet, it does not sound like HW/SW solution which lets us go about with out everyday business sinec network and sound does not work. I am wondering if someone is actually using the G4 Mini with OS4 to any useful, rather than just "trying it out" ?

I would like a G4 PPC Mini myself for MOS, OSX (duh!) and it would be nice to boot AOS4 on it too (for fun -- with its flaws of course). Could I just pick up _any_ G4 PPC Mini or do I need some special verison ? (firmware, hw-edition etc)

And last, can you actually INSTALL AOS4 on it, or is it just a live-cd kinda solution you guys are booting up ?


Are anyone actually working on drivers and stuff for this "distribution" (if you can call it that) or is it a halted project ?



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Re: Mac mini Os4
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2009, 08:57:00 AM »
Oh, okay. So, if I don´t care about sound, usb or network. A PPC G4 with AOS4.x is a nice solution then. Hmm...how do I transfer files to it ? Can I use the CDROM and mount it as e.g. CD0: in AOS4.x then ?

I thought of getting a G4 Mini for MOS, which means I can also try out AOS4 on it :) ..for fun.


If, at least USB would be fixed, maybe we could use usb nics and usb soundcard (if drivers would exist, that is). That´s be sweet :)

For a cheap amiga-osh setup, you can always use a efika+mos. That is kinda cheap. However, a SAM give more a true amiga feeling (as true as can be, being non-classic that is).


I am gonna go get myself a G4 PPC to play with. I will probably end up runing MOS on it, though :)


Espen