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Offline cdog

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Re: OT: PPC Mac
« on: April 16, 2003, 07:52:29 AM »
Wow, catch the Wave! I'm typing this on the
exact model you have. It's been very reliable
(much like most Amigas) and can be upgraded
with G4 daughter cards from Sonnets & Power-
logix (700-800 Mhz range with Sonnets). I
am running an old G4 400 from Newertech, and
this thing hardly crashes with Mac OS 8.6. It
is even possible to run OS X on these things
(though it is unsupported by Apple). There is
at least one web site totally devoted to these
Power Computing clones (with extensive forums)
at www.powerwatch.com. My only recomendation
would be to get rid of the 3rd party HD drivers
& 3rd. party CD-ROM drive/drivers and find an
Apple rommed SCSI CD-ROM drive somplace. You
will have much better luck doing OS upgrades
to this beast if you despense with FWB drivers
& just use the drivers that Apple provides. The
drive set-up utilities that come with any ver.
after Mac OS 8.5 seem to work okay with most
drives. ADB mice & keyboards are pretty easy to
find here in the USA (at second hand computer
shops), but eBay would probably be a good place
as well. Good luck!
 

Offline cdog

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Re: OT: PPC Mac
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2003, 11:31:32 PM »
Wow, no more posts. The bit about the 3rd party
drivers on the Mac clone was some advice I wish
someone offered me back in the early days (hope
the original poster was able to read it :-)