Yet another reason to love Amiga OS

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In the last year or so I've bought a few older Macintosh computers. I liked the build quality and the ergonomics.  One of the first was a Server G3 300MHz.  I tried OSX and hated it, very slow and combersome.  So, I found OS9.2.2 on Ebay and installed that, which, improved the speed but ignored a PCI USB card.  

Tonight, I tried to get this USB card working (months after installing OS9) and DL'ed "USB Card Support" (a driver file & docs archive) from Apple's support site. The archive unpacked well and after being installed, suggested that I restart.  A minute later, an image of a bomb appeared and suggested that I reboot with the extensions turned off, which I did, 7 times.  I still can't get the Mac to restart, even with the OS9 Install CD loaded (in fact, I can't get the CD back out, either)

There is simply no substitute for the elegant simplicity and reliability of an Amiga. It is designed to serve computer users, not be served by them.  I pray that the people developing Amiga OS4 do not "improve" it to be like a Mac or Windows or Linux (with swap files, registries, a Shutdown proceedure, and no integrated ram disk).  Amiga IS the exception, the alternative.  Everything else is a bad copy of their own compitition!

I will quietly step off my soapbox now.

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No

Yes

The only difference is the installation of the driver. It gets 45 seconds into the boot and the error bomb pops up.

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@ Frankb

Thanks for the insight.  I'll try it tomorrow after work.  Are there other little known key combos for the Mac I should know about?  Restart?  Self destruct? Behave?  I do like this machine, I have been able to network it to the A3000 and DL Mp3s.

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@ Cymric

I can only agree to disagree with you.  You can get the things you want in an OS simply by using anything other than Amiga.  I would use a system like the one you describe only when forced, and I certainly wouldn't buy one.  Why must OS4 be yet another flavor of a "modern" OS.  They already exist and are easily available to anyone that wants.

I love the ram disk.  I can unpack a large application there,  run it there, evaluate it, and never write anything to the hard drive until it's proven.

I like the fact that my Amiga never writes to disk without permission.  It can automatically do anything I ask.  But, aside from a viral infection, it won't automatically do what an outsider directs without permission.  There is never a question that it serves me and not the interests of a software vendor, IT department, or nosey corporation.

When installing software, I have the option of complete control.  I'm never made to live with someone else's organisation.  If I want something removed from the system, I can do it myself with complete confidence in the outcome.  In short, I don't want another "modern" operating system, there are too many already.