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The iMac is currently being used to draw graphics and access more strenuous, JS-heavy websites that even 10.4Fx couldn't handle. I'll have to see if I can get one under $60. Though, I am considering eventually coming into a posession of a 14" G4 1.42 and using that for OS X, leaving this one for OS 9. I should get an SSD in it sometime to try to get that number even higher before I get around to repacking the battery, which I want to get done at some point, this laptop is probably my favorite laptop I've ever used. I'm writing this post right now on my iBook G3 booted into 9.2.2, honestly astounded by the fact it reports another 39 minutes of battery life left, about an hour overall.
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My PowerPC Macs are my main computers, so any computing tasks I do, I do through either them or my cheap, terrible cell phone, but the phone is only on YouTube and router duty because the web on phones sucks.
#Mini vmac ii powerpc install#
I have it installed on an old Dell Inspiron that's sitting in a self-storage right now, but that install is beta 2 and I've been itching to try B3 out. Might try out the new version of Haiku for fun later on down the line.
#Mini vmac ii powerpc drivers#
I like that computer, but its CD drive doesn't work and it doesn't have any USB drivers for me to get stuff on it, so I have no way to put stuff on it besides piping things over through floppies, which I at least do have a box of. Otherwise, I could always use the Pentium II with 96 megabytes of RAM sitting to its immediate left. My unique circumstances mean that for modern day tasks, this laptop is my best option. 9 is still my favorite, it's just that Classilla doesn't really like many websites anymore and a few games were 10 only (SimCity 4 comes to mind). Can't really do a whole lot with 10.3.9, and I've been trying to install 9.2 for the last few days, and if I get there I'll install Tiger and switch between the two whenever I need to. I'm using Safari (since this laptop has Cheetah), so it was either this or an acmlmboard forum. Lastly, if you just have the mini only: (no other OS 9 unit)ģ) Boot to partition 2 and follow the instructions above to create the instant DAW on the first partition Now you can boot to mini, but remove the ASIO drivers (BEFORE you attempt to launch Cubase) on the mini under the Cubase/ASIO and install firewire ASIO or USB ASIO for a working interface under OS 9, the stock system sound ASIO drivers will lock up Cubase and they are unusable Quote Well the Instant DAW would require too many CDs the way I installed it on the Mini (assumes you have 2 macs) was.Ģ) Connect to a working OS 9 unit that has:Ī) instant DAW files already downloaded on itī) The famous Ross mini CD image mounted on desktopģ) Run instant DAW and pick the mini's hard drive (connected via "target mode" as an external HD) as the destination driveĤ) remove the newly created "multi-processing folder" under the extensions on the miniĥ) copy from the Ross image to the mini hd:ī) any ATI extensions (delete the current ATI extensions on the mini)