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PowerBook 540c - Did a thing (OS 8.6)
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Although I don't have much interest in running PPC on a Blackbird, seeing 8.5+ on one always seems so exotic.
Why not try 9.0.4?
I'd be interested to see some benchmarks with Norton System Info 3.2, I guess performance is going to be even less than a PB5300/100 considering the 16MHz peripheral bus (vs the 5300's 25MHz).
Why not try 9.0.4?
I'd be interested to see some benchmarks with Norton System Info 3.2, I guess performance is going to be even less than a PB5300/100 considering the 16MHz peripheral bus (vs the 5300's 25MHz).
Does the bus-speed make the PB540c noticeably slow? Try running Marathon and see how that goes.
I had (and still have) a 520c with the nupowr 117, and boy it is slow with 8.5+! The original '040 with 8 feels way faster!
It would be the same 33MHz CPU bus as on a PowerBook 5300, 1400 or Duo 2300. So RAM and ROM access should be identical clock for clock.
According to the Dev Notes for these models the 16-bit ‘030 peripheral bus runs slower on the 500 series (16MHz) vs on the PB190 or the above mentioned PPCs (25MHz). So, I’d expect Marathon to run slower than on a PB5300/100, for example, since it wouldn’t be able to push as many pixels out.
I am interested in pushing this to 9.0.4 next. But can certainly say it is noticeably slow with 8.6, which isn't a surprise when considering the slow bus speeds.
I think maybe what I want to see is if it would be possible to watch a YouTube video somehow on a Blackbird. I haven't actually done much research to see if anyone has tried this with WowTube, or a more modern browser, etc. Anyone have experience with this?
I think maybe what I want to see is if it would be possible to watch a YouTube video somehow on a Blackbird. I haven't actually done much research to see if anyone has tried this with WowTube, or a more modern browser, etc. Anyone have experience with this?
You’re bonkers! You’re off your rocker!
Next, take it to 9.1, then use OS 9 Helper to upgrade it to 9.2.2.
Yep one step at a time. Up to 9.1. Now moving on to 9.2.2. For no particular reason but the fun of it
Nice.Yep one step at a time. Up to 9.1. Now moving on to 9.2.2. For no particular reason but the fun of it
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