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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
 Posted - 20 Jul 2002 : 10:16:02
Is this at all possible. A friend of mine also has a G4 Quicksilver DP 800 and wants to know If he could install OS 7.6 or a modded 7.6. Talk aboot a fast computer...
Any thoughts?~The Penguin
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aftermac
New Member
USA
80 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2002 : 10:57:13
Not at all possible. The minimum system is some flavor of OS 9. The DP 800 I use at work came with 9.2.1. Usually, Apple ships machines with the minimum OS required, so the OS is compatible with updated firmware (and other misc hardware updates) on the newer machines.Besides, you would lose the functionality of the second processor, as 7.6 is not DP aware. OS X is the best os to run on DP machines. Aftermac A bandoned, F orgotten, T ortured, E ndangered, R etro, M acintosh, A cquisition, C ommando 5 Apples, 23 liberated 68k's, 9 contraband PPC's, and a Duo Dock |
bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2002 : 18:10:08
VMac (www.vmac.org) is now carbonised and should allow you to run up to OS 7.5.5 on a G4.Cheers!
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aftermac
New Member
USA
80 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2002 : 18:28:26
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VMac (www.vmac.org) is now carbonised and should allow you to run up to OS 7.5.5 on a G4.
Well, if you're going to resort to emulation.  Aftermac A bandoned, F orgotten, T ortured, E ndangered, R etro, M acintosh, A cquisition, C ommando 5 Apples, 23 liberated 68k's, 9 contraband PPC's, and a Duo Dock |
oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2002 : 18:35:13
There is a port of Basilisk II to Mac OS X. I don't know how it would run on a G4 dual 800, but it runs really slowly on my 500 MHZ G3 iMac.Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
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bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2002 : 18:37:08
Yep! just confirmed it works... well, under OS X on a G3 anyway. It boots into system 6.0.8 or 7.0.1 (the 2 disk images I have handy) in just a few seconds.As itsemulating a mac plus it should be able to run up to 7.5.5. I'll try to put up some screen shots later today. Cheers!
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OS 7.6 on a G4
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