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Fedorenko Junior Member Australia 463 Posts	Posted - 28 Apr 2003 : 23:53:39 Hi, I am intereasted in running one of Apple alternative OS's (AU/X, Copland or Rhapsody) on a cheap laptop. Does anyone have some sugestions?
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 29 Apr 2003 : 06:12:08 I'm sorry to say it... but Rhapsody and Copland won't run on any laptops, Copland isn't exactly "finished" enough to run on most desktops either. With A/UX there is ONE and ONLY ONE possibility that was discussed here before. This is with a PowerBook 5x0. These '040 books by default have LC processors, unless you can find a PowerBook 550c. The 550c and/or any 5x0 with a 550c processor daughtercard have been rumored to be able to run A/UX because they had the correct motherboard architechture. Although, "cheap laptop" isn't a phrase that comes into play either way there. I'd say that there IS a way to get a 550c in australia.... but think the only way to get one anywhere is to fly to japan, look for anyone who has one and literally grab it from under their arms or something.... Grab a few ColorClassic IIs while you're in Japan and/or China. I hear that they are rock'n machines "everything the color classic should have been in the first place" and etc etc. (or you could get a regular CC and shove an LC 575 or 580 motherboard in there.) I also heard of a special hack on the daughtercard you could do where you solder on your own full-040... I'd wait for JT or one of the other big-time-hardware-hacking MLAers to chime in here before you do anything crazy to that PowerBook you don't yet have though... Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
Fedorenko Junior Member Australia 463 Posts	Posted - 29 Apr 2003 : 23:18:50 Nuts....running A/UX on a laptop would be great.
Fedorenko Junior Member Australia 463 Posts	Posted - 30 Apr 2003 : 02:49:15 Ok, after some thought I have decided I can cope with it not beign a laptop, now, which OS do you sugest Rahpsody or Copland? Now, I dont want an OS that can do work on, I want one that is buggy and will keep a comptuer minded individual entertained for a good period of time. (Its never going on the net or anything). What one is more..different, and 'unexplored'
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 30 Apr 2003 : 05:59:30 "unexplored" eh? Well if you want the buggiest most not-working least explored OS, I'd say it's copland an an X100 PowerPC for you! It'll work on a 6100, 7100 or 8100. I would suggest that you run it on a 7100, because you can get them fast enough for 'stuffness' and noone here has run it on one of those before Supposedly, you could do real work in it because it'll run system 7.5 programs or something... but either way I was trying to do rhapsody on a PC and I was never able to make it work, if someone else could make it work I'd LOVE to see it *(on physical PC hardware) Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 30 Apr 2003 : 06:38:35 quote: I also heard of a special hack on the daughtercard you could do where you solder on your own full-040... I'd wait for JT or one of the other big-time-hardware-hacking MLAers to chime in here before you do anything crazy to that PowerBook you don't yet have though... Don't look at me . . . search posts by Alien, the 5x0/040 hack he did puts him in a class all by himself! jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 30 Apr 2003 : 16:52:49 I suggest OpenStep on x86 hardware (even a cheap laptop, if hardware is supported!). It's very stable and works well for actual work, and it's cool to play around with. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert Macs Liberated: SE (2), LC, IIsi, PB 145b, Quadra 700 (2), LC 575, 6100 (2), PB 5300, PowerMac 5400/200, Performa 6400/180 PCs liberated from Windoze: 3
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 30 Apr 2003 : 17:53:27 A/UX on a 540c with a 'full' 68040 and a Gestalt hack has long been a dream of mine... Alien's was running NetBSD, IIRC. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 30 Apr 2003 : 20:59:10 Gestalt hack? Gee... it's sounding alot like what you need to do with putting OSX on older macs.... Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
Alien Junior Member Netherlands 269 Posts	Posted - 01 May 2003 : 01:17:48 quote: A/UX on a 540c with a 'full' 68040 and a Gestalt hack has long been a dream of mine... Alien's was running NetBSD, IIRC. Yup. I doubt A/UX would run, even with a gestalt hack. ,xtG .tsooJ -- who \| grep -i blonde \| date cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount sleep
llamaboy487 Full Member USA 516 Posts	Posted - 01 May 2003 : 19:09:00 could someone please explain the "gestalt hack" to me? im lost ------------- Grand Leader, Apple /// Revolutionary Council Apple ///'s Liberated: 65498 Visit http://www.kevcave.tk (my Forum) ...because no one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 01 May 2003 : 19:58:40 quote: could someone please explain the "gestalt hack" to me? im lost google: "wish I were" http://homepage.mac.com/schrier/macos8.html jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 01 May 2003 : 20:12:53 hehehe..... A gestalt hack (0nce the extension loads) temporarily changes the machine ID number so that you can basically force (your IIci for say) to be another mac (like a quadra 610) I've never gotten it, or the others out there to work. Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
Alien Junior Member Netherlands 269 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2003 : 05:58:56 quote: hehehe..... A gestalt hack (0nce the extension loads) temporarily changes the machine ID number so that you can basically force (your IIci for say) to be another mac (like a quadra 610) Well, actually, it just pretends to be another Mac. If there were a piece of software that could actually make a Mac be another Mac, I would be buying lots of Mac Pluses and making them be dual-1.45 GHz G4's. :p ,xtG .tsooJ -- who \| grep -i blonde \| date cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount sleep
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2003 : 06:03:03 temporarily changing the ID number of one mac... making it pretend to be another mac. hence the name "wish I were" There was another one one time... I used it to try to turn my 7300 into a G3 (silly me) and that was right before the 7300 (in it's frst coming mine ye) borkulated it's hard drive.... Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide

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