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Upgrading to MacOS 9

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Name: darkfriend
Date: May 8, 2006 at 19:00:30 Pacific
OS: Mac OS 7.5
CPU/Ram: 200MHz/32MB
Product: PowerPC
Comment:

I have aquired an awesome PowerPC with MacOS 7.5. It has a 200Mhz processor w/ 32MBRAM. The computer runs very well with this setup but, as always, I want to upgrade it. Is this setup OK for OS9. Or am I being stupid.

I am MCSE(Microsoft) and CCNA(Cisco) Certified. So I'm not an idiot. But here I am.

Any thoughts would be great. Thanks.

MSI Neo4 Platinum BIOS v1.6b3
Athlon 64 3700+ @ 2640Mhz 11x240
Kingston KHX3200 2-3-3-6-1T 9:10
2x80GB DeskstarTK80 SATAII - Nvidia Raid 0, SATA 1&2
1x250GB Diamondmax 10 16mb cache SATA 3



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Response Number 1
Name: bobw
Date: May 9, 2006 at 12:57:07 Pacific
Reply:

Yes, OS 9 will run on any Mac that has a 200MHz processor.


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Response Number 2
Name: bofra
Date: May 9, 2006 at 18:21:47 Pacific
Reply:

suggest more ram, and extra space on drive,
check system requirements:

MAC OS 9.0
REQUIREMENTS
Computer: MAC OS- based computer
Processor: Power PC Processor
Memory: 40 MB of RAM
Drives: 32MB disk space
CD-ROM Drive ~
Sound: depends on mac brand name
Video: ~
Controls: Mouse / Keyboard
Operating System: System 8.5 / 8.6 required for upgrade.


6B 69 6C 72 6F 79 20 77 61 73 20 68 65 72 65


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Response Number 3
Name: darkfriend
Date: May 10, 2006 at 12:35:28 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks guys. I think I'll upgrade the RAM and give it a shot. 32MB seems a little cheesy, even for OS 9. Now I have to see if they still sell the RAM for this thing. I guess its just PC66 or something.

Cheers!

MSI Neo4 Platinum BIOS v1.6b3
Athlon 64 3700+ @ 2640Mhz 11x240
Kingston KHX3200 2-3-3-6-1T 9:10
2x80GB DeskstarTK80 SATAII - Nvidia Raid 0, SATA 1&2
1x250GB Diamondmax 10 16mb cache SATA 3


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Response Number 4
Name: chairman21
Date: June 8, 2006 at 12:36:50 Pacific
Reply:

Definitely check out your model at
http://www.mactracker.ca/
software database is for Mac/Windows and even iPod


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