Going back to classic MacOS was a bit painful at first when I set up a Kanga for my daughter, but the more I played with it (I hadn't touched classic MacOS since I switched to Windows in 98 and back to Mac in 04) the less annoying it was.
There are some things I've found better in OS9 than OSX, at least for the way this one will be used (the Launcher is much easier for a child than the dock), and the system (OS 8.6) is MUCH faster than OSX (10.3.7). For comparison, I am using both a 1GHz 12" G4 PowerBook (768 ram) and a 400MHz Pismo PowerBook (512 ram), both with 5400rpm hard drives for OSX and a 250MHz Kanga G3 with the original 5GB 4200 rpm drive in OS 8.6, and everything from booting to application launch is appreciably faster on the older laptop, with the single exception of waking from sleep, which is MUCH faster in OSX. Just for giggles, I installed Office 2001 and carried that old Kanga around with me for a day, and while much heavier than my two more modern machines, the old Kanga with 8.6 was able to do everything I do on a computer with speed and ease. Even Mozilla works well, though is slow to launch. I wouldn't want to switch back to the classic Mac OS for stability reasons, but it really isn't as bad as I thought it was. Andrew On 1/20/05 12:39 PM, "John.E.Abraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tom > > >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> From: "Tom Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: WallstreetI RIP >> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:59:10 -0800 >> >> The wallstreet with 512 megs ram, Blue Chip G4, 500mhz has stopped >> booting. >> I cannot boot into OS9. I get error box with no info after the first >> Icon >> mounts the desktop. I get the same box with error message Bus Error or >> Illegal Instruction when booting from CD. Bing a wall street it cannot >> boot >> from OSX. I have removed the processor, put in 233 no cache original, >> all >> ram, replacing with 128meg chip. Still no boot. I can boot from OS8 >> disk and >> install OS8.1. Reformated and installed to second partion. Installed >> OS 9 >> and back to same no boot situation. Any IDeas? Me thinks may be bad >> MOBoard. >> >> > The Wallstreet is able to use OS X with out any problems up to and > including 10.2.8. > > It is only with 10.3 that things get a little complicated. > > If you move to OS 10 you will not want to go back to any of the classic > variants. > > My Wallstreet which I am sending this on is a 233 mhz with cache so I > know it works. > > With the G4 upgrade it should fly. > > As to your boot problems, if you are able to boot from an OS 8 CD why do > you suspect the MOBO. > > If the MOBO was faulty it would not boot from any system disk. As it is > booting to something it must be > working correctly to a partial level. > > Have you tried any first aid software to perhaps repair any directory > faults. Have you tried to highlight > your CD as the start up disk as this will only tell the computer to > look in the CD for its boot system. > > I generally have no problem booting to a CD system once it is assigned > as the start up disk. > > It may be that the HD is faulty and the computer is looping trying to > find a usable System. > > Hope this may Help > > John. > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
