Some G3s, like the b/w tower, shipped with OS 8.6

Yeah, I'd like to get 8.6 on my old G3s but can't even with PostFacto4.




Po-en Tsai wrote:
> On 9/11/2009, at 2:43 PM, Ernie Chorny wrote:
>
>> Thomas -
>>
>> My 450 MHz slot loader DVD iMac G3 will recognize either of my two 512
>> mb memory modules in either slot but if both of them are put in (in any
>> order) it won't boot until I press the button on the side with the
>> little triangle on it - then it comes up fine and I can check that it
>> shows 1 gb of ram memory.
>>
>> I'm running OS 8.6 - like to hear if anyone has a solution.
>>
>> Ernie
>
> Uh, OS 8.6 is super ancient - Why don't you upgrade? I'm pretty sure 
> it [OS 8.6] doesn't support a full GB. Anyway, how did you get 8.6 on 
> your 450MHz G3? The minimum is the shipping OS, which, for your iMac 
> is OS 9...
>
> /Thanks,/
> /Po-en Tsai/
> /
> /
> /-- eMac G4 1GHz running OSX 10.5, Superdrive, 60gb HDD with 1GB ram. 
> Super speedy! iMac G3 Indigo 350 MHz, running OSX 10.4, 10.3 and OS 
> 9.2.2, 80gb HDD with 768MB ram. Rather Fast!/
>
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