On Monday, August 23, 2004, at 05:53 PM, Bill Hatchell wrote:
Anyone know what original software installation discs came with the PowerBase series? I have the one which installs MacOS 7.5.3 but nothing higher. What I'm looking for is one which installs MacOS8.0/8.1 with the proper driver although the HHD I have installed is now an Apple HDD so I am assuming I do not need a non-Apple drive driver, correct? The CD-ROM drive on the other hand is another situation and it appears that the only Apple extension that makes it work is the CD-ROM extension that came originally on System 7.6. It is a Teac drive so I do not know whether the FWB Toolkit will fix it or not. Anyone familiar with these HHD and CD-ROM drive issues on the PowerBase? One last question: this PowerBase has a 603e CPU. What if any are the upgrade options? Thanks and nice to know of this discussion group.
I don't know what OS came with the PowerBase but I can give some info on the other questions. My PTP 250 came with OS 8 and it was one of the last run (August '97 I think)
With the Apple HDD you can definitely avoid FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit. Any non-Apple CD will need either the System 7 extension (I use it with OS 9.2 and it works well) or the FWB CD-ROM Tools application or another 3rd party application. When Apple went to OS 8 they eliminated compatibility for most CD-ROM's in the CD-ROM extensions except for the CD-ROM's that Apple used. That's why the old driver works.
There's a G3 upgrade option for it.
Check this page:
http://www.lowendmac.com/power/base.shtml
and for more info:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/powercc/index.html
Ron
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