Re: Xpostfacto and OS X on older PowerBooks

2005-12-21 Thread KG
So it's possible to run Mac OS X on a PowerBook 3400 and a Kanga...but my question is, how fast (or not fast, rather) is OS X going to run on a 603e chip? Has anybody tried this? Does anybody have any experience with this matter? The 3400 video controller is fully supported; the Kanga's will

Xpostfacto and OS X on older PowerBooks

2005-12-14 Thread John Kneeland
So it's possible to run Mac OS X on a PowerBook 3400 and a Kanga...but my question is, how fast (or not fast, rather) is OS X going to run on a 603e chip? Has anybody tried this? Does anybody have any experience with this matter? -John -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Xpostfacto and OS X on older PowerBooks

2005-12-14 Thread Pasha
well, I *have* gotten 10.3.X to run on a Kanga, but it seems to be more operative or faster with classic 9.1.. I have not bothered to try and put this on to a 603e+ but I might have to figure it out someday... 10.2 with 603e, huh? -p On 14 Dec, 2005, at 4:43 PM, John Kneeland wrote: So

Re: Xpostfacto and OS X on older PowerBooks

2005-12-14 Thread michel
I have managed to do so with 10.1 running on an 240mhz PB 3400 (with 144mb ram). For the fun and the experience it may be interesting but for working it is hardly impossible, the machine is incredibly slow. So to answer your question: Solw ,very very slow. Unless you can install a G3 upgrade that

Re: Xpostfacto and OS X on older PowerBooks

2005-12-14 Thread Andrew Kershaw
So it's possible to run Mac OS X on a PowerBook 3400 and a Kanga...but my question is, how fast (or not fast, rather) is OS X going to run on a 603e chip? Has anybody tried this? Does anybody have any experience with this matter? I haven't run OS X on a PowerBook with a 603e, but I have run

Re: XPostFacto

2005-04-26 Thread pasha
well, now it seems the kanga won't boot from the 10.3 disc 10.2 was nice that is worked with the wireless, but 10.3 is nicer. *sigh* I want kanga to recognize some old card that I know it has not before, never did until I put 10.3 on it, lost it when I went to 10.2.8, I can't get it to

Re: XPostFacto

2005-04-25 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
ok.. maybe I was not making myself clear.. with X, it was not supposed to show more than 256 colors, AND the card NEVER worked. For me your question was pretty clear and straightforward... Probably being not mother tongue I need to read more carefully... BTW. I assume that Ryan Rempel (the

XPostFacto

2005-04-24 Thread pasha
OK... I have a bit of an oddity going on here... I have a Kanga, a #1 G3 Powerbook looking like the 3400. I know that it will only display 256 colors. I know that it will not support the PCMCIA cards. LAST NIGHT I installed 10.2 on there. the screen in thousands of colors, not 256. AND

Re: XPostFacto

2005-04-24 Thread Brian Mahoney
pasha wrote: OK... I have a bit of an oddity going on here... I have a Kanga, a #1 G3 Powerbook looking like the 3400. I know that it will only display 256 colors. I know that it will not support the PCMCIA cards. LAST NIGHT I installed 10.2 on there. the screen in thousands of colors,

Re: XPostFacto

2005-04-24 Thread Daniel Palka
Kangas and 3400s always display thousands of colors - what are you talking about? On Apr 24, 2005, at 2:12 AM, pasha wrote: OK... I have a bit of an oddity going on here... I have a Kanga, a #1 G3 Powerbook looking like the 3400. I know that it will only display 256 colors. I know that

Re: XPostFacto

2005-04-24 Thread Fabian Fang
On Apr 24, 2005, at 12:12 AM, pasha wrote: OK... I have a bit of an oddity going on here... I have a Kanga, a #1 G3 Powerbook looking like the 3400. I know that it will only display 256 colors. I know that it will not support the PCMCIA cards. LAST NIGHT I installed 10.2 on there. the

Re: XPostFacto

2005-04-24 Thread Patrick 'pasha' Donnelly
ok.. maybe I was not making myself clear.. with X, it was not supposed to show more than 256 colors, AND the card NEVER worked. in fact, when I upped my system to 10.2.8 it stopped seeing a card installed into the machine. Either my card has always been a bit shifty, and the second one also

Re: XPostFacto

2005-04-24 Thread Dan K
Didn't anyone get the OP's critical point, that the PowerBook in question is running OSX and many things on the Kanga don't usually work in X? dan k . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500