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Pismo OS?
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What is the minimum OS required on the Pismo 'Books? 9.0x? Will they run at 8.6? Any knowledge, please.
--Mike
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9.0.2. It needs that OS because of the enablers for the hardware.
Any earlier OS will not work (the PowerBook won't boot).
Why go back to 8.6? 9.0.4 is like Chevy: slow as a rock; er, built like a rock...
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Too bad...
Perhaps you might steal the enablers from the newer OS revision and plop them in the... oh... that won't work, never mind.
Mac OS 9 is pretty slow, and takes up a whole lot more RAM, in comparison with 8.6. The multiple users and Sherlock 2 aren't worth it...
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MacOS 9.04 has been benched to prove that it is very nearly as fast as 8.6, the percentage points difference is negligible!
i know everyone wants water-tight evidence, i got this evidence from either MacNN, MacInTouch, or MacFixit, and i can't remember which one... i was satisfied with the provenance of the report when i read it and am satisfied now  with MacOS 9.04
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DP3 runs fine on the Pismos as well, however OS X Server doesn't even install...
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Bit of a tangent here, but...
9.0.2 seems pretty stable. I tried 9.0.4 and had horrible results -- unstable, slow, audio problems. I downgraded to 9.0.2 and am again pleased. I hear that other people had better results, however.
I also hear that the newest LinuxPPC kernels are working with Pismo's, if you are interested in running UN*X on your powerbook. I imagine that NetBSD/macppc will be working on Pismo's pretty soon, if it is not already.
Ben
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"wlonh", 9.04 squanders a hell of a lot more RAM compared with system 8.
Here's a quick comparison...
A friend of mine and I both own PowerBook G3 "Lombard" 333 megahertz computers. His computer, bought 3 months before mine, had less RAM, and ran OS 8.61. His crashed thrice, ever. On the other hand, mine was crashing like crazy, running OS 9, even right after I bought it.
I wish I had bought the PowerBook 3 months earlier. That way I could have had OS 8...
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