Okay guys, i nedd help. I found (legally) an old I-book. 64 MB ram. it came with a slow as hell "Yellow Dog" OS. i'm now trying to install mac os 9, but when i boot it from the cd (pressing c) and all that i can see is the image of a floppy disk with a question mark. What's my problem?
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Anonymous2006-01-30 11:04
WTF would you want mac os when you have a perfectly good Linux already installed.
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Anonymous2006-01-30 11:22
>>2
Especially trying to install _OS 9_ over a good linux install o_o;
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Anonymous2006-01-30 11:27
because with this much ram i can't do anything with this linux.
.. can you guys help?
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Anonymous2006-01-30 11:34
>2
Yellow dog is far from perfect
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Anonymous2006-01-30 12:25
You should've asked me four years ago, when I could still remember how to fix a pre-X system. Try holding both C and D.
http://www.jacsoft.co.nz/Tech_Notes/Mac_Keys.shtml
That should help.
In short, zap the PRAM by holding CMD-OPT-P-R during boot up.
Then hold Command-Shift-Option-Delete.
If that doesn't work, we'll have to get more drastic.
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Anonymous2006-01-31 3:41
thanks for the info, guys... i'll try it and tell you how things are turning out. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Anonymous2006-01-31 7:36
did what 8 suggested... but the only things it does is to show a folder with the mac os symbol and a question mark... let's use some more drastic methods?
sorry. forgot to tell you it's a G3...any more suggestions?
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numba ocho2006-02-01 11:38
Ah, it can't find the boot volume. Not sure what to do. I'll look around and see what I can find out.
Expect hearing from me later.
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Anonymous2006-02-02 5:36
exactly! but i fixed it thanks to a a friend of mine... you came a bit too late, numba ocho... but thanks for trying!
now now... anyone can reccomend me some good games that can run on this poor old thing?
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Anonymous2006-02-02 9:37
Sim city 2000 ^_^
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Anonymous2006-02-02 12:15
yesh! forgot about the little fucker... anyone knows some good dungeon crawler RPG? maybe something like mordor or demise?
uh... i can't really dig nethack... is there a way to play SLASH'EM on a mac os 9?
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Anonymous2006-02-04 6:27
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Slashem is just a variant of nethack. But I doubt you can play it on a crippled OS like OS9. Damn thing doesn't even come with a console, how the hell are you meant to compile things?
Oh I did find a version of Zork that worked with OS8/9 back when I was working at a company that didn't believe in upgrading (and when they finally did upgrade, they got a bunch of expensive Windows Terminal Servers and those awful Winterms. They put the servers on the other side of the country and had them serve 13 offices spread across the country. They were too incompetant to secure them in any meaningful way, so when I helpfully installed Firefox they promptly fired me for "hacking".)
Anyway Zork rules.
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Anonymous2006-02-04 7:45
oh... i see. what about diablo? can i play that?
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Anonymous2006-02-04 7:46
oh, and can i use pkzip on it? if not, what archiver can i use?
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Anonymous2006-02-04 8:14
Yes, you can play Diablo on it. I do hope you don't intend to do it using the trackpad, though. As for random software, check here