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Unsupported Utility X 1.0b8 for OS X install

updated 04:00 am EDT, Thu June 21, 2001

 
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OWC has posted free software that allows OS X to operated on unsupported machine. The Unsupported Utility X 1.0b8 software allows OS X to (conveniently) install on the 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8600, 9500 and 9600, as well the clones that were based on one of these systems (the Umax S900 and J700, and the Power Computing PowerWave and PowerTowerPro).


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    I can't wait to try...

    I can't wait to try...this on my PowerTowerPro 225. 8^)

    iMike

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    humm

    Interesting....should be quite slow though.

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    why?

    I think the detail that Sonnet missed is that many of us already have OS X running with our Sonnet processor upgrade cards running accelerated under OS X. We got this software for free elsewhere.

    why pay?

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    06/21, 09:35am | report spam | Reply | delete

    why not?

    The message said that it was free, and then the file is right there to download.. This is *Free* as well...

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    Read it again

    It says free, and doesn't mention a sonnet upgrade. Perhaps you responded to the wrong listing?

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    doesn't work for me

    this doesn't work on my PowerTower Pro 200. Everything I have is stock except a pci usb card

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    My poor PowerCenter Pro..

    ..could never handle OS X regardless.

    A Sonnet 250 MHz G3 upgrade won't help it, I'm afraid.
    My 7300-based machine is just too antiquated. (E.g.:
    42 MHz bus speed. Ouch.) And throwing more money at
    it seems utterly pointless.

    Nice thought though. Nice to see someone willing to try
    things like this...

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    OS X on Pre Biege Macs

    I've been running OS X on my upgraded 8500 since a week after it came out. It works fine as long as you have a fast processor, hard drive and lots of ram. The only problem is that currently my ATI rage orion doesn't work.

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    Pre Beige-G3s

    I second the previous post. I have it running on my 9500/g3-300/272mb ram/ati orion and it works very well. Anybody that says this hardware is too slow or old to run OS X has been brainwashed by apple propagandists! Of course if anybody wants to buy me a new G4 I won't stop them... ;-)

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    darwin

    a step closer to getting darwin working on my powerwave.

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