MacOS9.2.2 on a PPC 601??

brendonbrendon
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
A friend of mine has just got a PPC 601 free from a school. I was wanting to load it with the best OS version I could. I thought of 9.2.2 but I wonder if that is the best for the job or if the OS was too new and the machine too old. Anyone have suggestions??



Thanks

Ty

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    9.2 Requires a G3 or G4.



    Use 9.1.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    brendonbrendon Posts: 642member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>9.2 Requires a G3 or G4.



    Use 9.1.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Thank You
  • Reply 3 of 8
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brendon:

    <strong>A friend of mine has just got a PPC 601 free from a school. I was wanting to load it with the best OS version I could. I thought of 9.2.2 but I wonder if that is the best for the job or if the OS was too new and the machine too old. Anyone have suggestions??



    Thanks

    Ty</strong><hr></blockquote>



    They are S L O W



    why go to 9.1? its gonna be so sluggish and many of OS 9's features are wasted on it as a result.



    go vintage... go with what shipped on it



    well, I would reccomend 8.5.1 or 8.6
  • Reply 4 of 8
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    8.6 was a sweet spot that Apple moved away from with 9.X
  • Reply 5 of 8
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    8.6 is great, if you have the RAM. If the machine has more than 32 MB of RAM, use 8.6.



    A caveat about 9.1 - unless you have a 9.1 CD, you can't use it. For some reason, the 9.0 -&gt; 9.1 upgrade (free download from Apple) doesn't work on NuBus PowerMacs. So you can't upgrade a 6100, 7100, 8100, or 9150 to 9.1 from 9.0. 601-based PCI PowerMacs, like the 7200 and 7500, can use the upgrade. But avoid OS 9 anyway.



    If you don't have 32 MB of RAM, use 8.1. If you're really brave, though, you can try putting system 7.1.2 on it. The first run of NuBus PowerMacs came with 7.1.2, a PPC-enabled version of 7.1. That is a free download if you go to <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2"; target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2</a>; . You an also try downloading system 7.5.3 and using that. It's not great, but it's free.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    rampancyrampancy Posts: 363member
    As was said earlier, if you can't find a copy of 8.x to use on the '601, try downloading 7.5.3 from Apple's software archives and then updating to 7.5.5. I grew up using 7.5.5 on a Performa 6320, and it's still one of my favourite OS releases.



    7.5.5...Ahh, the memories. Does anyone here remember the once-dreaded "Type 11" system error messages from days of old?
  • Reply 7 of 8
    stagflation stevestagflation steve Posts: 294member
    I installed 9.2.2 on a 7200 not that long ago just for the hell of it.



    however, for the 601 based Macs, 7.6.1 is the sweet-spot OS wise.
  • Reply 8 of 8
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    I have a 604e 200MHz with 96MB Ram, do i run 8.6 or 9.x?
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