• Just looking around
    g4QS_redux
    Posts: 9 from 2010/8/25
    From: Germany
    @jacadcaps:
    > Don't count on support for anything older than PowerMac3,1

    Well, I don't expect the MorphOS team to actively support all sorts of hardware, for I understand that only a limited number of people work on MorphOS. Yet, I personally think it would be great if the MorphOS Installation CD will not block per se specific G4 processors / PowerMac models / mainboards any longer in future releases. I guess that some former Amiga users (and I am one of them) just want to give MorphOS a try on their hardware, even if they will have to solve some problems with machines not _officially_ supported by the developers of the operating system; maybe also with the help of fellows in the forums.

    As I have already owned two PowerMac G4 computers for several years, I was actually a bit disappointed at that time that both of them were not supported in previous releases of MorphOS, for I neither own a PowerMac Mini nor an eMac.

    If you put your plans of supporting almost all Power Mac G4 desktop models into practice in a new release of MorphOS 2.6, however, users will have numerous options to choose from, and that is what I am looking forward to. After I have read many of the MorphOS related news in the past weeks I am quite optimistic at the moment that I will soon be able to install and test MorphOS on one of my PPC computers. :-)

    @boot_wb, Jim:
    To get a quick overview on Macintosh computers, their specifications, and codenames I frequently use the following website:

    http://www.apple-history.com/?page=gallery&model=g4pci&sort=date&performa=off&order=ASC

    It seems that people here, however, prefer to use the Model IDs of Macintosh computers:

    http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_capability/mac-specs-by-machine-model-machine-id.html

    There is also a terrific freeware tool, though this is only available for Mac OS and Windows operating systems:

    http://www.mactracker.ca/

    I did not try this myself, but according to apple-history.com non-PCI based pre-Quicksilver Desktop Powermacs G4 feature 4 RAM slots and they offer a maximum of 2 GB usable RAM (4 x 512 MB).
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