[X-Newbies] MAC 8100 AV, Tiger ?

[Eugene]

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:30:47AM CDT, cyril blanc <blanc.cyril at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
: 
: On May 10, 2007, at 6:11 AM, Robert MacLeay wrote:
: 
: > On 5/9/07 9:50 PM, "cyril blanc" <blanc.cyril at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
: >
: >> Is it possible to install Tiger on a Mac 8100 AV
: >
: > In a word, no.
: >
: > Your Mac has a 601 processor. No one has ever succeeded in getting a
: > 601 PPC to boot any version of OS X.
: >
: > Even if you upgraded it with an accelerator and newer processor, I
: > doubt you would find it possible.   In a world of $50 Blue & White
: > G3 Macs, there is not much point, either.
: >
: > The maximum official System for the 8100 is MacOS 9.1.
: >
: > For information on running OS X on Macs that are too old to run it,
: > go to http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto
:
: What a pity.
: 
: Many thanks for your answer

The PowerMac 8100 came out in 1994.  Expecting it to run any version of
Mac OS X is far-fetched as best.


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Eugene
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