Mac OS X on upgraded 8600 PCI Mac?

[Steven]

Hello all,
Does anybody have experience with installing Maxc OS X on an older
upgraded PCI Mac using the Sonnet PCI X installer?
<http://www.sonnettech.com/downloads/osx_upgrade_sw.html>

What limitations will such an install have besides the lack of speed?
What about my adb mouse and other peripherals for instance?

Is such an install worth the trouble? Any and all information is
appreciated,

Thanks,

Steven


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[Steven]

Matti Haveri wrote:

> In article <3F19718E.1000405@sifre.nl>, Steven <steven@sifre.nl> wrote:
>

>>Does anybody have experience with installing Maxc OS X on an older
>>upgraded PCI Mac using the Sonnet PCI X installer?

>
> I'm writing this with 8600/200 upgraded with XLR8 G4 450 booted in Mac
> OS X 10.2.6 via XPostFacto. XPostFacto has its own cache enabler but I
> use Sonnet cache enabler because it loads eralier and thus boots faster
> and as a nice touch Apple System Profiler reports the enabled cache.
>
> Mac OS X 10.1.5 ran OK although somewaht slow on the stock 604e CPU --
> 10.2 requires G3/4.
>
> The 8600's video connectors and LacalTalk don't work while booted in X
> and also the sound output is rather quiet.
>
> FW & USB PCI card (digital camera and camcorder) work as does the modem
> via the modem port. Also an external SCSI burner works with the Sonnet
> cache enabler which seems to install some SCSI related stuff. Ethernet
> is also OK (I'm connected via a DSL modem which does PPPoE and uses DHCP
> to the LAN side).
>
> The speed is OK for me. XPostFacto has enabled me to slowly accumulate
> my Mac OS X knowledge and software and at the moment I register Mac OS X
> software if I have to choose between 9 and X versions.

Thanks, Matti, sounds like it is worth the efford. How is performance as
compared to plain Mac OS 9.1?

I have a Newertech MAXpowr 400 MHz G3 processor upgrade, a Formac
ProFormance 3 Graphics Accelerator and a Adaptec 2940U2B SCSI Card. If
anybody knows of problems with these in combination with MacOS X upgrade
I'd be pleased to hear it.

Steven

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