Mac OS 9 Lives

Mac OS 9 Discussion => Mac OS 9, Hacks & Upgrades => Mac OS 9 on Unsupported Hardware => Topic started by: DieHard on April 01, 2018, 06:33:59 PM

Title: On your Mac Mini... What do you want to see in the System Profiler info ?
Post by: DieHard on April 01, 2018, 06:33:59 PM: OK... the ELN ROMs are stacking up :) And the Mac Mini's are humming along... (and still cheap on ebay so hurry up and get one)
Title: Re: On your Mac Mini... What do you want to see in the System Profiler info ?
Post by: Daniel on April 01, 2018, 06:37:56 PM: I would personally want System Profiler to see it as a Mini. Is that an option?
Title: Re: On your Mac Mini... What do you want to see in the System Profiler info ?
Post by: DieHard on April 01, 2018, 07:37:52 PM: I am sure we can use the ibook or Cube mac model number and Norton Disk Doctor Hex edit the Text as "Mini"
Title: Re: On your Mac Mini... What do you want to see in the System Profiler info ?
Post by: IIO on April 01, 2018, 09:15:34 PM: lol, that was the first thing i thought when i watched the youtube video.

i guess it should be not wrong to use that place to point out that it is running a modified OS9 system.
Title: Re: On your Mac Mini... What do you want to see in the System Profiler info ?
Post by: RossDarker on April 02, 2018, 02:30:30 PM: If you do ever manage to hex edit the text so it reports the Mac mini G4, remember the "mini" with a lowercase m, so "Mac mini G4", as branded by Apple where they call it "Mac mini".
Title: Re: On your Mac Mini... What do you want to see in the System Profiler info ?
Post by: DieHard on April 02, 2018, 07:18:45 PM: Quote from: RossDarker on April 02, 2018, 02:30:30 PM
If you do ever manage to hex edit the text so it reports the Mac mini G4, remember the "mini" with a lowercase m, so "Mac mini G4", as branded by Apple where they call it "Mac mini".

Excellent point
Title: Re: On your Mac Mini... What do you want to see in the System Profiler info ?
Post by: Jubadub on April 06, 2018, 01:48:29 PM: I lack any preference, so I won't vote. Whatever gets OS 9 closer and closer to working perfectly is all I'm personally concerned about. :)