This post is to present an easy intro to the topic and to try to summarize the state of the Mac Os 9 booting in to different unsupported Macs.That chart is confusing the issue. We're trying to keep track of which Macs have been "cracked" and it doesn't help.
The unsupported Macs ( Os X only G4s ) are blue highlighted in this picture, most but Mac Mini, have a Mac Os 9 officially supported predecessor. No G5 based Mac boots into Mac Os 9 at this moment ( red highlighted in this picture).
That chart is confusing the issue.This chart clearly shows what's the models we can expect to work with the unsupported ROMs. And to avoid confusion about supported and unsupported machines with similar specs ... And the use of unsupported System folder into supported Macs... which have happened yet.
We're trying to keep track of which Macs have been "cracked" and it doesn't help.I'm Agree, but one of the main problems we have here is the lack of info and the extremely spread around of what we have. The purpose of this post is to be a detailed report about what's working and don't in all "unsupported" Mac, bu we only have info about 5 or 6 models by now ...
No, I'm NOT volunteering to make and maintain a new one, but can anyone else (who's more on top of the subject and has the time) make one…or a spreadsheet…or anything that actually shows the state of the art?
I have an eMac G4 1.42 Ghz and I would love to have OS9 on that baby. Mentioned above needing the drivers--which is obvious as the G4 MDD modded disk will not even let the machine boot. Just stops at the grey screen.
So how do you mod the G4 MDD CD with the drivers for the eMac? I downloaded them but no idea how to merge the drivers into the mod to burn the eMac CD.
Hey Mactron, would it be possible to make a sublist/chart from the main chart and include ONLY units that we have successfully booted to OS 9. with a column of Video (Acceleration/no acceleration) Audio, Ethernet, USB, Firewire... LOL... I know that would be way too much work, but I think that's what we really need or a thread per unit to stop the masses from asking the same questionsYes, it will be great, but that info is scarce and spreaded all over the forum, I have to read 439 Replies on the Mac Mini thread only to know how this machine goes, without having one.
Mac OS 9 on Unsupported Hardware
to:
Mac Os9 on previously unsupported hardware
can you see how the latter is more easily understood?
but you did notice that this IS the post where all the important data is beeing collected, do you.Is there a point to this comment or is it just as pointless and unnecessary as it seems?
The Mac mini is also required to have a custom System Suitcase. It has ID 3 taken from the boot resource from an older version of ELN's roms copied into the boot resource of the suitcase. I don't know if it is still required (it definitely did originally) but it's still what the latest CD image uses.
but you did notice that this IS the post where all the important data is beeing collected, do you.Is there a point to this comment or is it just as pointless and unnecessary as it seems?
QuoteMac OS 9 on Unsupported Hardware
to:
Mac Os9 on previously unsupported hardware
can you see how the latter is more easily understood?
That is actually a really good point, I am thinking we should definitely make that distinction clear to all those new to this topic, also maybe we shpuld separate the topics... 1 sticky post per model (like Mactron did with eMac) that has the synopsis, and then a longer post per model describing the journey
That's all nice and true. Meanwhile, I was referring only to llO's single-line remark that I quoted.I think it was a fair and well-intended comment: you correctly stated that information could be better-presented and compiled together, and that too by people who are sufficiently involved with the processes, but the way your post was worded ("[...] but the last six posts illustrate exactly what I'm talking about"), it sounded like you weren't noticing we already started doing what you were saying we should, and that is all which IIO tried to point out, calmly and neutrally. Right?but you did notice that this IS the post where all the important data is beeing collected, do you.Is there a point to this comment or is it just as pointless and unnecessary as it seems?
I picked up an iBook G4, one of these:
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_g4_1.0_14.html
What is the prognosis for getting it working? Has Airport card, not sure if Extreme or not. 640MB RAM, plenty of RAM and CPU for MacOS 9 to be quite snappy! but not enough for 10.4 Tiger IMHO.
I have a 14" 1.33Ghz and a 12" 1.2Ghz that run well, just not sleep.
Hi, maybe the download page of 'Mac OS 9.2.2 For Previously Unsupported G4s ISO CD image' temporary down ?I guessing you're trying to download it with a newer browser. The issue may be that the site is using TLS1 or 1.2 or some "obsolete" protocol and your browser won't negotiate with it. I was able to access it after enabling TLS 1 in Firefox 83. Firefox popped up a box where I could temporarily do that while warning me that choice will be soon be gone. How considerate…
I tried with Safari, Firefox, Chrome and Brave but all give me an error :(
I just bought a new G4 MDD FW800 today and I would test to install Mac OS 9 on it.
An help is welcomed. Tks a lot.
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| Machine | Boot | Sound | GPU | USB 2.0 | FireWire | AirPort | Bluetooth | Sleep | Ethernet | CardBus |
| Power Mac G4 MDD FW800 | Y | P | P | P | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| eMac G4 1.25GHz (USB 2.0) | Y | P | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| eMac G4 1.42GHz (2005) | P | P | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| iMac G4 15" 1.0GHz (GeForce4 MX) | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| iMac G4 17/20" 1.25GHz (FX 5200) | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| Mac mini G4 (Early 2005) | Y | P | Y | P | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| Mac mini G4 (Late 2005) | Y | P | P | P | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| iBook G4 2003-2004 (Radeon 9200) | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| iBook G4 Mid 2005 (Radeon 9550) | P | P | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| Al PowerBook G4 12" 867MHz | Y | P | Y | - | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| Al PowerBook G4 12" 1.0-1.5GHz | Y | P | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | - |
| Al PowerBook G4 17" 1.0GHz | Y | P | Y | - | P | N | N | N | P | N |
| Al PowerBook G4 15/17" (Radeon) | Y | P | N | N | Y | N | N | N | P | N |
| Al PowerBook G4 DLSD (Late 2005) | N | N | N | N | ? | N | N | N | ? | N |
| Xserve G4 (all models) | N | - | ? | - | ? | - | - | ? | ? | - |
@UnexpectedBomb, why don't you take any macos9lives.com page source, let the Claude create a html page based on it and pass the final product to Bolkonskij or to whoever looks after the homepage to integrate?
we were debating how to distill valuable info, especially about new developments and discoveries, into some sort of website for years, but it is not exactly easy.