System 7 and Mac OS 8 Successfully Boot Natively on Mac mini G4 Hardware
By
ibobev
Front-window bakery material. Catches the eye, delivers the goods.
Summary
The article reports on the technical achievement of getting System 7 (and Mac OS 8) to natively boot on Mac mini G4 models, which are New World ROM machines that weren't originally designed to run these older operating systems. This follows previous success with Mac OS 9.2.2 on the same hardware. While the achievement is significant, the author notes that many components like sound, video, and networking still need to be sorted out, making it a work in progress rather than a fully functional solution.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledSurely y'all know and have enjoyed Mac OS 9.2.2 booting and beautifully-running on all four Mac mini G4 models for close to 8 years now.
But most of us did not think we would live to see the day New World ROM machines, even more so the likes of the Mac mini G4, to NATIVELY boot System 7:
Gotta love it trying to display 1 GB RAM capacity.
Before your eyeballs leave your eyesockets completely, I ought to warn that there's still much to be sorted out in this, especially sound, video and networking (the usual suspects).
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