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So I have a Powerbook...
MinerAl:
Visit LowEndMac for all kinds of info about your... um... low end mac.
Take a look at this category on ebay for cheap old Operating Systems.
You may find that a 100MHz PPC603 will be a bit choppy on everything except "classic" roms. I'd go see if I could find MacMAME .36 or so.
I used to have a 225MHz PPC603 (PowerMac 6500) running my cabinet. It ran just fine on oldies, but balked at more modern roms.
I'd go with MacOS 9.0.4 or 9.1 so you can run ancient iTunes and play MacMAME too. The "Launcher" can be used as a low-end front-end for MacMAME if you associate .zip files to the MacMAME app, and then put aliases (shortcuts) to the roms themselves into the LauncherItems folder.
As mentioned before... go to the MacMAME forum. They'll get you hooked up. Oh and buy more RAM. :)
NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: MinerAl on July 13, 2004, 09:05:35 pm ---I'd go with MacOS 9.0.4 or 9.1 so you can run ancient iTunes and play MacMAME too.
--- End quote ---
Don't do this!!
You don't have enough RAM to run OS9 by itself, much less putting anything over the top of it.
I put OS 8 on a co-workers 5300 with 24 Meg of RAM, and it will barely run the OS without using virtual memory.
NOTE: You want to turn virtual memory OFF in the memory control panel, to FORCE it to use the RAM, instead of the hard drive.
You also want to turn off all unnecessary extensions, to free up as much processing time as possible.
If you are unfamiliar with Macs, imagine running WinXP on a Pentium 100 with 8 Meg of RAM--vs running Win 3.1.
That's about the difference is OS size we are talking about here.
I wouldn't go any newer than OS7.6, or you are going to have RAM problems.
I'd also stay back at MacMAME 33.
It has the least strenuous requirements of any of the early versions.
As MinerAl mentioned, the games supported by 36 probably won't run anyway, and the newer a version you go, the bigger the code gets.
MacMAME 33 Final REQUIRES 6,082 K to launch. (3,000 if you enable virtual memory, and take the performance hit).
MacMAME 36 REQUIRES 16,540. (10,000 with virtual memory).
Stingray:
I agree with NBA, the newest OS you want to use on this system is probably going to be 7.6.1.
-S
ChadTower:
Seeing as how I don't need the OS at all, and just want it to launch into a front end for MacMAME, is there a minimal shell (like DOS) that I could just boot to that would autoload MacMAME?
NoOne=NBA=:
I think your only choice there would be a minimal Linux install, but I'm not sure.
Someone on the MacMAME forum would know though.
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