Re: [NTLK] OT: first gen PPC macs

From: Martin Joseph (marty_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Fri Nov 29 2002 - 23:56:16 EST


On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 04:27 PM, Sushi wrote:

>
>> On 11/30/02 @ 2:21 AM, David M. Ensteness wrote:
>>
>> Not all 68030s were 32 bit, some were "32bit clean"
>> and therefore could run 7.6 and some were not and
>> were stuck at 7.5.5.
>
> Would you please provide the reference (URL preferred) for this?
>
Actually this is wrong.

Whether a Mac was "32 bit clean" or not was dependent upon it's ROM's
and not the CPU chip. All the '030 used are 32 bit setups at least
internally and I think Michael my be right in saying 32 bit bus too.

Personally I found 7.6x to be buggy and recommend 7.5.5 (with
appropriate updates).

Here is a crazy link to a matrix of older systems...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=21176

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