[Ham-Mac] OS X advice

[Dennis Hudson]

I don't know about "the most number", well I do know, OS9 must have 
more. It's been here longer. If you are talking about current and 
future developments then, OS X would be my choice. Remember lots of 
stuff will still run in "CLASSIC" mode. But it needs lots of ram, and 
I'm not sure how it will work on a machine with a 33mhz buss. Serial 
ports are going to be another downfall with the 8600. I know there are 
some issues with OSX directly accessing them in some cases, and it gets 
worse with CLASSIC under OSX. Version wise I wouldn't mess with 10.1 if 
you have an option for 10.2.6. Vast speed improvements and many 
programs will require it anyway.

Here's what i run on my G3 450mhz iMacDV and my G3 400 Pismo Powerbook 
natively in OSX or X11

Roverlog (TK/TCL) would probably run in OS9 too
Xastir 1.2.1 with a Peet Bros U2000 and with a Keyspan USB>Serial 
Adaptor
EchoMac 1.x Runs smooth on 450mhz iMac (Echolink/EchoLinux client for 
Mac)


On Wednesday, Sep 3, 2003, at 12:14 US/Eastern, KD5NWA wrote:
> I just upgraded my 8600 with a 800 MHz G4 card and 256 Megs of extra 
> memory, and I need some advice.


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