7.6.1 on a G3

[davisdelo]

I always see people getting OS 9 and OS X on unsupported macs. Does anyone know if the same could be done with 7.6.1? I've never tried but I would think such a system would scream on RevA-D iMacs and beige G3 machines. Just to see it happen at all would be a fun exercise. Beyond the New World ROM I can't think of any major issues that couldn't be solved with some extension transplants. Has anybody every tried this?

 

[Amethyst1]

https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/f97a31
That is my kind of 7.6.1 box

 

[r6mile]

It should be possible on some machines. In his great YouTube action channel ActionRetro, Sean has a UMAX Mac clone that originally runs System 7 but he upgrades with a Sonnet G3 or even G4 (I think). So it could work? Though I suspect more likely on older machines with CPU upgrades, than in newer machines with hacked older OS installs?

 

[Amethyst1]

Though I suspect more likely on older machines with CPU upgrades,

That's a given

 

[MacFoxG4]

I heard that 7.6.1 may be possible on some very early Rev. A beige G3’s but I don’t know if anyone has successfully done this, so consider this a rumor.

 

[davisdelo]

https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/f97a31
That is my kind of 7.6.1 box

holy crap, that's pretty awesome!