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Mac OS 7.6 Lombard G3
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It came with os8.5 system8.6 as lowest configuration. AFAIK system7 is for 68k Macs and a Lombard sports a G3.
Good way to try out any OS without harming the current os-setting is to throw in a PCMCIA-Adapter with CF-Card and try installation/booting.
Good way to try out any OS without harming the current os-setting is to throw in a PCMCIA-Adapter with CF-Card and try installation/booting.
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System 7 also runs on PPC machines earlier than the G3 models (I have 7.6.1 on my PowerBook 1400). I'm doubtful that System 7 would run on a Lombard, however. It is not only a G3, but also a New World machine, and System 7 wasn't ever supported on New World machines.
Strictly speaking, OS 7.1 came in a PowerPC flavor, but you needed one of these to run it. 7.5.5 seems to be the one to just run on everything, at the time. @RogerWilco6502 is almost certainly right about New World machines, though, and that's likely to be more of an issue for getting it to run.
Opinion does not factor into compatibility.
From your posts, it seems that your impression is that the PowerBook G3 systems seem to be more or less the same, but in fact, these are systems that, despite all sharing G3 cpus, could hardly be more different. And that difference boils down to the transition from the Old World Rom to the New World Rom. While the G3 Lombard is the first New World Rom machine released by Apple, it doesn't even follow most of the rules set for New World Rom machines.
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It's basically in a class of its own. A Pismo is even newer, so that would make it even harder to do what you're looking to do. And yes, it would likely be more doable on a Wallstreet as it's still an Old World Rom machine. Can't say it has been, nor do I have one.
Doesn't that designation go to the original iMac? (Which shipped with 8.1, and that might explain why I got the iMac's 8.1 to boot on a Lombard.)
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As has been stated before, each revision of the PowerBook G3 is relatively different from one another. The Kanga in particular is a special case. The reason why 7.6 works on a Kanga is because it has a lot of similarities with the PowerBook 3400 that came before it. This likely is not be the case on a Wallstreet because, even though they are both Old World and are part of the same model lineup, the Wallstreet is an entirely different machine from the Kanga.
As a note, another example of the Kanga's oddities is how it is the only G3 system unable to boot OS X.
That is entirely possible. Everything I've read says the Lombard was the first, but those early G3 iMacs are just as transitional. And I mean, you definitely can't trust Wikipedia on this kind of thing.
You can't trust Wikipedia on Wikipedia LOL!
I think I saw a report of a PowerBook G3 Kanga (the very first G3 system that was basically a PowerBook 3400 with a G4 swapped in) running 7.6 instead of the 8.0 it shipped with - but I can almost guarantee even the Main Street/Wall Street won't run it; much less a Lombard!
Wikipedia is not worth it - as it twists information.You can't trust Wikipedia on Wikipedia LOL!