SRD Woes

[mythusmage]

Since this thread has been hijacked...

There are DOS operating systems out there that take advantage of DOS machines' strengths while minimizing the weaknesses. IBM's original OS (a CLI) being one of them. Windows won out because it garned the support it needed from software manufacturers. The fact IBM's OS/2 WARP had serious problems in implementation also helped.

The folks at Sun Microsystems are now working on a new interface. It is called Looking Glass and is a java based utility. It is meant to be used in place of an operating system's standard interface. The next step would be to separate OS from interface. You would have a basic DOS or Unix OS depending on the type of machine. Each machine would also come with a basic command line interface for those who like to keep things simple. More advanced CLIs or GUIs would be available for a fee. Though some manufacturers might include one such as part of a licensing deal. Software would be written for the OS, with the interface determining how the user interacts with the application. Though some software might be optimized for certain interfaces.

So Windows would become an interface. One of many, and as such open to competition.

 

[barsoomcore]

I'm surprised you can't run OS X on an iMac -- I've been running it successfully for years on a beige G3 and have just installed it on a Wallstreet Powerbook, both of which are less powerful than your iMac.

You might be short of memory -- unless you've got at least 128 MB RAM, I wouldn't bother. But 128 MB RAM for even the original Bondi iMac is only $40 -- and that's without looking around for bargain prices.

I guess if you've tried and it doesn't work, there you go. But honestly, with enough RAM you shouldn't have any problems installing and running OS X on any generation iMac.

And SRDs are popping up faster than, er, things that pop up fast. Go to SystemReferenceDocuments for a variety of formatted (and not so formatted) versions.

You don't need to suffer.

 

[mythusmage]

It would appear that the very early iMacs (Bondi Blue and the Opagues) can't. And I got a memory upgrade this year. A CPU upgrade might do it, but I think a new Mac would probably work a lot better.

As to my SRD problem. The two step conversion to AppleWorks with the new download is going well, and the first two Kobolds are now up in the Homebrew section of the Creature Catalog Forums.

And speaking of SRDs... Who else has SRDs for their products?

 

[barsoomcore]

It CAN work: Mac OS X on a Bondi iMac

But it sure doesn't sound like tons of fun -- at least replacing the memory sure doesn't.

"A new Mac" is almost always the correct answer, I've found. Or at least it's staggeringly easy to pretend it's the correct answer.

Sorry, sorry, hijack complete, we return you to your regularly scheduled thread...