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From: Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamco
To: All
Subject: Re: Can't install 9 Classic?
Date:Fri, July 11, 2008 01:25 AM


In article <uce-582159.12033509072008@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net>,
Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote:

> In article <1ijszz1.1c9vugsmvwsvgN%mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
> mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:
>
> > Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The MDDs could boot 9.
> >
> > Not the FW800 models Apple introduced in January, 2003. These included a
> > dual 1.25 GHz model, so it's possible the OP has one of these.
>
> Fair point. It's not strictly correct to call those machines MDDs, but
> they're not trivially distinguishable from the "real" MDD models. And
> it's further confused by the fact that the *June* 2003 1.25GHz G4 *will*
> boot 9. But that's a single CPU and the OP did specifically note that
> his is a dual.

I bought a FW800 PCI card and the FW ports are different from the FW400
ports on my 1GHz Dual G4. And the FW800 cable is different. If you've
got the FW800 ports, they're SQUARE rather than a squashed "D" shape.

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