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I don’t think so. OS/2 ran on x86 or PPC, but not 68k. There was a Mac86 board with an 8086 processor that fit the SE/30’s PDS slot, but I’m pretty sure OS/2 1
by relaxing 7y ago
I don’t think so. OS/2 ran on x86 or PPC, but not 68k.
There was a Mac86 board with an 8086 processor that fit the SE/30’s PDS slot, but I’m pretty sure OS/2 1.x required a 286.
You might be able to install OS/2 on a Mac II with a Mac286 NuBus card, but it seems like a stretch. I can’t find evidence of anyone having done it.
- relaxing 7y agoAhaha! Found in Infoworld Vol. 10 Issue 1 (January 1988)... Headline: “RUNNING OS/2 ON THE MAC II: DO USERS CARE?” Choice quotes: “The Mac 286 has everything necessary to run OS/2, but we haven’t tested it” ... “If a guy’s already got a Mac II, the idea of running OS/2 is pretty ludicrous.”