Take 1)
Downgrade to Os 9.0.4 with no Os X install, Check.
Double click the OrangePCi icon...
...OrangePC app still hangs/computer freezes, force quit does nothing...

Take 2)
Try without virtual memory...
Double click the OrangePCi icon...
...OrangePC app still hangs/computer freezes, force quit does nothing...

Take 3)
Startup without extensions (also without virtual memory)...
Double click the OrangePCi icon...
Error "The application OrangePCi" has unexpectedly quit, because an error of type 3 occurred", computer does not freeze...

Okay, after trying out all three cards on my G4 400 tower, no dice. The apple card was detected by PCsetup, but with no video pass through cable, and no floppy, progress was severely hampered.

On the OrangePC front, the problems start at the application level. I was only able to start up the OrangePC program once without the whole computer freezing up! 'Macs just work', meh...

I'm currently using Mac Os 9.2 with an install of Os X on the same drive. Going to start off by performing a clean install of Mac Os 9.0 and no Os X, and try again.

Fingers crossed!!!

Okay!!! I've just purchased an old Apple PC Compatibility Card (with a whopping 100mhz 586 cpu), an OrangePC 530 and a 620(with all software and cables!!! this one looks like my best bet...)

Hopefully we'll see some progress soon!!!

Also, I wouldn't mind getting linux running on my G4, and then seeing if a PC CompCard will work within MOL (mac-on-linux)? We shall see.... Cheers for now!!

Well, I've started it now. I've just purchased an Apple "DOS" card (featuring a pentium processor, and able to run Windows) and an OrangePC 530 card (user upgradeable socket 7 cpu, should run Windows 98) and am now looking at an OrangePC 620 and OrangePC 660! Hopefully they will be here soon...

Cheers!