[Wolves] MAC OS X and using OS 9 classic (off-topic)

[Chris Procter]

> Predictably, it's giving us grief. Has anyone here ever done 
> it? I'm sure
> there are a few Mac users out there. The manual seems to 
> suggest you can do
> it without partitioning, but it's not working - what order 
> are you supposed
> to install stuff? X first or 9?

You use can OS9 on X (I think its called Classic), its not really emulation
but thats the effect, basically when you click on an OS9 app in OSX it loads
OS9 in alongside OSX (which is sllloooow but only happens the first time)
and you can then use OS9 and OSX apps side by side you even get the apple
menu back with Classic apps, and they appear as platinum (OS9 style)
windows. You dont need to partition, they both use the same filesystem and
you can have a file open in Classic and OSX at the same time.

Have a hunt around the apple.com site (starting at
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106294#m9) for install
details, you need an OS9 cd but I think you can just pretty much install it
over the top of X (X first, then OS9) and away you go.

I've never installed Classic (it came preinstalled iirc) but you can do it.
It was a compatability thing to get over the lack of native software for the
early OSX releases so people could move over and keep using their old apps
untill new releases came out.


chris (whose in helpfull mode today)


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