On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 10:44 PM, Bill McIntyre wrote:
Neville, what you describe *isn't* possible. Please explain why you think
this is what is happening. Classic is different from OS 9, because it
boots inside OS X and can't access hardware directly. Classic is an
application that uses an installed OS 9 system folder in order to run it
inside OS X, *as an application*. Are you with me?
Just to prove that Neville is not the only one who is confused- my wife
ordered the free educator's copy of OSX. When the CDs came, I installed
9.1 from one of them, but I didn't install OSX from the other one. Then I
used the online update feature to download 9.2. Where does Classic fit
in? Was it something that would have been installed with OSX, and they
just gave us 9.1 our of the goodness of their hearts?
Classic is OS 9, when it is running inside of OS X. That same OS 9 System Folder can be used to boot your computer into OS 9 (assuming your computer was not a G4 made in the last six months or so, which will not boot into 9).
Mac OS X uses a Mac OS 9.1 or 9.2 System Folder, and boots OS 9 inside of OS X. This is called the Classic Environment, and allows OS 9 applications to run under OS X. Technically, yes, Classic is an OS X application (but only in the very technical of terms). A rough analogy is VirtualPC. You can run Windows, using a Mac application, on a Mac.
-Andy
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