I see that some people are having problems running finale in under
classic on OSX, though not always problems attributable to the OS or
finale.  I've used it a few times (OSX 10.1.2, OS 9.1 on the same
partition as classic), and it worked okay except for MIDI.  I could
edit some of my old scores, save changes, etc.

There doesn't seem to be enough of a backward-compatibility mode in
OSX for the serial ports (or USB-interfaced serial ports) to allow the
51K bps setting that an external MIDI interface for Mac requires.
Seems rather dumb....

So what else works?  Is broken?  Has anyone gotten MIDI playback to
run (either to an external interface or through Quicktime)?  I was
rather surprised that neither the built-in finale driver nor FreeMidi
would work to route MIDI to OSX Quicktime, where no serial or other
interface to a MIDI current-loop is needed!

(GRUMP ON: I'm also amazed that Apple has paid so little attention to getting
the sound and music makers of their customer base onto the new system.
Lots of cute stuff--like the superb SoundJam becoming iTunes--for kids
who want to burn CDs from their MP3s or record collections, but such
slow support for real significant apps that the websites of MOTU,
Steinberg, Digidesign, etc. don't even mention OSX yet.  Bias Peak seems
to be the only well-known app that's ready.  Why doesn't Apple send
support--or $$--to Cooper at MOTU to get Digital Performer out, before
they lose the audio customer base to PCs and Microsoft?  :GRUMP OFF)
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