OS9 is what you crave Simon? Well, the 90s called and they want their operating system back! On a more serious note, once you step into MacOS Classic you'll find plenty of neat apps and games that still deliever these days. I was quite surprised to see forensics running MacOS 9.x and some special apps in their labs. Microsoft Office 98 is still usable on my Wally II PDQ and it literally flies on top of MacOS9. It opens pretty large text documents without any hassle, running circles around my AluBook G4 chocking on the same files within AbiWord/OpenOffice/AppleWorks/ iWork. I even managed to play DivX (.avi) files full screen without any conversion (@266 mhz cpu and 128 mb of RAM!). My next project would be playing lower- res YT (m.youtube.com) on slightly revamped Wally (300 mhz cpu).
OS9 (or maybe 8.6) is a bliss when you want to make use of your older Mac. You can transform it to a internet radio player/MP3 jukebox/ MAME and other emulation machine/ recording studio, almost endless possibilities. The only funny thing about running these old apps is that many times you'll find yourself stuck in the Twilight Zone (or post apocalyptic movie) opening dead links, trying to play silent radio stations and dealing with now non existent companies whose programs still demand your money for registration :) Not to mention some abandoned gimmicks (Swatch Internet Time anyone?). -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
