OS 9.1, or 9.2.1 would have come as a separate cd in the set of disks
you got with the machine. It has to be installed separately from the
OSX stuff...for best results, I's suggest installing the OS 9 stuff
first...then OSX if you want it.
As far as I know, other versions of the OS are still controlled by
Apple, even if they no longer sell them. 9.2.1 cds used to be
relatively easy to find and cheap as they came with early versions of
OSX, but folks often did not install or use them, and so sold them off.
6.03, 6.05, 6.08, 7.5.3 are all posted for free download on the 'older
software' page of Apple's server. Updates for more recent systems are
there, to 9.1, but you need the base system to update...to get 9.1 to
work, you need to start with 9.0 or 9.04 installed and then use the
downloaded 9.1 updater there. There were non-Apple sources selling 9.1
disks for a while. I checked the one I have bookmarked...the webpage
still comes up...who knows if they still sell the disks. They want
$159.95 for a 9.1 cd.
JohnV <mailto:[email protected]>
January 8, 2012 2:04 PM
Is it indeed on the original install discs for OS 10?
On Jan 8, 2012, at 1:58 PM, [email protected] wrote:
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
January 8, 2012 1:58 PM
My G5 PM came with Classic. Check under System Prefs/System/Classic.
If no joy, and you still have your system disks, you should be able to
install what you need, but that's above my pay grade. ;^) Bruce?
- Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "JohnV" <[email protected]>
To: "G-Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 10:47:14 AM
Subject: OS9
I want to play with QTVR and the older authoring program wants OS9.
To run Classic on a PPC G5 it seems I need OS9 installed as well...
Was Os9 truly released as free by Apple around 2005?
If so where can it be gotten?
If not... where can it be gotten?
JV
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