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Subject: OS9
Date: Sunday, 08. January 2012
From: JohnV <[email protected]>
To: "G-Group" <[email protected]>
> 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...
On your original installation media for the Power Mac you shouldn't only find
Mac OS X, but also optional packages, like X11 and Mac OS 9 for Classic.
On one of the discs I have, I think it's from an Early 2005 model, there is an
installation package (.pkg) that installs all of Mac OS 9 that is needed for
Classic to work properly.
This .pkg isn't complete and cannot be booted from – when installed on a G4
that is able to boot into Mac OS 9 natively. It's sole purpose is to have all
required files for Classic.
This disc is labled like this:
„Zusätzliche Software & Apple Hardware Test“ (German)
translation: “Additional Software & Apple Hardware Test”
AHT Version 2.2.5
CD Version 1.0
D691-5313-A
©2005 Apple Computer Inc.
Something similar should be on your installation media.
> Was Os9 truly released as free by Apple around 2005?
No. Mac OS 9 was never released as freeware.
There was a petition to make apple release Mac OS 8, but apparently this
didn't happen either.
http://www.petitiononline.com/macos8x/petition.html
> If so where can it be gotten?
You need to buy it second hand. The LEM swap list may help. Or eBay maybe?
> If not... where can it be gotten?
You may want to check with the Macintosh Garden. Just use the search engine of
you choice to find it.
Note: this may not be, what we call, “legal”. But this depends on various
things. You may just restore your destroyed, lost, stolen, … original media
using this unorthodox method of downloading it somewhare on the internet…
Cheers,
Andreas aka Mac User #330250
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