> IIRC,technically you can install it on a second machine BUT you can > only use ONE machine at a time. I believe this was allowed for those > who had desktops and laptops. However, if you are running both > machines at the same time, as in a network, you should buy a second > copy of the software. > This may have been correct at one point, but is no longer true. Apple's EULA changes periodically, so the real answer is that you should RTFL (to use Usenet venacular) to see exactly what it says. Currently licenses (for OS X 10.2 and above) explicity say that the OS may be used on one machine only, but transferring the OS (ie wiping it off one machine and using it on another) is fine. In the case of the OP, he should read the EULA that came with his original discs and find out exactly what they say.
> Jeremy, OS 9 should install on a 5400. When I bought it, I installed > it on my SuperMac C500/180 which used the same logic/motherboard as > the 5400, I believe. It still worked after I installed Sonnet's > Crescendo L2 G3 upgrade card in the C500. > Jeremy's copy of OS 9 came, as he stated, on a CD intended strictly for iMacs. Your copy may be a retail version, which is designed to work with a wide variety of machines. Apple does not put "copy protection" on any of their system CDs, preferring to trust that their users will not unduly abuse the privilege. However, in some cases Apple has been known to make "machine-specific" OS 9 install CDs so as to discourage abuse. > Even though Apple has said that there will be no more upgrades to OS > 9 and that it is a dead obsolete OS, they should keep it available > for legacy users who can't afford to buy the newest thing available. They are doing exactly that. Indeed, OS X 10.2 purchasers who discover that they need to obtain a 9.2.2 disk can order it from Apple for only $20 (or was it $29?). This seems to me to be quite generous, given that Apple was including the older OS "free" with OS X for about two years. > Ideally, it should be free, but a token fee of about $30 would not be > out of line. Indeed. :) > I think you can still find ProDOS 8, ProDOS 16, and > GS/OS on their website, so adding the obsolete 9.x version of the Mac > OS would make sense. I know that Apple publicly released 7.5.3 as a free download, and I believe the earlier versions are also free to download. To the best of my knowledge, Apple no longer sells OS 7.6, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0 or 9.1, but they are still available through third-party retailers and are usually quite cheap (compared to the cost of 10.2 anyway). _Chas_ Come to ... The CHASbah! http://thechasbah.blogspot.com Chas' CULTural Calendar (for Orlando): http://ical.mac.com/chasm/Chas'CULTuralCalendar -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
