On Friday, February 07, 2003, at 10:48PM, Donald Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi! >I just bought a vintage software program for a > friend of mine on eBay. >It's on a subject that she's interested in (Dvorak >typing) and would be >a nice novelty gift if nothing else. >BUT it brings up an interesting question for me: If >software system >requirements state System 6 or higher, does that >mean that an iMac (G3/ >500/ mhz/ Indigo) running OS 9 can read the >software? >She'd need an external floppy drive to do so, but >does OS 9 have >backward compatibility with System 6/7 or OS 8 ? >TIA >Donald
It�s worth a try. When I upgraded to my iMac 400mhz from my trusty, old SE (now sadly deceased) I was surprised to find that more than half of the programs I had been running on it under System 6.0.3 worked under System 9.1. Interestingly some of the old diagnostic programs I had worked, including Speedometer 2.5 which gave a overall rating of �Infinite� to my iMac. :-D Edward __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
