Hi, John wrote:
>>I'm lending my sister my old Wallstreet powerbook, I didn't load OS9 >> on it as I don't have any programs that use OS9. She has some >>programs that need OS9 is there a special way to load OS 9 on the >>powerbook that already has OSX loaded? Then Steve replied: > > Doesn't it automatically load a OS9 desktop and when you launch > something that uses OS9, it starts (classic)? > ................. Steve, The newest version of OSX 10.3 doesn't include OS9. If you do a new or clean install you have to add that OS in manually from an older 9.0+ system disk, and then once installing it, updating it from the latest 9.4 download from Apple. John, You didn't mention how much disk space and memory you have on that Wallstreet? If you have very limited disk/ram to run both OSs at the same time, you might want to get a second disk to run that OS on, so you don't have to reformat the whole disk, to make a bootable 9.0. I used to have a xcaret carriage, for my old Wallstreet that slid into either bay. It held a second hard drive, that I used for back ups and overflow of software. Very compact, and It was really nice and fast. It looked like this: http://powerbook1.com/xpebhd.html You can sometimes pick up the Xcaret or old VST wallstreet disk bay carriage, on eBay for little money now, and put OS9 on it. (be sure it is the one for PB98, not 99 or 00 tho!) She could then have the option of booting up on either disk, and keeping things clean and separate from your stuff. Or Otherwise, if you have enough Ram you could just go ahead and install OS 9.1->9.4 alongside 10.3.4... to run in Classic But with the WS speeds of 233-300, that will might run pretty slow...? I miss my old Wallstreet, since it had SCSI ports. Great computer! After the United Airlines boarding guy, squished mine I ended up selling all the peripherials for it, (including the Xcaret mentioned above) on eBay about 3 years ago. By the way, if you or anyone else need any PB PCMCIA cards, either USB, or Firewire? I still have those cards new in boxes. I had bought them right before my PB was crunched, so I never even got to use them. (Send me a note directly if you are interested, in those or the other stuff, I am going to be selling off.) Yours, Kay | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
