what you want is a bootable OS 9 install disk. there are probably some bumping around the group. otherwise they can be had cheaply from ebay. the G4 version he has may be hardware specific, worth a try to see if it's bootable. best...jf
On Aug 9, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Beth Phillips wrote: > I've got a friend trying to use an old G3 desktop computer running > OS 8.6 > and he wants to upgrade that to OS 9 to be able to use a copy of > PhotoShop 7 > he has. I know that you had to buy OS 9 from Apple at the time, > does anyone > know where you can get it now? Apple only shows updates to OS 9, > not the > original OS itself. > > He does have a copy of OS 9 that came with a G4, but for some > reason I was > thinking that wouldn't work on an older G3 because of the different > processors, drivers, etc. Anyone know if it will? > > Gosh, OS 9 was so long ago... > > -- > Thanks, > Beth | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | 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>
