At 00:07 -0400 2002.09.26, Joseph Kruskal wrote: >(1) What is the importance of not being able to BOOT into Classic Mac OS?
If you want/need to, you won't be able to. :) >(2) If you don't boot into it, presumably you just boot into OSX and then >double-click on the icon for Classic MAC OS -- or isn't it that simple? The Classic envrionment of Mac OS X is not Mac OS. It runs by using Mac OS, and it runs Mac OS applications, but it is not the same thing as running Mac OS by itself; it is a distinct environment, with distinct behaviors. For example, some peripherals won't work; some applications will run slower; some application behavior will be different. For those who disbelieve ;), here are some examples: * Shuck/MacPerl broke under Mac OS X 10.2, because how URLs are handled by the system changed; in some cases, accessing anything from the Help menu failed (fixed in the next release of MacPerl). * Yesterday I tried to get something working in Flash 5; it did not work in Flash 6 in Mac OS X, so I loaded it in Netscape 4 under Classic, with Flash 5. It didn't work. After rebooting into Mac OS, it did work. Go figure. * Using my old USB scanner (which has no drivers at all under Mac OS X) doesn't work in Classic; I need to boot into Mac OS. None of these are necessarily the fault of Mac OS X or Classic, but it is simply true that Classic is insufficient for some things that Mac OS proper is needed for. >(3) I have OS 8.5 on a CD, and I have a program on my backup Superdisks to >upgrade it to OS 8.6. Will I be able to install 8.5 and/or 8.6 by using >them? Or will I need to buy a new CD -- and will such CD's be available only >for 9.x? I am not sure what you are asking. If you mean for using with Classic, you need Mac OS v9, I think 9.1 or greater. -- Chris Nandor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pudge.net/ Open Source Development Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://osdn.com/
