I have read with interest your "longish" post to the PowerBooks List, a hardware discussion list for Pre-G3 PowerBooks, which your WallStreet is not. To the extent I understand your narrative of the non-hardware problem, there seems to be a simple solution. Have you considered a clean installation of OS 9.1 or 9.2, either of which includes all Apple Language Kits? Such Mac OS CDs are widely available from a number of online dealers, such as MegaMacs.com, HardcoreMac.com, and OWC. On Tuesday, December 02, 2003, at 07:27PM, Rodney A. Hoiseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi there, > >Excuse the post to multiple lists, but I'm not optimistic about a solution to this >Apple catch-22. >I'm on digest, so please Cc me or reply directly if you have the answer or a >suggestion so I won't miss the answer. >(I've been really busy and have been neglecting a lot of my digests, so if this topic >has come up before, I'd really appreciate a gentle nudge in the right direction...) > >I'm using OS 9 on a 233 MHz G3 PowerBook (Wallstreet). >I bought and have been using OS 9.0.4 - International English - and its Japanese >Language Kit. > >I have downloaded and installed the updates, 9.1 and then 9.2.1 (and 9.2 seems to be >working great). >The problem is that I can no longer install the Language kit that is included on my >OS 9 CD (or can I?). > >According to the Read Me and installation instructions for the updates: >> Apple Language Kits and Mac OS 9.2 >>Apple's language kits are now included with the Mac OS. If you use language kits, >>you must upgrade both your system software and your language kits at the same time >>using the Mac OS 9.2 CD. Versions of Apple language kits prior to Mac OS 9.1 >>(Language Kits 1.1) are not compatible with Mac OS 9.2. To upgrade your system >>software and language kits, start up from the Mac OS 9.2 CD by inserting the CD and >>holding down the C key as you restart the computer. Continue holding down the C key >>until you see the CD background. Open the Mac OS Installer and click Customize in >>the Install Software panel. Select both the Mac OS Install and Language Kits, and >>remember to select the specific language kits you want to upgrade. > >Of course since I've downloaded the update, I don't have the CD, and the Language Kit >is not included in the download. > >I'd be willing to pay a bit extra for a CD -- or even buy a new OS package just for >the "privilege" of continuing to use the Japanese Language Kit -- if they were >available. >Well, yesterday I went to the sexy new Apple Store in Ginza (Tokyo) to see if they >could help me. The nice Apple service rep there told me, "Well, OS 9.2 is not >available any more." Then in the next breath, he said, "There is one solution: If you >buy OS X, for an extra 2500 yen, you can order the 9.2.1 CD." >When I pointed out the contradiction he laughed and said, "Ahem, aah, ..." >Then I asked if he could point me to a place where I might find a solution, he said, >"Well, yes, there's the Apple Call Center [Japan]..."; but when I responded, "But >they'll give me the same answer you just gave me, right?" he said, "Yes." > >I'm not ready to upgrade to OS X for a year or two (I've heard contradictory >statements about how feasible it is on a 233 MHz PowerBook, and I'm not quite ready >for a new computer), and I don't want to buy OS X now just for the "privilege" of >buying a CD for a previous [free] update, since there's no guarantee I won't run into >a similar catch-22 when I'm ready to use it. > >So, what are my options? Or do I have any? > >Incidentally, I have tried installing the Language Kit for 9.0.4 on a backup boot 9.1 >system on my expansion-bay hard disk and, although it seems to handle Japanese >applications OK, there seem to be some menu problems, etc. I haven't really compared >it with the previous (9.0.4) performance, so I don't know exactly what the bugs are >(and which are "features" ;-). Prior to OS 9, I had been using KanjiTalk on a >separate partition. [That's still an option, but it's a lot of trouble to switch >systems between English and Japanese...] >I'm not misinterpreting the caution in the ReadMe, am I? I do know for a fact that >the updates refuse to install on 9.0.4 with the Language Kit already installed. That >comes up in a dialogue box when you try to do the installation. Does anybody know >what, exactly, are the incompatibilities I'd encounter if I installed the Language >Kit from the 9.0.4 CD after installing the 9.1/9.2.1 updates? > >Regards, >Rodney >(in Hayama, Japan) > >-- >PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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