Unless running OS 9 in Classic mode with OS 10. . . OS 9.2.1 is as high as one need to go.
The additional .1 . . . that takes 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 is only for Finder compatibility when OS9 and 10 are used together in the same machine. At 3:22 PM +0100 8/7/04, Telcontar wrote: > > Will it run OS 9.2.2 does anyone know, as I have this as current >> G3 software yet not the dead 9 ?! > >Yes it will, I think a number of people on the list are using 9.2.2. See this page: >http://www.os9forever.com/os92x.html > >for more details. My only concern is that, being in France, you'd need an >International version of the patch, and all the International patches vanished before >I ever found them (my system uses Internation English, not US English). Looking on >the FTP site, I still only see the North American English patch there, although maybe >the big patch archive has them all? > >If the languages don't match, the patch program will probably find a mismatch and >fail. You might be able to install the US English 9.2.1 installer on top of the >French version of 9.1 you have now anyhow, it'd just no longer be in French. And then >use the US English patch on it to make it run on the StarMax. > >Sadly, the times I've tried this, everything's gone wrong so I can't tell you what I >know will work. I think my copies of 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 were outdated (Apple keeps/kept >changing them) - you should be OK here if you download the latest copies from Apple. > >> Can anyone give me some advise on a network card for the StarMax as >> well. Thought I would venture into a house network! > >Probably any network card with Mac OS 9 support would be fine - I've never heard of >anyone buying one and having problems. In fact, any PC one will do as long as it's >got Mac drivers - mine's a cheap Allied Telesyn PC network card, but because it has a >standard RealTek chipset, I was able to download and patch the RealTek driver (patch >instructions come supplied, don't worry) to support my card. All patching does, by >the way, is puts the card's PCI ID into the driver so that the driver knows which >card on the system it's meant to be controlling - the ID depends on the vendor and >model, of course. I see that new Allied Telesyn cards all come with drivers ready to >download on their site now which is nice, so they're effectively Mac compatible as >long as you can download the driver. > >-- >StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> > --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
