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What do you like to have on a Classic system?

68kMLA Software 11 posts Jul 16, 2011 to Jul 24, 2011

#1 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 - 05:31 68kMLA

I'm going to be getting a Pismo soon to replace my dead iBook G3, but I plan on bringing it around with me more and generally using it as an everyday machine running 9.2.2. It's been a while since I familiarized myself with OS 9 software. I'm thinking about trying to get Classilla, Office 2001, MORE 2.1, USB Overdrive, as well as some old Classic audio software. I'm going to have Ircle, obviously, hopefully with Bitlbee so I can get on Google Chat. Am I missing anything else I should have?

(if anyone has a good email client they like, let me know. i used magellan WAY long ago but I don't even remember if it had IMAP support).

#2 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 - 05:43 68kMLA

My OS 9 systems all have Classilla (natch) and MacSSH, and then usually a few games, maybe Word 5.1 (it's nice and quick) or AppleWorks/ClarisWorks, and MSIE 5 as a backup.

#3 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 - 10:35 68kMLA

Office 2001, Photoshop 7 (in the case of my Wallstreet and iMac 333), ClarisWorks Office 5, IE 5.2, Classilla, Transmit, SoundApp, GraphicConverter and some games.

#4 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 - 18:54 68kMLA

cool, thanks, you reminded me of some good software i forgot. now i need to find more good resources for classic apps!

#5 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 - 20:08 68kMLA

Office 2001, Photoshop 7, Adobe acrobat, stuffit , Classila, IE 5, misc other apps depending on the systems use, ircle , retrospect.

#6 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 - 14:45 68kMLA

A better extensions manager than Extensions Manager, such as Symbionts or Conflict Catcher, and InformINIT, a database that tells you what all those things in the System Folder are.

#7 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 - 15:21 68kMLA

Here's what I've got on my classic system:

MacVim

MacSSH

Pagemaker 3, Photoshop 2.5, Illustrator, StrataVision 3D 4

AG Net Tools (ping etc.)

Netscape 3 and 4, WannaBe.

This is all under System 7.6.1. Works well for me, although I wish there was an easier way to do e-mail when your mail server requires SSL; right now I use pine over SSH. Green mail is supposed to work for this, but I can't figure it out. Has anyone had any luck with this program? Otherwise this setup fits my needs pretty well. MacSSH is kind of a universal last resort, since anything I can't do on my old Mac can be done on a unix server.

#8 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 - 17:26 68kMLA

If its an OS 9 system its gotta have Classilla, Office 2001, AppleWorks 6, Stuffit Expander 7.0.3, Acrobat 5.0.5, iTunes 2, QuickTime 6.0.3, and probably Graphic Converter as well.

#9 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 - 20:20 68kMLA

does anyone have a good solution for Jabber/Google Talk? TV Jab crashes before I can try anything and Jabbernaut doesn't seem to support the features necessary to create a Google Talk connection.

#10 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 - 22:01 68kMLA

Here are the main reasons I maintain and enjoy OS 9 machines...

for graphics and animation...

Photoshop 7

Illustrator 9.0.2

After Effects 4.1

Premiere 5.1

for programming...

BBEdit Lite 4.6

MPW 3.5

Power Mac Debugger 2.2

ResEdit 2.1.3

HexEdit 1.9.2

MacErrors 1.2.1

for online stuff...

Classilla 9.2.2

Fetch 3.0.3

miscellaneous apps & utilities...

ClarisWorks 3

SoundEffects 0.9.2

Pixel Spy 1.2.2

The Tilery 3.1

Not to mention the excellent games. For starters...

Alone in the Dark trilogy

Warcraft II

TIE Fighter

Day of the Tentacle

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Full Throttle

Marathon trilogy

Flashback

Prince of Persia 1 & 2

Tomb Raider

A-10 Attack + Cuba

MacSokoban

Shanghai

Tetris Max

Eric's Ultimate Solitaire

#11 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 - 17:22 68kMLA

For PPCs, I like the following, which makes it as modern and functional as possible:

Office 98 or 2001

AppleWorks 5 or 6

iTunes 1 or 2

Classilla

Eudora (older version)

Print Shop Deluxe

Battle Chess CD-ROM

For a 68K, assuming I'm not using it for educational computing:

MacWrite II

MacDraw II

MacPaint or Kid Pix

Print Shop

Resolve or Excel 2.2

Word 5.1 (if I need extra word processing power)

FileMaker II (not Pro)

Battle Chess B&W