Yeah, that strikes me as very un-Apple-like. Since OS X first came out, they have only ever released ONE update after the next major release came out (10.4.11,) and that was less …

Are your MIDI send and receive channels consistent on the Mac and the JV? In other words, are you sending the MIDI data out of the Mac and into the JV on the same MIDI channel?

Definitely odd, and it seems very unlike Apple to do this for such an old version of OS X. :?:

That's super weird. I wonder if it's not really some kind of automatic year insert, such as "10.2.9 will be released in mid-[CURRENT_YEAR] to address several bugs", but that would …

" There are rumors that 10.2.9 will be released in mid-2009 to address several bugs and vulnerabilities that remain in version 10.2.8." http://lowendmac.com/osx/jaguar-10.2/index.…

I installed that and opened a .MID file that I had made on another computer and I didn't get any signal coming out of the machine into the MIDI unit I have. I don't understand what…

Macgeek417, Try updating the drivers for the hard disk drive. See if OS 9.x will install from there. If it installs, then download Firmware Update version 4.1.9f4 (under OS 9.x'…

not the CD, but the harddrive.

Holding Option down, does it show the disc?

Oops... OS9 drivers...

I can only assume that the drive doesn't have the Mac OS 9 drivers installed (usually an option when installing OS X on a drive or preparing it through DU). Have you tried zapping…

the cd/dvd drive works fine. when i boot from 9.0.4, it doesn't boot and just starts X

Here's the download for MIDIgraphy from Harmony Central: http://www.harmony-central.com/Software/Mac/midigraphy.html

Update: Installed a lean version of 7.5.3, now to replace those leaky gross caps on the logic board. Bleh.

Does your DVD/CD Drive work in OS X? That may have bit the bucket, or your install media.

There's a shareware sequencer called MIDIgraphy that IIRC will run on System 7. Searching these forums for MIDI will reveal other clues.

When you try to boot from the 9.0.4 CD, do you get the blinky, or an error message saying the disk is not compatible? I suspect that series needs a slightly higher version.

OK, my iMac had been running OS X for quite a while, but when I went to start up in OS 9 i just get a blinky ? floppy disk and a cursur. it used to like OS 9 but now it won't even …

Ok I finally used what little knowledge of UNIX I have to figure out what I was doing wrong and make a proper boot disk. Thanks to JRL for helping me get my computer to boot up ag…

I mean I did exactly what the procedure in the link I posted above told me to do. It seemed to work fine, no error messages were displayed. What am I doing wrong?

What machine are you installing 7.1 on, and do you have another old Mac to verify the network disk you made? Pretty much any Mac that came with a floppy drive will boot from the 7.…

So I had to just turn the machine off before the install finished and now when I boot up I get the old "The 'System' file on this startup disk may be damaged. The Installer can be …

An alternative to 7.1.1 is 7.5.3 (freely available from Apple; no need to download an unauthorized OS release of dodgy ancestry). If the size bothers you, just use Gamba's "digital…

Where did your "Programs" disk come from? Scribbling the word "Programs" on a disk with a crayon isn't going to fool it.

....it is asking me for the disk "Programs" which did not come with the OS I downloaded from Macgarden. What the heck is it talking about? Before I installed the new OS I had a dis…