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First post, hello all! os9forever.com seems now to be a dead link. Combing through google search pages and this forum hasn't yielded any working links. Anyone h…
· 13 posts · started 12 Jun 2012 - 00:15
I am planning to get an SSD for my Pismo/500. I belive it is the upgrade that makes most sense, and would be doable for about 50 Euros for a 60GB model plus SAT…
· 8 posts · started 14 Oct 2012 - 17:19
Anyone know where I can find the 9.2.2 update legally? Software Update in 9.2.1 no longer works, and everything on Apple's site leads to a dead end.
· 9 posts · started 13 Jun 2012 - 17:31
I just got a PowerMac G4 Sawtooth (more on that here) that had an install of 10.4 Tiger along with Mac OS 9.0.4. I wanted to update the Mac OS 9 install to 9.2.…
· 10 posts · started 30 Aug 2015 - 23:53 · last 10 Nov 2015 - 14:50
I'd like to reinstall OS 9 on my beige G3. All I have is a CD from a G4 cube. It boots from it, but the installer won't cooperate. Anyway to bypass that alert? …
· 1 posts · started 18 Oct 2015 - 00:16 · last 18 Oct 2015 - 00:16
I have a limited number of SATA and ATA133 cards but I have a fair number of Ultra SCSI PCI cards that I’ve pretty much never used and some 10,000 rpm hard driv…
· 16 posts · started 5 Feb 2015 - 19:25 · last 16 Oct 2015 - 04:34
Hi, I'm struggling to install Mac OS 9.1 on my 6100. The only CD-ROm drive I have is a third party one and I cannot make it boot from the original Mac OS 9.1 in…
· 10 posts · started 1 Jul 2015 - 21:13 · last 13 Oct 2015 - 23:39
Resetting the iLok time demo, the easy way:1- Install iLok 5.05 (attached)2- Drag and drop your startup HD to the "Make all visible" app. (attached)3- Run the s…
· 1 posts · started 7 Oct 2015 - 16:51 · last 7 Oct 2015 - 16:51
Hi all, I have a 5 port USB 2.0 PCI card I’m trying to make work in my beige G3/233 desktop. My Mac is running Mac OS 9.2.1. I got the USB card used with no pac…
· 5 posts · started 28 Sep 2015 - 15:21 · last 28 Sep 2015 - 20:44
In OS X, it's easy to swap the Command and Option(Alt) keys if you're using a PC keyboard. Is there a way to do the same on Mac OS 9? I've searched the Internet…
· 1 posts · started 5 Sep 2015 - 04:33 · last 5 Sep 2015 - 04:33
Hey guys I think the DVD drive in my laptop in on the way out, I'd like to get my hands on a replacement. But still want to use the original fascia to keep the …
· 33 posts · started 18 Jul 2015 - 00:17 · last 27 Aug 2015 - 23:46
Hi all, I got hold of a great SCSI scanner from my workplace. It is a Fujitsu M3093DG from 1999. it being a SCSI scanner, I naively assumed that there would be …
· 3 posts · started 14 Aug 2015 - 20:40 · last 18 Aug 2015 - 18:56
Will the machine default to the PCI ATI rage and stop telling me I have 2 monitors? Just it's driving me nuts, opening windows off screen that I can't see.
· 12 posts · started 30 Jul 2015 - 09:52 · last 6 Aug 2015 - 00:46
A deal too good to pass up, a working Final model Single 1.25Ghz G4 MDD in nice condition. Came with no HD (but both brackets), 1.75GB RAM, an Aria Extreme PCI …
· 7 posts · started 1 Aug 2015 - 03:37 · last 4 Aug 2015 - 05:28
Hi there I have a PM8500, which I'm repairing. Just got the video card finally working but it won't let me set the primary display. It's outputting video from t…
· 3 posts · started 23 Jul 2015 - 12:16 · last 23 Jul 2015 - 17:08
So I create a virtual drive and set up a machine config. I install an OS. I use TransMac to restore the image to the SD card in a USB reader. Then I put the car…
· 6 posts · started 1 Jun 2015 - 06:23 · last 2 Jun 2015 - 01:26
In a bit of experimentation I have been trying various SSD schemes in my PB 3400c. Compact Flash cards in the HD spot with a generic Asian CF-to-IDE adapter wor…
· 15 posts · started 14 Apr 2015 - 02:21 · last 27 Apr 2015 - 03:20
Hello. I'd like to capture as video files, with audio, what I'm doing on one of my vintage machines (spec: OS9, PowerMac 9600, 400Mhz G3, 1GB RAM), does anyone …
· 10 posts · started 21 Mar 2015 - 09:41 · last 13 Apr 2015 - 14:39
Hello, Im looking for drivers for my Sonnet Crescendo g3 in PM 8500 with OS 9.1. Can someone help me out? best regards, Przemek
· 4 posts · started 16 Mar 2015 - 06:56 · last 17 Mar 2015 - 19:56
I just noticed this tidbit from thinkclassic os9 on unsupported Mac's... Mac Mini's Logic Board is based around Apple's Intrepid northbridge, which is supported…
· 10 posts · started 3 Mar 2015 - 22:29 · last 12 Mar 2015 - 16:32
I have a G3 iMac (I think it is 400 MHz). I was wondering if there are any IRDA adaptors that exist that are compatible with OS9. I can use USB or ADB (I have t…
· 4 posts · started 26 Feb 2015 - 18:10 · last 27 Feb 2015 - 00:22
Yeah well, bought another one of these black Powerbooks… A Lombard, not very exiting. Bought it cause it's in pretty good shape compare to the one i have, as a …
· 3 posts · started 14 Feb 2015 - 13:08 · last 14 Feb 2015 - 19:56
These are technically things I acquired in 2014 but I've only gotten a chance to start playing with them recently. First off, picked up an iMac G4 mostly so I c…
· 4 posts · started 12 Jan 2015 - 21:56 · last 12 Jan 2015 - 22:41
I would't like for the OS 9 install on my PB 1400cs to be as up to date as possible. The Software Update control panel doesn't work. Aside from installing the O…
· 17 posts · started 13 Dec 2014 - 19:36 · last 9 Jan 2015 - 16:19
Hi everyone, Does anyone know of a fibre channel PCI board that will run in Mac OS 9 or under? I have a NuBus FC board that used to connect a IIfx to some very …
· 2 posts · started 8 Jan 2015 - 08:18 · last 8 Jan 2015 - 23:19
This is driving me nuts. I have three PCI cards for encoding video, and none of the have ever, ever worked right for me. Currently I have a VCR on loan and have…
· 8 posts · started 6 Jan 2015 - 17:00 · last 8 Jan 2015 - 18:11
I just won a Power Mac 7500/100 with a Sonnet Crescendo 500MHz G3 card. Comes with keyboard, mouse, mousepad, and extra RAM. Also has original box for G3 upgrad…
· 13 posts · started 13 Dec 2014 - 05:54 · last 22 Dec 2014 - 12:29
A while ago I replaced my G4's CD-ROM with a DVD-ROM. After the change the Mac would no loner boot from the DVD drive, even though it came from another blue G4.…
· 2 posts · started 18 Dec 2014 - 23:28 · last 19 Dec 2014 - 16:21
Can anyone give me info on how to correctly Identify a G4 Sawtooth?
· 13 posts · started 10 Dec 2014 - 18:39 · last 17 Dec 2014 - 18:51
What is the largest HDD that you can put in a iBook G3 600MHz translucent 2001. I have a 250GB HDD that I want to put in it but before I go through the nightmar…
· 4 posts · started 30 Oct 2014 - 01:27 · last 30 Oct 2014 - 22:23
After looking everywhere for some option to play youtube videos under OS9 I finally found it. Youtube Browser for Classilla. So far its played all the videos I …
· 1 posts · started 13 Oct 2014 - 18:25 · last 13 Oct 2014 - 18:25

Source Mac OS 9 Lives

Old article about unleashing the 166 bus on first MDDshttp://www.macbidouille.com/articles/89/page1http://www.macbidouille.com/news/2002/10/08#3610http://transl…
· 10 posts · started 13 Aug 2014 - 19:30
MOTU Freestylehttp://web.archive.org/web/19991127091916/http://motu.com/english/software/freestyle/freestyle.html
· 3 posts · started 8 Jul 2014 - 17:21 · last 8 Jul 2014 - 17:21
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