Run classic apps on a mac osx without classic

alexzarach

My mac doesn't have classic. How can I run classic apps on it/can I get 'classic'?

512dev

Install 9.x and boot into it when you need to. You need 9.1 or higher installed to use Classic in OS X.

-512

alexzarach

So... I just get the 9.1 files?

512dev

Pretty much, I have a copy if you need.

-512

alexzarach

Online? If so, can I have a link to it?

Q

Wait, now I'm curious, do you just copy a System Folder to the drive root and run Startup Disk?

-Q

512dev

Actually, you're probably gonna have to get OS 9 off of a torrent or Duff's server, I only have it on this DVD as the folders, not an ISO. Probably wont work if it's online as you'd need to "bless" it again.

-512

alexzarach

My Mac had to have osx reinstalled. Beforehand, when I ran a classic app, classic started up in a small window. I remember seeing a file called 'classic' on the HDD.

512dev

You *can* copy a system folder and boot off of it, it just needs to be 'blessed', aka, the system needs to mark it as a system folder. I don't exactly know how to do that.

-512

NTL1991

All you need is the system folder from OS9. Then you go into the System Prefs. and click Classic under the "System" Category and then it will search for a OS9 system folder and then you can select the one it finds and you're all set.

Nick

Q

Cool! That's "Classic"; I loved how easy it was to set disks bootable under the old System Software.

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alexzarach

Download speed:


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Q

Hmm, there HAS to be something better then shareware...

-Q

Bash

Ahahaha, thats not a good torrent app. I think Azureus is for MacOSX. If it is get it as soon as you can. It's a great client.

Q

I used "Transmission", it's free and REALLY small.

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alexzarach

I've given up on torrents. Can I use 7.6? I found that online from an abandonware site.

anantha92

Use tomato torrent. anyway, i dont think that would work if you wanted to run a program that was like ver 8.6 min.

alexzarach

Run ms excel (old version) on 7.6?

anantha92

ftp://duffnet.serveftp.org/Apple/MacDom ... %209.1.img a link to 9.1

alexzarach

Now downloading at 1mb/sec.

alexzarach

Umm.....?

Q

In other words, you have to run the installer off the CD, or do some modification of the System Folder so it doesn't think it's on the CD anymore.

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alexzarach

Irony again - I need os 9.1 for classic, but 9.1 requires classic to install! What now?

alexzarach

I've copied it to disk and started classic, but it freezes each time with the blue loading bar just 1mm long. Any advice? (ignore my previous post.)

Q

Copied it to disk? As in a CD?

Start the machine with it and install it, then restart into System 9 or 10 and use "Startup disk".

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alexzarach

I copied it to cd and selected the cd's system file in classic configuration.

Then, after failing, I started my Mac, holding down 'c', but it couldn't boot into the cd. It booted into os x normally, instead.

alexzarach

Sorry to start my old thread again, but I really need the answer. My mac won't boot from the cd. HELP.

Q

Copy System, Finder and Mac OS ROM to a folder on the hard disk and run Startup Disk.

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alexzarach

Well, I have it mounted on my system as so:



I know I'm very difficult, but I'm used to running Windows. Can anyone PM, IM or YIM me step-by-step instructions?

Q

Copy "System" "Finder" and "Mac OS ROM" from System Folder to a new folder on the hard disk in the system and then open Startup Disk from the system control panel.

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alexzarach

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