[G4] OSX 10.4.8 not having a classic mode bugaboo

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Mon Oct 16 15:34:23 PDT 2006


On 10/16/06, "chip puller" <chippuller at msn.com> wrote:
>
> OSX 10.3 will run classic mode and OS 9.22 can run. OSX 10.4 took the
> classic mode out but there was an article about running OS 10.3.9 on a
> partition on the OSX 10.4.8 partition. I copied my 10.3.3 directory to the
> Mac Mini 10.4.8. I upgraded that 10.3.4 to 10.3.9 and if I can get the mini
> to boot into 10.3.9 I can see why the classic mode 9.2 should not work. Why
> Apple decided to disable the classic mode then offer a classic mode repair
> option in ox 10.4.8 is a mystery. Why apple hides all of their function key
> options is another mystery. Getting classic to run on a Mac Mini is my goal
> and I accept the challange. Even if I have to alter the Apple ROM
> instructions. This is the same goat apple tried to kill when they changed
> the roms on the Blue and White G-3's not to accept any G-4 cards. I have a
> 450 Mhz G-4 cpu card in my PM 9600 and that G-4 runs programs like a Blue
> and white should have if Apple had not crippled it. granted I do not have a
> 100 mhz bus the that G-4's speed  makes up for the slow bus speed

Hmmmmmm! Classic runs well under 10.4.8. Where you got the idea that "OSX 10.4
took the classic mode out"?


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