[G4] Re: OSX 10.4.8 not having a classic mode bugaboo

Al Poulin alpoulin at cox.net
Wed Oct 18 12:33:36 PDT 2006


I forgot to tie in the correct subject line in my first answer.  Sorry!

On Oct 16, 2006, at 11:11 PM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com 
wrote:

>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:34:23 -0700
> From: John Baltutis <baltwo at san.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [G4] OSX 10.4.8 not having a  classic mode bugaboo
> To: g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
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> 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"?
>
This happens when you have OS X 10.4 on a Mac Intel machine.  Hence,
the confusion?

Al Poulin



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