[CUBE] Retrieve old files and applications

[abillups at mac.com]

On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 06:11  AM, H Solomon wrote:

> I am trying to get data files (docs graphics spreadsheets) and 
> applications
> from an OLD Powerbook 5300 Running OS 7.5.2  HD 500Mb and ram 8Mb onto 
> the
> Cube OS 9.2.  Data files come across on CDrom but applications will 
> not run
> -error message - 199.  Any ideas?
Depends on what the files are and what the applications are that run 
them. I have done this exact thing many times and most of the old 
applications (OS8 and earlier) will copy over, but you may need 
specific extensions or control panels to run them. You also won't 
always know what the extensions are.

> Can a G4 boot up in OS 7.5.2?
I bought my cube right after they were announced and the system that 
came with it was OS 9.0.4. I understand that you can't install a system 
older that the one that came with the system.

That shouldn't be a problem, though. I have about a bunch of iMacs at 
school running OS 9+ at school and they run many of the really old 
programs fine.

Again, it depends on what applications you need to run.

Ann Billups	
abillups at mac.com