os 9 is included in the apple recovery/restore disk, no true os 9 installer is needed/supplied. my G5 shipped with os 9 pre-installed for classic, the only thing i cant do with it is boot into os 9. compatibility also seems to be superb with everything i have tested so far (one of our publishers is still on acrobat 4.05... so just today i had to install 4.05 (os 9 only) onto the G5 to test compatibility....) sandor On Mar 31, 2004, at 9:47 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: > > On Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 09:35 AM, sr ferenczy wrote: > >> I do not believe apple has any plans of stopping support for the >> classic environment THROUGH os x. classic works fine on my 2x2ghz G5, >> i just cant boot into os 9. > > All right! This solves my problem. I thought Classic needed a copy of > OS9 to work - not so? Or, OS9 is included, you just > can't boot into it? Thanks for the further clarification. > > > ---------- > G4ist, a listserv for discussion of everything G4. > FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/G4.html>. > Send a message to <G4-DIGEST at themacintoshguy.com> to switch to the > digest. > > XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! > Dr. Bott | Now $139.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/xrouter.html> > > Dr. Bott LLC 4-port USB Hub in translucent Graphite! > Dr. Bott LLC <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ghub.html> > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Canon Digital > Cameras | > --Quicksilver & refurbished G4's arriving daily! | and Camcorders!! > | > > MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only > $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! > <http://www.macresq.com> > > OS X News, Dr.Mac, Forums, Tutorials, Tips, Hints, FAQ?s - > http://www.osxfaq.com >