[X4U] OS 9 on a G5?

[SeaSoft Systems]

>From: Stroller <MacMonster at myrealbox.com>
>
>On May 15, 2005, at 12:11 am, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>
>>  An hospital which has a G4 with OS 9 on it with software running in 9
>>  will replace it with a G5.  Is it possible to install OS 9 afterwards?
>>   Or is a Mac Mini or eMac still with OS 9 because it's a G4?
>
>The last PowerMacs to boot with OS9 were the firewire400
>mirror-driver-doors. I know because I mistakenly listed my FW800 on
>eBay as being OS9-bootable & was proved wrong by the winning bidder,
>necessitating a relisting.
>
>I would doubt that an eMac would boot to OS 9, and very very much doubt
>a Mac Mini would.
>

Point of information:

The early eMacs (which were all G4s, AFAIK) *did* boot into 9.x; I 
know because I have one that I got used exactly for that reason (to 
run Webstar 4.5). I don't know when that capability ceased. The one I 
have is a vintage 2003, 700 MHz; system profiler calls it "eMac 
version 2.1; boot ROM 4.42f1". It shipped with Jaguar. If I recall 
correctly at least one later iteration (the 800 MHz models) also 
booted into OS9.


HTH,

Richard