[DM-MUG] Can't get extension for OS 9.1

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I've run into a strange problem.   I need to get an extension for an older 
iMac DV we have.   It is running OS 9.1 Apparently, I need to run an Extension 
for the CD/DVD player that is different from the one 9.1 installs.   So, I've 
gone to Apple's web site and located the right Extension.   I'm using a new 
iMac dual core running Tiger to get to the Internet.   I can download the 
extension (which is about 3MB).   I can then put the installing software on a USB 
device to transfer it to the old iMac running 9.1.   But when the old iMac looks 
at the downloaded software, it doesn't recognize it as Apple software.   It 
thinks it is some type of PC software and so it doesn't know what to do with it. 
  The software is supposedly for an iMac DV running system 9.1.   My new iMac 
doesn't recognize the software either but that is because I can't run 
anything but system 10 or above on it.   Talk about backward or forward 
incompatibility.   So I'm a bit stuck on why this is happening and what to do about it.   
Does system 10 change something about the downloaded software to make it 
incompatible with something running 9.1.   I don't really want to go through the 
hassle of trying to get to the Internet with the old iMac.   To big a pain 
because there doesn't seem to be a lot of Internet software that OS 9.1 can get to 
the Internet with.   I must admit, I really like my new iMac (even though it is 
incompatible with all software before OS 10).   After our experience with the 
old iMac I didn't want to jump back into a Mac.   Now if AOL would simply 
update their software from the 2004 version to something a bit more current.   
This version lacks a lot of the nicer qualities the Windows version has.



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