[DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: [MacLaw] Classic Support for Power PCs & intel too

[Bill Davis]

>
>   Is there something available that will allow me to use
> >Classic apps on a PowerBook G4 and PowerPC IMac G5? Thanks in
> >advance!
>
> Eh?  NOTHING extra is needed to let you run Classic Apps on PowerPC.  It's
built into all version of OS X from 10.0 to 10.5.   You just have to install
Mac OS 9, and if you have a machine that will run OS 9 at all then it was
provided with your machine (I think). At worst you might have to get a copy
of Mac OS 9 from someone in the MUG or from Apple.   If you need some
earlier version of Mac OS (1-8) then you'd probably have to use something
like Sheepshaver or another Mac emulator, since I don't think the built in
Classic support in OS X supports Classic Mac OS versions before 9.x (9.2 I
think).

By the way, there's a further deliniation; are you talking about 680x0
processor apps, or PowerPC processor apps under Classic?

Out of curiosity, What do you need to run under Classic, anyway?  I haven't
used Classic at all in years.  I don't think I even started it more than
once or twice on my PowerPC G4 laptop, replaced over a year ago.

 - Bill
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