On Jul 5, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
--- Joe Welling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jul 5, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
I may be confused:
What is Classic?
We have OS 8.x and 9.x is this classic?
We have OS 10.0,2,3,4 is this classic?
Classic is OS 9.2 running WITHIN X.
"Classic" is not an OS, but is the name of the special OSX software
which runs OS 9 from within OSX. If you did a standard install of OSX,
it will have "Classic".
If you have had OS 9 on your machine before installing OSX, and you
don't initialize the drive (which erases everything on it), then OS 9
is still on the drive, and in the upper right menubar should be an icon
with a "9" in it (for OS 9). If you click on it, it will drop a list of
items, one of which says "Start Classic". This will launch Classic
which in turn launches OS9, all running under OSX. Then you can run any
softwares, either those for OSX or those for OS 9.
It's a similar vehicle to VirtualPC, which allows you to run Windows
under Mac OS, if that helps. IOW, "Classic" runs OS 9 under OSX.
If you open a software designed to run on OS 9 or less, and OS 9 exists
on the HD, then Classic should start automatically by default, but
you'll have to wait until it loads, then the app will launch. Can take
several minutes, depending on your machine.
I have never tried to run anything less than OS 9 in Classic, and have
never met anyone who did, so I cannot advise you about that. Many apps
running under Classic will require the latest CarbonLib update in order
to run, because a whole slew of software has been written to run under
either OS.
HTH,
Ken N.
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