Yes - around the time of the the second version of the MDD - Apple ended their support of OS 9.
--- "Andrew J. Yon III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 31, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Tom Baker wrote: > > > Thanks Alex, and Fabian too. It appears to me, > from looking at all > > the G4 specs, that there were two versions of the > Mirror Drive Door > > G4, and the second version (the 1.4 GHz model) is > not capable of > > booting into OS-9 like the earlier 1.25 GHz > version can. Is that > > correct, does anybody know? > > > > Also, someone told me that OS-X 10.4 and up will > not allow > > rebooting into 9 by ANY Mac. Can anyone running > 10.4 confirm or > > deny that? > > > > Tom > > > > I am writing this on a MDDP ( Mirror Door Dual > Processor ) 1.25 > GHZ , 800 Firewire Mac . It does not boot to OS 9 . > But......... I > do not miss OS 9 even though I was of the laggers in > moving up to OS > X. I have plenty of software that needs to be run > with os9 and does > so very well under classic. I do not need to boot > directly to os9. > However, I am fastly unloading all that SW to people > who are even > more stubborn than I. Most of them run sawtooths and > are very happy > with the speed which they can run os9 on them. All > models previous to > the Firewire 800 models ( Macs that only have > firewire 400 ) can boot > to os9. > > Andy3 > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
