Yes, just done some Googling.....unfortunately none of my (4! - including one none-worker just bought for spares) Mirror Doors came with their restore CDs....nothing on the Apple site in terms of downloads of this 'special' OS9. guess I'm gonna have to use one of the Quicksilvesr as an OS9 machine - I was hoping to install the image processing (for RAW files) software that came with my Minolta DiMAGE - a 12 year old camera that is in no way obsolete (IMHO!) and is as superb as something that originally cost £1200 would be .....and also wanted it for a couple of older games that want Classic - Dan.
On Apr 30, 5:58 am, Ken Daggett <kadagg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 29 Apr 2012, at 21:30:28 PDT, Deiniol ap Deiniol wrote: > > > The OS9 disc is a retail version AFAIK. I also tried my iMac DV OS9 > > disc, out of curiosity (desperation!?) - that again tells me I have > > OS9 installed....when I tried from Tiger.... > > ....am I missing something obvious here? > > ----------- > I believe that the MDD requires a "special" version of OS9 (OS 9.2.2) > that shipped with the machine. There ways around this that involve > the boot ROM. > > Ken -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
