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Mac OS 9 on OSX Leopard?

Last answer on Oct 18, 2009 10:34:27 pm BST makela, on Jul 10, 2008 7:48:55 am BST 
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Hello,
Okay so OS X Leopard is the OS 9 killer.
Does anyone know of a work-around to install OS 9. I have the latest iMac with Leopard pre-installed. I tried partitioning the hard drive and then uploading OS 9, didn't work. I guess it would have to be something that overrides the firmware, if that's possible.

In case you are asking why, it's because I have a scanner and a printer which are not made/imported any more, they work perfectly but no OS X Leopard drivers are available, or ever will be.

Thanks.

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Mac tech, on Sep 3, 2008 5:25:06 am BST

This is a bit complex, but the short answer is, no. The intel based iMacs can't natively run OS9 because it was written for the IBM powerpc processors. It was working in 10.4(tiger) because Tiger had emulation software to run it. Apple took the emulation software out of it for Leopard. There are commercial applications to allow you to run classic in leopard, but you cannot boot to it, and the drivers will not load anyway. Hope this helps.

P.S. apple no longer uses an open firmware interface, instead they now use Intel's EFI interface. A mac nowadays is just a really pretty PC, so you'd have about the same chance of success installing OS9 on your winblows machine.

   
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richard, on Jan 4, 2009 9:06:30 pm GMT

Hi

I need to find a program that will run os9 on my osx leopard, because I have this outdated programming thing, called chipmunk basic. Although this works fine on leopard, the applications i can make with it are only os9 ones. so, to load my programs as their own self-supported programs without running from chipmunk basic, i have to use them on os9.

   
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SANEuse, on Dec 19, 2008 1:47:13 am GMT

Hi,

I do have a HP scanner that does not have drivers for OSX (and probably Vista as well).

I made it work with OSX via SANE. You'll need to read a bit to discover what device your scanner maps to (mine mapped to a specific chip, just like an "IBM ThinkPad Wireless NIC" will map to an Atheros hardware).

After that, and some trying, I found that I could only scan using "Browse Devices" inside Image Capture.

But it worked nicely, and SANE is the culprit I have not upgraded my HP 2200c scanner :-)

   
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Sourabha4u, on Feb 24, 2009 3:41:46 pm GMT
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Yes !

For print screen do this:

Press
Command + Shift +3
Then u wil get image on desktop !

   
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Goldenfur, on Mar 2, 2009 1:42:04 pm GMT

I have the same problem,,,,, Exept my computer is a mac os x. And it didn't come with the installation CD.....Um.........Help?

   
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Jaznights, on Jul 29, 2009 4:48:57 pm BST

I believe you can use Sheepshaver to run OS9 on both PPC and Intel Macs, even Linux and Windows. I have the same issues as I would like to install some of Ambrosia Software's old OS9 games. I haven't installed it yet but I plan on first putting it on my G4 iMac running Leopard then trying it on my MacBook Pro. You still need you OS9 disk from what I understand.

http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/en/projects/sheepshaver

   
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W. O. Hardy, on Jul 30, 2009 2:29:40 am BST
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Make sure to use an unofficial SheepShaver build available over here:

http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5275

The version on the official site is badly out of date and crashy.

   
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candice, on Aug 3, 2009 1:17:21 am BST

I am in the same situation. i have tiger 10.4 though.. so it would work except i dont have disks so does that mean if i install mac os x classic (9) i wont have 10.4 anymore?

   
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W.O. Hardy, on Aug 3, 2009 5:40:27 am BST

If you use SheepShaver, you can have both OS X and OS 9 on your system. SheepShaver emulates an old Macintosh. Like "VirtualPC" or something like that.

   
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 betatester, on Oct 18, 2009 10:34:27 pm BST

If you have a PowerPC based Mac, like a G5 or a G4, you can borrow the Kernel and Classic related software from a 10.4 and earlier installation. The kernel is the limiting factor in Classic compatibility in Leopard, 10.5.

As stated above, you can make use of SheepShaver which will run most, but not all Classic software. Make sure you use the latest builds from the www.emaculation.com/ web site. With SheepShaver you can install up to 9.0.4. Another option: you can use Basilisk II which will install up to Mac OS 8.1.

For either SheepShaver or Basilisk II, you must have a boot-ROM from specific Macintosh computers. Again check the forums on emaculation.com

   
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