Linux For Mac Os 9
2021年1月27日Download here: http://gg.gg/o1000
Installing Linux on a Mac. Yes, there is an option to run Linux temporarily on a Mac through the virtual box but if you’re looking for a permanent solution, you might want to completely replace the present operating system with a Linux distro. To install Linux on a Mac, you’ll need a formatted USB drive with storage up to 8GB. Ok, so you have your Mac OS 9 machine up and running, now what? Why not fire up some games? There are a lot of great game you can play including Diablo II, Myth II, Sim City 2000, Warcraft, Warcraft II and many more. Maybe you only have a few of these discs or maybe you don’t have any, no need to worry.
*Linux For Mac Os 9 Download
*Mac Os 9 Download
When you upgrade to macOS Catalina, you get more of everything you love about Mac. Experience dedicated apps for music, TV, and podcasts. Smart new features in the apps you use every day. And Sidecar, which lets you use iPad as a second Mac display. Best of all, upgrading is free and easy.Chances are, your Mac can run macOS Catalina.
Mac computers with Metal-capable graphics processors (GPUs) can upgrade to macOS Catalina.Make sure you’re ready to upgrade.
Before you upgrade, we recommend that you back up your Mac. Then, if your Mac is running OS X Mavericks 10.9 or later, you can upgrade directly to macOS Catalina.Upgrading is free. And easier than you think.Upgrading from macOS Mojave?
Go to Software Update in System Preferences to find the macOS Catalina upgrade. Click Upgrade Now and follow the onscreen instructions to begin your upgrade. If you don’t have broadband access, you can upgrade your Mac at any Apple Store.Upgrading from an older version of macOS?
If you’re running High Sierra (10.13), Sierra (10.12), or El Capitan (10.11), upgrade to macOS Catalina from the App Store. If you’re running Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8), you will need to upgrade to El Capitan (10.11) first. If you don’t have broadband access, you can upgrade your Mac at any Apple Store.
*OS X 10.9 or later
*4GB of memory
*12.5GB of available storage (OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 or later)*
*Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
*Some features require a compatible internet service provider; fees may apply.
For details about your Mac model, click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac. These Mac models are compatible with macOS Catalina:
*MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
*MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
*MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)
*Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
*iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
*iMac Pro (2017)
*Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer)Siri
Requires a broadband internet connection and microphone (built-in or external). Hey Siri
Supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook Pro (2018 or newer)
*MacBook Air (2018 or newer)
*iMac ProDictation, Voice Control, and Voice Memos
Requires a microphone (built-in or external).Spotlight Suggestions
Requires a broadband internet connection.Gestures
Requires a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse.
Force Touch gestures require a Force Touch trackpad.
VoiceOver gestures require a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, or Magic Trackpad.Photo Booth
Requires a FaceTime or iSight camera (built-in or external), or USB video class (UVC) camera.FaceTime
Audio calls require a microphone (built-in or external) and broadband internet connection.Linux For Mac Os 9 Download
Video calls require a built-in FaceTime camera, an iSight camera (built-in or external), or a USB video class (UVC) camera; and broadband internet connection.Apple TV
High Dynamic Range (HDR) video playback is supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook Pro (2018 or newer)
*iMac Pro (2017)
*Mac Pro (2019) with Pro Display XDR
Dolby Atmos soundtrack playback is supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook Air (2018 or newer)
*MacBook Pro (2018 or newer)Sidecar
Supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook (2016 or newer)
*MacBook Air (2018 or newer)
*MacBook Pro (2016 or newer)
*Mac mini (2018 or newer)
*iMac (late 2015 or newer)
*iMac Pro (2017 or newer)
*Mac Pro (2019)
Supported by all iPad models with Apple Pencil support:
*12.9-inch iPad Pro
*11-inch iPad Pro
*10.5-inch iPad Pro
*9.7-inch iPad Pro
*iPad (6th generation or later)
*iPad mini (5th generation)
*iPad Air (3rd generation)Continuity Camera
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 12 or later.Continuity Sketch and Continuity Markup
Requires an iPhone with iOS 13 or an iPad with iPadOS.Handoff
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 8 or later.Instant Hotspot
Requires an iPhone or iPad with cellular connectivity, a Lightning connector, and iOS 8.1 or later. Requires Personal Hotspot service through your carrier.Universal ClipboardMac Os 9 Download
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 10 or later.Auto Unlock
Supported by Mac models introduced in mid 2013 or later.
Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later or an iPhone 5 or later.Approve with Apple Watch
Supported by Mac models introduced in mid 2013 or later.
Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 6 or later or an iPhone 6s or later with iOS 13.Apple Pay on the Web
Requires MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 10 or later, or an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later.Phone Calling
Requires an iPhone with iOS 8 or later and an activated carrier plan.SMS
Requires an iPhone with iOS 8.1 or later and an activated carrier plan.Home
Requires an iPhone with iOS 12 or later and a configured Home app.AirDrop
AirDrop to iOS and iPadOS devices requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 7 or later.AirPlay
AirPlay Mirroring requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
AirPlay for web video requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
Peer-to-peer AirPlay requires a Mac (2012 or later) and an Apple TV (3rd generation rev A, model A1469 or later) with Apple TV software 7.0 or later.Time Machine
Requires an external storage device (sold separately).Power Nap
Supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
*MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
*MacBook Pro with Retina display (Mid 2012 or newer)
*Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
*iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
*iMac Pro (2017)
*Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer)Boot Camp
Allows Boot Camp installations of Windows 10 on supported Mac models.Exchange Support
Requires Microsoft Office 365, Exchange 2016, Exchange 2013, or Exchange Server 2010. Installing the latest Service Packs is recommended.Windows Migration
Supports OS X 10.7 or later and Windows 7 or later.App Store
Available only to persons age 13 or older in the U.S. and many other countries and regions.
*Apple Books
*Apple News
*App Store
*Automator
*Calculator
*Calendar
*Chess
*Contacts
*Dictionary
*DVD Player
*FaceTime
*Find My
*Font Book
*Home
*Image Capture
*Launchpad
*Mail
*Maps
*Messages
*Mission Control
*Music
*Notes
*Photo Booth
*Photos
*Podcasts
*Preview
*QuickTime Player
*Reminders
*Safari
*Siri
*Stickies
*Stocks
*System Preferences
*TextEdit
*Time Machine
*TV
*Voice Memos
*Activity Monitor
*AirPort Utility
*Audio MIDI Setup
*Bluetooth File Exchange
*Boot Camp Assistant
*ColorSync Utility
*Console
*Digital Color Meter
*Disk Utility
*Grapher
*Keychain Access
*Migration Assistant
*Screenshot
*Screen Time
*Script Editor
*Sidecar
*System Information
*Terminal
*VoiceOver Utility
*Arabic
*Catalan
*Croatian
*Simplified Chinese
*Traditional Chinese
*Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
*Czech
*Danish
*Dutch
*English (Australia)
*English (UK)
*English (U.S.)
*Finnish
*French
*French (Canada)
*German
*Greek
*Hebrew
*Hindi
*Hungarian
*Indonesian
*Italian
*Japanese
*Korean
*Malay
*Norwegian
*Polish
*Brazilian Portuguese
*Portuguese
*Romanian
*Russian
*Slovak
*Spanish
*Spanish (Latin America)
*Swedish
*Thai
*Turkish
*Ukrainian
*VietnameseBack when Ars Senior Products Editor Andrew Cunningham was forced to work in Mac OS 9 by his colleagues in September 2014, he quickly hit a productivity wall. He couldn’t log in to his Ars e-mail or do much of anything online, which meant—as someone who writes about new technology for an online-only publication—he couldn’t do his work. All Cunningham could do was play old games and marvel at the difference 15 years makes in operating system design.
But as hard as it may be to believe in light of yet another OS X macOS update, there are some who still use Apple’s long-abandoned system. OS 9 diehards may hold on due to one important task they just can’t replicate on a newer computer, or perhaps they simply prefer it as a daily driver. It only takes a quick trip to the world of subreddits and Facebook groups to verify these users exist.
Certain that they can’t all be maniacs, I went searching for these people. I trawled forums and asked around, and I even spent more time with my own classic Macs. And to my surprise, I found that most of the people who cling staunchly to Mac OS 9 (or earlier) as a key component of their daily—or at least regular—workflow actually have good reason for doing so.Why? Whhhhyyyyyy???
The reasons some Mac lovers stick with OS 9 are practically as numerous as Apple operating systems themselves. There are some OS 9 subscribers who hold out for cost reasons. Computers are prohibitively expensive where they live, and these people would also need to spend thousands on new software licenses and updated hardware (on top of the cost of a new Mac). But many more speak of a genuine preference for OS 9. These users stick around purely because they can and because they think classic Mac OS offers a more pleasant experience than OS X. Creatives in particular speak about some of OS 9’s biggest technical shortcomings in favorable terms. They aren’t in love with the way one app crashing would bring down an entire system, but rather the design elements that can unfortunately lead to that scenario often better suit creative work.
I’m alluding here specifically to the way OS 9 handles multitasking. Starting at System 5, classic Mac OS used cooperative multitasking, which differs from the preemptive multitasking of modern Windows and OS X and Linux. With classic Mac OS multitasking, when you want to change apps it’s up to the active program to relinquish control. This focuses the CPU on just one or two things, which means it’s terrible for today’s typical litany of active processes. As I write this sentence I have 16 apps open on my iMac, some of which are running multiple processes and threads, and that’s in addition to background syncing on four cloud services.
By only allowing a couple of active programs, classic Mac OS streamlines your workflow to closer resemble the way people think (until endless notifications and frequent app switching cause our brains to rewire). In this sense, OS 9 is a kind of middle ground between modern distraction-heavy computing and going analog with pen and paper or typewriter.
These justifications represent just a few large Mac OS 9 user archetypes. What follows is the testimony of several classic Mac holdouts on how and why they—along with hundreds, perhaps thousands of people around the world—continue to burn the candle for the classic Macintosh operating system. And given some of the community-led developments this devotion has inspired, OS 9 might just tempt a few more would-be users back from the future.Programmatic hangers-on
Remembering how the comments on Cunningham’s article were littered with stories of people who still make (or made, until only a short time beforehand) regular use of OS 9 for getting things done, I first posed the question on the Ars forums. Who regularly uses Mac OS 9 or earlier for work purposes? Reader Kefkafloyd said it’s been rare among his customers over the past several years, but a few of them keep an OS 9 machine around because they need it for various bits of aging prepress software. Old versions of the better-known programs of this sort—Quark, PageMaker, FrameMaker—usually run in OS X’s Classic mode (which itself was removed after 10.4 Tiger), though, so that slims down the pack of OS 9 holdouts in the publishing business even further.
Wudbaer’s story of his workplace’s dedication to an even older Mac OS version suggests there could be more classic Mac holdouts around the world than even the OS 9ers. These users are incentivized to stick with a preferred OS as long as possible so they can use an obscure but expensive program that’s useful enough (to them) to justify the effort. In Wudbaer’s case, it’s the very specific needs of custom DNA synthesis standing in the way of an upgrade.
’The geniuses who wrote the software we have to use to interface the machines with our lab management software used a network library that only supports 16-bit machines,’ he wrote. This means Wudbaer and colleagues need to control certain DNA synthesizers in the lab with a 68k Mac via the 30-year-old LocalTalk technology. The last 68k Macintosh models, the Performa 580CD and the PowerBook 190, were introduced in mid-1995. (They ran System 7.5.)
This DNA synthesis lab has two LC III Macs and one Quadra 950 running continuously—24 hours a day, seven days a week—plus lots of spare parts and a few standby machines that are ready to go as and when needed. The synthesizers cost around 30,000-40,000 Euros each back in 2002 (equivalent to roughly $35-50k in 2015 terms), so they want to get their money’s worth. The lab also has newer DNA synthesizers that interface with newer computers and can chemically generate many more oligonucleotides (short synthetic DNA molecules) at once. This higher throughput comes with a tradeoff, however. Whereas the old synthesizers can synthesize oligonucleotides independently of each other (thereby allowing easy modifications and additional couplings), the new ones do them all in one bulk parallel process, meaning the extra stuff has to wait until afterward. More work means more time, and as Wudbaer says, ’time is money.’
On the Facebook group Mac OS 9 - it’s still alive!, people trade more of these OS 9 endurance stories. Some prefer it for writing environment. Others keep it around for bits and pieces of work that require expensive software such as Adobe’s creative suite or a CAD package or Pro Tools or specifically to open old files created with this software. Most use it for old Mac games, of which there are far more than the Mac’s game-shy reputation would suggest—but that’s a story for another day. A scant, brave few not only struggle through OS 9 for these sorts of offline tasks, but they also rely on it as a Web browsing platform.
Download here: http://gg.gg/o1000
https://diarynote.indered.space
Installing Linux on a Mac. Yes, there is an option to run Linux temporarily on a Mac through the virtual box but if you’re looking for a permanent solution, you might want to completely replace the present operating system with a Linux distro. To install Linux on a Mac, you’ll need a formatted USB drive with storage up to 8GB. Ok, so you have your Mac OS 9 machine up and running, now what? Why not fire up some games? There are a lot of great game you can play including Diablo II, Myth II, Sim City 2000, Warcraft, Warcraft II and many more. Maybe you only have a few of these discs or maybe you don’t have any, no need to worry.
*Linux For Mac Os 9 Download
*Mac Os 9 Download
When you upgrade to macOS Catalina, you get more of everything you love about Mac. Experience dedicated apps for music, TV, and podcasts. Smart new features in the apps you use every day. And Sidecar, which lets you use iPad as a second Mac display. Best of all, upgrading is free and easy.Chances are, your Mac can run macOS Catalina.
Mac computers with Metal-capable graphics processors (GPUs) can upgrade to macOS Catalina.Make sure you’re ready to upgrade.
Before you upgrade, we recommend that you back up your Mac. Then, if your Mac is running OS X Mavericks 10.9 or later, you can upgrade directly to macOS Catalina.Upgrading is free. And easier than you think.Upgrading from macOS Mojave?
Go to Software Update in System Preferences to find the macOS Catalina upgrade. Click Upgrade Now and follow the onscreen instructions to begin your upgrade. If you don’t have broadband access, you can upgrade your Mac at any Apple Store.Upgrading from an older version of macOS?
If you’re running High Sierra (10.13), Sierra (10.12), or El Capitan (10.11), upgrade to macOS Catalina from the App Store. If you’re running Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8), you will need to upgrade to El Capitan (10.11) first. If you don’t have broadband access, you can upgrade your Mac at any Apple Store.
*OS X 10.9 or later
*4GB of memory
*12.5GB of available storage (OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 or later)*
*Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
*Some features require a compatible internet service provider; fees may apply.
For details about your Mac model, click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac. These Mac models are compatible with macOS Catalina:
*MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
*MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
*MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)
*Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
*iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
*iMac Pro (2017)
*Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer)Siri
Requires a broadband internet connection and microphone (built-in or external). Hey Siri
Supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook Pro (2018 or newer)
*MacBook Air (2018 or newer)
*iMac ProDictation, Voice Control, and Voice Memos
Requires a microphone (built-in or external).Spotlight Suggestions
Requires a broadband internet connection.Gestures
Requires a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse.
Force Touch gestures require a Force Touch trackpad.
VoiceOver gestures require a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, or Magic Trackpad.Photo Booth
Requires a FaceTime or iSight camera (built-in or external), or USB video class (UVC) camera.FaceTime
Audio calls require a microphone (built-in or external) and broadband internet connection.Linux For Mac Os 9 Download
Video calls require a built-in FaceTime camera, an iSight camera (built-in or external), or a USB video class (UVC) camera; and broadband internet connection.Apple TV
High Dynamic Range (HDR) video playback is supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook Pro (2018 or newer)
*iMac Pro (2017)
*Mac Pro (2019) with Pro Display XDR
Dolby Atmos soundtrack playback is supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook Air (2018 or newer)
*MacBook Pro (2018 or newer)Sidecar
Supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook (2016 or newer)
*MacBook Air (2018 or newer)
*MacBook Pro (2016 or newer)
*Mac mini (2018 or newer)
*iMac (late 2015 or newer)
*iMac Pro (2017 or newer)
*Mac Pro (2019)
Supported by all iPad models with Apple Pencil support:
*12.9-inch iPad Pro
*11-inch iPad Pro
*10.5-inch iPad Pro
*9.7-inch iPad Pro
*iPad (6th generation or later)
*iPad mini (5th generation)
*iPad Air (3rd generation)Continuity Camera
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 12 or later.Continuity Sketch and Continuity Markup
Requires an iPhone with iOS 13 or an iPad with iPadOS.Handoff
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 8 or later.Instant Hotspot
Requires an iPhone or iPad with cellular connectivity, a Lightning connector, and iOS 8.1 or later. Requires Personal Hotspot service through your carrier.Universal ClipboardMac Os 9 Download
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 10 or later.Auto Unlock
Supported by Mac models introduced in mid 2013 or later.
Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later or an iPhone 5 or later.Approve with Apple Watch
Supported by Mac models introduced in mid 2013 or later.
Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 6 or later or an iPhone 6s or later with iOS 13.Apple Pay on the Web
Requires MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 10 or later, or an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later.Phone Calling
Requires an iPhone with iOS 8 or later and an activated carrier plan.SMS
Requires an iPhone with iOS 8.1 or later and an activated carrier plan.Home
Requires an iPhone with iOS 12 or later and a configured Home app.AirDrop
AirDrop to iOS and iPadOS devices requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 7 or later.AirPlay
AirPlay Mirroring requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
AirPlay for web video requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
Peer-to-peer AirPlay requires a Mac (2012 or later) and an Apple TV (3rd generation rev A, model A1469 or later) with Apple TV software 7.0 or later.Time Machine
Requires an external storage device (sold separately).Power Nap
Supported by the following Mac models:
*MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
*MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
*MacBook Pro with Retina display (Mid 2012 or newer)
*Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
*iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
*iMac Pro (2017)
*Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer)Boot Camp
Allows Boot Camp installations of Windows 10 on supported Mac models.Exchange Support
Requires Microsoft Office 365, Exchange 2016, Exchange 2013, or Exchange Server 2010. Installing the latest Service Packs is recommended.Windows Migration
Supports OS X 10.7 or later and Windows 7 or later.App Store
Available only to persons age 13 or older in the U.S. and many other countries and regions.
*Apple Books
*Apple News
*App Store
*Automator
*Calculator
*Calendar
*Chess
*Contacts
*Dictionary
*DVD Player
*FaceTime
*Find My
*Font Book
*Home
*Image Capture
*Launchpad
*Maps
*Messages
*Mission Control
*Music
*Notes
*Photo Booth
*Photos
*Podcasts
*Preview
*QuickTime Player
*Reminders
*Safari
*Siri
*Stickies
*Stocks
*System Preferences
*TextEdit
*Time Machine
*TV
*Voice Memos
*Activity Monitor
*AirPort Utility
*Audio MIDI Setup
*Bluetooth File Exchange
*Boot Camp Assistant
*ColorSync Utility
*Console
*Digital Color Meter
*Disk Utility
*Grapher
*Keychain Access
*Migration Assistant
*Screenshot
*Screen Time
*Script Editor
*Sidecar
*System Information
*Terminal
*VoiceOver Utility
*Arabic
*Catalan
*Croatian
*Simplified Chinese
*Traditional Chinese
*Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
*Czech
*Danish
*Dutch
*English (Australia)
*English (UK)
*English (U.S.)
*Finnish
*French
*French (Canada)
*German
*Greek
*Hebrew
*Hindi
*Hungarian
*Indonesian
*Italian
*Japanese
*Korean
*Malay
*Norwegian
*Polish
*Brazilian Portuguese
*Portuguese
*Romanian
*Russian
*Slovak
*Spanish
*Spanish (Latin America)
*Swedish
*Thai
*Turkish
*Ukrainian
*VietnameseBack when Ars Senior Products Editor Andrew Cunningham was forced to work in Mac OS 9 by his colleagues in September 2014, he quickly hit a productivity wall. He couldn’t log in to his Ars e-mail or do much of anything online, which meant—as someone who writes about new technology for an online-only publication—he couldn’t do his work. All Cunningham could do was play old games and marvel at the difference 15 years makes in operating system design.
But as hard as it may be to believe in light of yet another OS X macOS update, there are some who still use Apple’s long-abandoned system. OS 9 diehards may hold on due to one important task they just can’t replicate on a newer computer, or perhaps they simply prefer it as a daily driver. It only takes a quick trip to the world of subreddits and Facebook groups to verify these users exist.
Certain that they can’t all be maniacs, I went searching for these people. I trawled forums and asked around, and I even spent more time with my own classic Macs. And to my surprise, I found that most of the people who cling staunchly to Mac OS 9 (or earlier) as a key component of their daily—or at least regular—workflow actually have good reason for doing so.Why? Whhhhyyyyyy???
The reasons some Mac lovers stick with OS 9 are practically as numerous as Apple operating systems themselves. There are some OS 9 subscribers who hold out for cost reasons. Computers are prohibitively expensive where they live, and these people would also need to spend thousands on new software licenses and updated hardware (on top of the cost of a new Mac). But many more speak of a genuine preference for OS 9. These users stick around purely because they can and because they think classic Mac OS offers a more pleasant experience than OS X. Creatives in particular speak about some of OS 9’s biggest technical shortcomings in favorable terms. They aren’t in love with the way one app crashing would bring down an entire system, but rather the design elements that can unfortunately lead to that scenario often better suit creative work.
I’m alluding here specifically to the way OS 9 handles multitasking. Starting at System 5, classic Mac OS used cooperative multitasking, which differs from the preemptive multitasking of modern Windows and OS X and Linux. With classic Mac OS multitasking, when you want to change apps it’s up to the active program to relinquish control. This focuses the CPU on just one or two things, which means it’s terrible for today’s typical litany of active processes. As I write this sentence I have 16 apps open on my iMac, some of which are running multiple processes and threads, and that’s in addition to background syncing on four cloud services.
By only allowing a couple of active programs, classic Mac OS streamlines your workflow to closer resemble the way people think (until endless notifications and frequent app switching cause our brains to rewire). In this sense, OS 9 is a kind of middle ground between modern distraction-heavy computing and going analog with pen and paper or typewriter.
These justifications represent just a few large Mac OS 9 user archetypes. What follows is the testimony of several classic Mac holdouts on how and why they—along with hundreds, perhaps thousands of people around the world—continue to burn the candle for the classic Macintosh operating system. And given some of the community-led developments this devotion has inspired, OS 9 might just tempt a few more would-be users back from the future.Programmatic hangers-on
Remembering how the comments on Cunningham’s article were littered with stories of people who still make (or made, until only a short time beforehand) regular use of OS 9 for getting things done, I first posed the question on the Ars forums. Who regularly uses Mac OS 9 or earlier for work purposes? Reader Kefkafloyd said it’s been rare among his customers over the past several years, but a few of them keep an OS 9 machine around because they need it for various bits of aging prepress software. Old versions of the better-known programs of this sort—Quark, PageMaker, FrameMaker—usually run in OS X’s Classic mode (which itself was removed after 10.4 Tiger), though, so that slims down the pack of OS 9 holdouts in the publishing business even further.
Wudbaer’s story of his workplace’s dedication to an even older Mac OS version suggests there could be more classic Mac holdouts around the world than even the OS 9ers. These users are incentivized to stick with a preferred OS as long as possible so they can use an obscure but expensive program that’s useful enough (to them) to justify the effort. In Wudbaer’s case, it’s the very specific needs of custom DNA synthesis standing in the way of an upgrade.
’The geniuses who wrote the software we have to use to interface the machines with our lab management software used a network library that only supports 16-bit machines,’ he wrote. This means Wudbaer and colleagues need to control certain DNA synthesizers in the lab with a 68k Mac via the 30-year-old LocalTalk technology. The last 68k Macintosh models, the Performa 580CD and the PowerBook 190, were introduced in mid-1995. (They ran System 7.5.)
This DNA synthesis lab has two LC III Macs and one Quadra 950 running continuously—24 hours a day, seven days a week—plus lots of spare parts and a few standby machines that are ready to go as and when needed. The synthesizers cost around 30,000-40,000 Euros each back in 2002 (equivalent to roughly $35-50k in 2015 terms), so they want to get their money’s worth. The lab also has newer DNA synthesizers that interface with newer computers and can chemically generate many more oligonucleotides (short synthetic DNA molecules) at once. This higher throughput comes with a tradeoff, however. Whereas the old synthesizers can synthesize oligonucleotides independently of each other (thereby allowing easy modifications and additional couplings), the new ones do them all in one bulk parallel process, meaning the extra stuff has to wait until afterward. More work means more time, and as Wudbaer says, ’time is money.’
On the Facebook group Mac OS 9 - it’s still alive!, people trade more of these OS 9 endurance stories. Some prefer it for writing environment. Others keep it around for bits and pieces of work that require expensive software such as Adobe’s creative suite or a CAD package or Pro Tools or specifically to open old files created with this software. Most use it for old Mac games, of which there are far more than the Mac’s game-shy reputation would suggest—but that’s a story for another day. A scant, brave few not only struggle through OS 9 for these sorts of offline tasks, but they also rely on it as a Web browsing platform.
Download here: http://gg.gg/o1000
https://diarynote.indered.space
コメント