Two Nines Fine Mac OS

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A fair price for a stellar piece of software. If you own an older Mac, OS 9.2.x is the best way to go; it's faster than 9.1 and supports the most amount of software prior to OS X. This particular product is a full release which is what you want instead of an iffy upgrade version, because you can install the entire OS from scratch if you need to. The HDD is formatted into two partitions, both HFS (Mac OS. Was just fine between the two. 733Mhz operating system from Mac OS 9.2.2 to OS 10.4 or higher. Mac OS 9.2 Boot Up off Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White). Mac OS 9 was the ninth major release of Apple's classic Mac OS operating system which was succeeded by OS X.Introduced on October 23, 1999, it was promoted by Apple as 'The Best Internet Operating System Ever', highlighting Sherlock 2's Internet search capabilities, integration with Apple's free online services known as iTools and improved Open Transport networking.

An odd that I've come to verify repeatedly is that, when Mac OS 9.2.2 starts, it's always two hours earlier than Central European Time (it's now 13:51 as I'm typing these words, but only 11:51am for Mac OS 9.2.2). When I force it to synchronise with a Time Server, it shows the correct time; otherwise, there will always be a two-hour difference.

Yesterday Apple announced the pending release of Final Cut Pro 3, the latest major upgrade to its pro-level digital video editing software. At the time of the announcement, the company specified the software’s minimum system requirements as Mac OS 9.2.2. There was only one problem — Mac OS 9.2.1 was the current version. Well, that was yesterday; today Apple released Mac OS 9.2.2.

“The Mac OS 9.2.2 Update improves Classic application compatibility in Mac OS X and delivers updated support for Macintosh systems that are based on the PowerPC G3 or G4 processor,” reported Apple.

The 21.1 MB download is now available for download and installation through the Mac OS 9 Software Update control panel.

These instructions are intended for machines that have had a PCI USB card installed after Mac OS installation has occurred, or one running 9.2 without built-in USB ports. The extensions that come with 9.2 have a bug, causing them to not work on Macs without built-in USB. The card and devices plugged into it will appear in System Profiler but will not function, and do not disappear until the machine is restarted.

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In 9.1 you could also run the installer again, select Add/Remove, and add in USB Adapter Card Support. This is located in Mac OS 9.1>Network & Connectivity when doing a customized installation.

You will need

  • A Macintosh with a working Mac OS 9.1 or 9.2 installation (See note 1 for prior versions)
  • One PCI USB Card that’s OHCI compliant, installed in the Mac. The vast majority of PCI USB 1.1/2.0 cards support OHCI.
    • Theoretically any OHCI-compliant card will work, but certain configurations are problematic (See note 2)
    • Note that a USB2.0 card will not work at 2.0 speeds as OS8/9 do not support EHCI
  • Mac OS 9.1, either a retail CDROM or the 9.1 update
  1. Insert your OS 9.1 disc or extract the 9.1 update and open the “Installation Tome” file
    1. This is located in Software Installers/System Software/Mac OS 9.1
  2. Extract these files from the tome, placing them on your desktop.
    1. HID Library
    2. Serial ShimLib
    3. USB Device Extension
    4. USB Mass Storage Support
    5. USB Software Locator
    6. USB Support
  3. Skip to step 4 unless you’re running 9.2. You’ll need to remove the preinstalled versions of these files from your Extensions folder (in your System Folder.) Create a folder on your desktop and place them inside.
  4. Drag the files you extracted onto the System Folder. You should receive a dialog box asking you to confirm placing them in the Extensions folder, click OK. Alternatively you can place the files directly in the Extensions folder.
  5. Reboot. USB should now be working. You may trash the extensions you removed (if on 9.2)

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  1. Apple provided USB Adapter Card Support 1.4.1 as a separate installer for 8.6-9.0. You may still be able to use the versions extracted from 9.1, however.
  2. All OHCI cards are supposed to work.
    1. I’ve had the best luck with NEC, Lucent, and OPTi-based cards. I’d stay away from VIA
    2. I could not get any USB 2.0 cards to function in a PowerMac 6500. I suspect this might have something to do with PCI 2.2, but I’m not sure. Please comment with your results.