Answer me a dumb and dumber OSX /classic question

[samintx]

When you are in OSX and go to "classic" what OS is Classic? I thought 9.2.2 but not so? what is the difference in "classic" and booting up in OS9.x????

[Refurbvirgin]

Classic emulates 9.2.2 but runs slower than if you were to boot in it for that reason. One of my key ap's requires a hardware key to run, and Classic won't recognize its extension, so I have to reboot to use the program.

[Speedy]

> When you are in OSX and go to "classic" what OS is Classic? I thought 9.2.2 but not so?

It is whatever version of OS 9.1 or newer you have installed. Run software update control panel in Classic to get to the latest OS 9.x.x

> what is the difference in "classic" and booting up in OS9.x????

Some applications won't run in Classic but will when you boot into OS 9.x. Those that do run are usually just as fast.

[MacMagus]

Classic is an emulation environment -- a program -- that is installed with OS X. It pretends to be an older Mac so that you can run OS 9.1-9.2.2 (and programs that require a pre-OS X operating system) from within OS X. It does not perfectly emulate an older Mac so some pre-OS X applications won't run in Classic.

If your Mac can run Classic, you still need to have a copy of a Mac OS System Folder from OS 9.1 or later. The OS 9 system will go through its boot routine just as if it was running as the boot system on your Mac, except that it's really running inside of a special program.

When running OS X, commands from programs running in OS 9 are executed within Classic and where they have to interact with the OS X operating system -- for example, to print a document -- Classic will translate the commands on-the-fly into commands for OS X.

People can be sloppy about their language. The word "Classic" has evolved to refer to the Classic program in OS X OR to pre-OS X operating systems OR to programs that require a pre-OS X operating system to run. It may be difficult to distinguish which one people are referring to if you don't have the appropriate context.

The new Intel Macs do not run Classic and do not boot into OS 9 so pre-OS X applications will not run on those Macs.

G5's and late G4 computers will not boot into OS 9, but they will run Classic so most pre-OS X programs will run on them.

Many G4's and earlier Macs can "dual boot" which means that they'll boot into either OS 9 (or possibly earlier OSes) OR into OS X. When running under OS X, they can still run OS 9 programs using Classic, but when running under OS 9 they can't run OS X programs.

[elmo3]

Classic is an OS X environment (an OS X program) that actually runs OS9. OS9 programs then run under OS9, with Classic doing things like helping with Finder integration and the like.

Some will say "no, that's not it!" Well, that is it, thanks for playing. Even Apple says so. When you're running OS9, you're running OS9. Period.

Now, that's different from booting into OS9 in that when it runs inside Classic, OS9 doesn't have control of the computer. All calls to the computer are run through Classic and into OS X.

[Pat]

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[Refurbvirgin]

I sit corrected. I wonder why it won't recognize the HASP extension for the hardware key then?

[Pat]

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