OS 9 Can i still buy it from apple store??

[liketom]

as luck would have it i was going to strip OS9 from my G3 iBook Restore cd's and after looking i found that i had lost CD 1 with OS9 on it so ... Is is still poss to buy from Apple Store or do i have to go ebay way and buy some older restore CD's

reason why is i want to dual boot my 15" G4 1.33 Powerbook

Ta

Tom

 

[cslewis]

Why bother with OS 9? Classic should serve you well.

 

[Finiksa]

reason why is i want to dual boot my 15" G4 1.33 Powerbook

You can't, current Powerbooks aren't OS 9 bootable. Your Powerbook came with a full version of OS 9 (and on the restore disks) but the Powerbooks firmware doesn't support booting in to OS 9, you can only use it for classic.

 

[Horrortaxi]

Finiksa is right. Additionally, OS 9 isn't available through the Apple Store. You might be able to get replacement Software Restore disks from Apple though.

 

[liketom]

dam i'm thinking i cant use my new eMac either then , o well cheapo powermac from ebay it is then . thanks for advice people

tom

 

[slughead]

I think OS 9 is free now

If you can confirm this I'll dmg a copy for you.

 

[jimsowden]

Finiksa is right. Additionally, OS 9 isn't available through the Apple Store. You might be able to get replacement Software Restore disks from Apple though.

It is and it isn't free. Call them and ask for the legacy store.

 

[Duff-Man]

I think OS 9 is free now

If you can confirm this I'll dmg a copy for you.

Duff-Man says....curious, where did you get the idea it was free? It is not by the way. OS 7.5.3 can be freely downloaded from Apple but nothing beyond that.

You can buy copies from MacResQ but I would think you'd be able to find better prices elsewhere, like eBay for instance....oh yeah!

 

[applemacdude]

I think OS 9 is free now

If you can confirm this I'll dmg a copy for you.

OS should be free but damn it apple 8.1 isnt even free

 

[frescies]

netboot image can be haxored...

Apple offers a free os 9 netboot image on their site somewhere. It's hard to find and i have the link at work, but that can easily be extracted from that form..... if one were so inclined....

 

[Duff-Man]

Apple offers a free os 9 netboot image on their site somewhere. It's hard to find and i have the link at work, but that can easily be extracted from that form..... if one were so inclined....

Duff-Man says...yes...I believe this is the one you mean and yes, I would read the license agreement carefully before "hacking" it for a purpose it was not intended for....oh yeah!

 

[Horrortaxi]

OS should be free

Why?

 

[flyfish29]

I am still curious why he wants to boot in OS9? Please tell us!

 

[slughead]

Duff-Man says....curious, where did you get the idea it was free? It is not by the way. OS 7.5.3 can be freely downloaded from Apple but nothing beyond that....oh yeah!

That's where I got the idea: 7.5 is free.. guess I'm wrong?