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Where to buy OS 9.1 install CD? - SeattlePhotog - 03-26-2006
Hi Gang,
Where is a good place to find a Mac OS 9.1 install CD? The way-cool 20th Anniversary Mac I bought didn't come with the OS install disk, and I want to wipe the drive and start fresh.
Anybody?
Thanks!
Re: Where to buy OS 9.1 install CD? - Ken Sp. - 03-26-2006
If you have an older box of 10.2 or earlier-I think it might be in there 9.2
Re: Where to buy OS 9.1 install CD? - johnc - 03-26-2006
OS 9.1 and the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh:
OS 9.0 works great on the Twentieth Anniversary Mac, but there are few things to watch out for. First off, you MUST do an easy install of the system itself for things to work properly. The installer is very nice, and very customizable, but if you do not do an easy install the front panel buttons will not work, AVP will crash frequently, and the machine will behave very poorly. Strange but true. Another important note is that you should zap your pram (command-option-p-r on startup) and rebuild the desktop (command-option as the finder is loading) after installing Mac OS 9.1.
more here ---> Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh System Software
Re: Where to buy OS 9.1 install CD? - SeattlePhotog - 03-26-2006
9.2 isn't recommended for the 20th Anniversary Mac! That's why I'm hoping to find an original 9.1 disk.
Anybody?
Re: Where to buy OS 9.1 install CD? - wurm - 03-26-2006
Not sure of your budget, but how about our host?
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/OS91CD/
Re: Where to buy OS 9.1 install CD? - johnc - 03-26-2006
This Mac OS 9.1 CD is compatible with the following models:
* Any Apple PowerMac Model 54/55/64/65/72/73/75/76/85/86/95/9600, 20th. Anniversary Mac or Macintosh Clone (Power Computing, Motorola, UMAX) that has PCI slots & has been upgraded to either a G3 or G4 processor.
Re: Where to buy OS 9.1 install CD? - Ted King - 03-26-2006
If you can't find a System 9 disk to buy, I think you could copy the system folder from your present drive onto an external drive, "bless" the system folder on the copy by dragging the system icon out of the folder and then putting back in, then booting off the copy on the external drive and reformatting the internal drive on the computer. You could then copy the system off the external drive back to the internal drive - possibly going through the extensions, controls and preferences and removing items you are sure you don't need or want. Of course, this does depend on having an external drive you can connect to the computer (the 20th Century's were pre-usb I imagine, so that would involve probably a SCSI drive). There is a way of making a bootable CD with a copy of your present system on it and do essentially the same thing, but IIRC it isn't exactly straightforward and may require something like an old copy of Toast.
Re: Where to buy OS 9.1 install CD? - New.Dad - 03-26-2006
I might have one that I could sell to you, but I don't have time to look for it right now. Could you PM me later tonight?