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Q: OS 9 on My Macbook Pro

is there a way to get Mac OS 9 onto my Macbook Pro? i just wanted to run an old RED FACTION game but it wont work on X or higher. so can anyone help?

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.4.8), none

Posted on Oct 2, 2007 1:26 PM

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Q: OS 9 on My Macbook Pro

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  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Oct 2, 2007 2:11 PM in response to gmaceri
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    Oct 2, 2007 2:11 PM in response to gmaceri
    Hi gmaceri;

    No. There is no way from Apple to run OS 9 on an Intel based Mac.

    There is a third party hack called SheepShaver. It can run some OS 9 programs but with games the results are less then stellar form what I have read.

    Allan
    tiger
  • by gmaceri,

    gmaceri gmaceri Oct 2, 2007 4:06 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Oct 2, 2007 4:06 PM in response to Allan Eckert
    well allan thank you very much for your help with this issue. its unfortunate that things work out this way. especially the speed of technology. thanks again.
  • by gmaceri,

    gmaceri gmaceri Oct 2, 2007 4:08 PM in response to gmaceri
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    Oct 2, 2007 4:08 PM in response to gmaceri
    no os games work for os x or intel macs...unforunately
  • by Alejandro Bermejo,

    Alejandro Bermejo Alejandro Bermejo Dec 4, 2007 8:13 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Dec 4, 2007 8:13 PM in response to Allan Eckert
    Yes, there's a way to run OS 9 on an Intel Mac. I saw a hack, but Apple will not be Very Happy if I write about it. I have a lot of OS 9 games so OS X can't be my "Only" OS.
  • by B. Gibson,

    B. Gibson B. Gibson Dec 5, 2007 2:16 PM in response to Alejandro Bermejo
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    Dec 5, 2007 2:16 PM in response to Alejandro Bermejo
    There is a patch available to make Red Faction work on Mac OS X. Check it out at:

    http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/redfaction.html
  • by Bruce Anderson,

    Bruce Anderson Bruce Anderson Dec 5, 2007 6:55 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Dec 5, 2007 6:55 PM in response to Allan Eckert
    Sheepshaver is an emulator, and it works VERY well. I think it's a bit unfair to call it a hack. I've been using it to emulate System 7.6.1 so I can play Might & Magic III. Be aware that it only supports up to System 9.1 (IIRC). Most of the changes from 9.1.x to 9.2.x were for MacOS X compatibility (i.e. Classic mode) so 9.1 will be more than enough for most users' needs.
  • by eww,

    eww eww Dec 5, 2007 8:52 PM in response to Bruce Anderson
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    Dec 5, 2007 8:52 PM in response to Bruce Anderson
    Hi, Bruce. Sheepshaver's OS 9 support tops out at v. 9.0.4, not 9.1.
  • by Bruce Anderson,

    Bruce Anderson Bruce Anderson Dec 6, 2007 1:07 AM in response to eww
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    Dec 6, 2007 1:07 AM in response to eww
    You are correct. I'm not sure if there's much difference between 9.0.4 and 9.1 except for hardware support (i.e. machines released after the 9.0.4 update). So that's plenty.
  • by eww,

    eww eww Dec 6, 2007 3:54 AM in response to Bruce Anderson
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    Dec 6, 2007 3:54 AM in response to Bruce Anderson
    9.1 was the first mature, stable version of OS 9, and some software that was written or last updated in late 2000 or thereafter requires at least OS 9.1. Such software may not be supported in Sheepshaver. That's a small slice of the whole Mac software pie to be sure. But diehard OS 9 users who resisted adopting OS X as long as possible, and who applied the final updates to their OS 9-based applications after OS 9.1 was released in Jan. 2001, are the people most likely to encounter limitations in Sheepshaver support for those applications. And any software that expects direct access to hardware settings (video, sound, etc.) when run natively in OS 9 is denied that access in Sheepshaver's emulation, the same as it would be if it were running in Classic mode on a PowerPC Mac. That leaves many games and multimedia apps (in particular) unsupported.

    I mention these facts not to discourage people from trying Sheepshaver, but to alert them to some possible explanations if they find they can't run favorite apps or games satisfactorily in Sheepshaver's emulation environment.
  • by gmaceri,

    gmaceri gmaceri Feb 14, 2008 2:49 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Feb 14, 2008 2:49 PM in response to Allan Eckert
    Hello Allan, its been a while since i last talked to you, but i have another question for you:

    When your mac book pro get hot, do your fans start "clicking" or making any other sounds?

    because i started to play Diablo, and a couple of hours into it, my fans started making this really annoying noise, and its been almost, 6 months and they still do this. can you help?
  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Feb 14, 2008 3:14 PM in response to gmaceri
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    Feb 14, 2008 3:14 PM in response to gmaceri
    Hi gmaceri;

    I don't know why but I have yet to hear the fans on my MBP. I do use it pretty heavily for doing my Aperture processing but I have yet to notice any fan noise at all.

    Allan
    tiger
  • by gmaceri,

    gmaceri gmaceri Feb 15, 2008 9:15 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Feb 15, 2008 9:15 PM in response to Allan Eckert
    well, i appreciate your time and effort with this question. thanks alot.

    i dont know, but my best guess is, while i was playing a game called diablo, my MBP was just doing its hardest to deal with this game, that it got REALLY HOT, and maybe the fans just got a little warped and started rubbing on stuff.

    but of coarse im not an apple employee so...