Difference between 9.0 and 9.0.4

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Difference between 9.0 and 9.0.4

Hello,

Although I never had the actual retail disk for OS 9, I wanted to know what differences are there between 9.0 and 9.0.4?

Mid-2010 Mac Pro W3580, 5770 Radeon, G4 PB 1.67 DL/HD, G4 Pismo 550, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 8GB DDR3 1333 Memory, dual superdrive, OS 9.2.2, OS X Public Beta, 10.4.11

Posted on Feb 10, 2011 5:02 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 10, 2011 6:32 AM in response to romko23

The updates usually include "bug" fixes & minor enhancements. The OS 9.0.4 (compared to OS 9.0 - 9.0.3) update "provided additional FireWire and USB support, enhances networking and power management, and improves audio, video, and graphics functionality".

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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romko23 Author

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Feb 10, 2011 9:13 AM in response to Texas Mac Man

come to think of it I never saw 9.0.3 or 9.0.2.. The Pismo came with 9.0.4 though I do have somewhere just 9.0.

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Answer 3

Feb 10, 2011 1:11 PM in response to romko23

The incremental releases 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 9.0.3 were released only as model-specific versions which shipped with a machine (as was OS 9.2.0).

Public (general) releases of OS 9 on retail (universal) Install CDs are 9.0, 9.0.4, 9.1, and 9.2.1; in addition, 9.2.2 was issued as a downloadable public release.

The original Pismos shipped with OS 9.0.2; later ones came with 9.0..3 and the last onens with 9.0.4.

Some unique versions not covered or indicated by incremental release numbers, For example, the G4 (Digital Audio) came with OS 9.1, but it was a model-specific version which incorporated Finder v. 9.1.1. That G4 model can not use a retail OS 9.1 Install CD.

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romko23 Author

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Feb 10, 2011 1:51 PM in response to Don Archibald

So, I take it my Pismo won't take a 9.0 only disk? I have to try it. According to my restore/install disks it came with 9.0.4. I found 9.0 on macintosh garden.org and I am going to burn it to a disk and try to boot the pismo under 9.0 and see if the original release works.. just for kicks.

Oh one more thing.. what did you mean: original pismos? I thought there was only one Pismo and it came with 9.0.4 though.

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Answer 5

Feb 10, 2011 11:24 PM in response to romko23

what did you mean: original pismos?

The PowerBook (FireWire), codename Pismo, model was introduced Feb 2000 and was discontinued Jan 2001. The original models, meaning those first produced during that 12-month period, came with OS 9.0.2; the last models came with OS 9.0.4. For a few months in between those they shipped with OS 9.0.3.

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a brody

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Feb 15, 2011 5:15 AM in response to romko23

For general stability, I'd upgrade to 9.1 unless you have software not known to operate on it, and only known to operate on older versions of 9. 9.0 to 9.0.4 are older than 9.1.

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