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jukat - Dec 22, 2005 - 1:24 am

Hi

This is probably so simple, but I'm very new to this. I recently bought an emac OS X (10.4 ). Last week I bought some cd games for my kid, and I asked if they were compatible with mac, and was told yes. However when I try to install, I get a message for all but one of them that "Classic can not find a Mac OS 9 system folder on the startup disk." It suggests that I install OS 9. I don't understand this. Is this always necessary? What do I need to do to get these games working by December 25TH?
Or do I need to go out and buy new games?
Please help me in time for Christmas!!

Kathy

bobw - Dec 22, 2005 - 8:48 am

Hi Kathy

The games that say they need Classic are older games that only run in the older OS 9 system.

You can install OS 9 (Classic) on your machine. If you have an OS 9 CD, install from that. Then you'll need to update it to 9.2.2 for OS X compatibility.

You can buy OS 9 from these companies if you don't have it;

http://applerescue.com/#os9

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/software/

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

bobw - Dec 22, 2005 - 1:08 pm

Those games may only require classic, which can be installed from the
10.4 System Disk that came with the eMac.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86775