Members Introduction... time to reflect on our past that got us here :)

[rokiracune]

Hi MacOS9 Lives,

My first mac was a Centris 660AV and I've been hooked ever since.  My OS 9 machine is a B&W "Yosemite" w/G4 processor upgrade. I'm running thOnk_0+2 & Reason 2.5.

I may have some abandonware to share.

Best Wishes!

[msalmeronc]

Hello.
I am a fan os this site, it's just awesome!
I am currently updating my old iMac G3 bindi blue with both Logic 5.5 (yeah I got hold on a White XSkey, was I lucky or what!) and Pro Tools with my old MBox.
I wish to thank all the contributors to this awesome forum!
Keep the great work coming!
Moisés

[tensionvex]

Hello,

I produce electronic music on my Macs.  I was fortunate enough to grow up in an area where all of the schools had Apple computers, so I've used them all my life.  The first computer I ever used was an Apple IIE.  As I got older, the Apples turned into Macintoshs.  I learned how to type on a Macintosh SE.  The first Mac I ever owned was a PowerMac G3.  I actually lost that one at some point unfortunately.  I don't know if it was stolen from me or if I gave it away.  Anyway, I currently own a PowerMac G5 Quad running Tiger and Classic, and a modern MacBook Pro.  I own some old synthesizers that haven't been supported in a decade or more, and the librarian/editor software is almost all OS9 (or earlier).  Yall know how it is.  Anyway, the more I use my G5, the more I want a dedicated OS9 system for the things that don't quite run in Classic.  I've already found a lot of useful information on these forums, and I hope to continue that as I move towards a dedicated OS9 system.  I'm looking at getting one of the upper end G4s to accomplish this, and I see that many of the questions I would have are already answered here. 

Thanks for letting me join.  I am happy that there are others that share the same interests I have.

[claudio]

Hi,
I'm a musician (composer and guitarist), and I have worked with mac from Mac Plus using Cubase, DP, Max (from the first opcode version and actual MaxMsp) and many others app and computers. From the nineties... I have follow the changes of mac OS.
I have some G4 computers, some are working, other being repaired. I love much this site where I have met old "friends". The amount of resources I have found here, has encouraged me to put on a OS9 system in my resurrected old G4 machines.
I am grateful to those contribute to this site. At the best!
Claudio

[Clare Burnett]

Hi
My name is Clare and I guess I first got to know Apple in 1989 while studing a btec in photography, so Photoshop etc was my introduction.
Beginning with a performa 6200 running System 7.5 in the mid 90's I've been using Apple computers ever since and still have some G4's running OS9. I really liked the G3 iMacs slot loaders and can service or repair them still.
From about 2004 I've been repairing and selling them. While I sell mostly newer models I still get a number of legacy mac's which I sell more as an act of recycling as they often don't fetch much but I think they are worth preserving as they still can work well and OS9 is still a great OS.
Over the years I have built up a collection of OS 9 software both OS and applications and utilities which I am happy to share though it looks like most of it is posted here already. Tough the one installer I was pleased to find here is the 9.2.2 I can use on an 867 MDD.

While I don't specialise in sound/audio I have a customer who wishes his OS9/OSX Studio collection of MDD's and audio cards and associated PCI cards to be offered here before it goes on eBay as it was with your help he set it all up in the first place.
I will list it all in hardware for sale section once I have finished preparing and assesing them, and can ship worldwide  via UPS or Small packet air mail. I am in the UK
So far there is
3 x MDD's  a Dual 1.25 and 867 and a 1.25 Uni also a G4 gig ethernet 400 upgraded with a dual 500 processor + a G3 266 AV mini tower.
PCI cards include a dig design 001 with cables and 2 breakout boxes + pro tools LE 6.4 and 6.7 discs
Sonnet tempo serial ata 2 port card + 300 GB WD velociraptor HDD with cables which I think is OS 9 compatible
A stealth serial port card with installer
4 port serial card keyspan PCI
Yamaha SW1000 and DS2416
M Audio 2416? 2496 will check
+ ava 2903b scsi card, some 2usb cards 2 and 4 port
There is more keyboards etc
The towers will have working or new PRAM batteries and will be cleaned and given a fresh instal of OS9.2.2 and OSX 10.3,4 or 5 where appropriate

Clare

[DieHard]

Wow, Members at 2430... I remember when it was about 8; Mactron and I figured we were imaging old CDs & DVDs for amusement only.

Glad to see you have all arrived

[mrhappy]

Glad to see you have all arrived

 "Re-Build it and they will come"!!

[Miro Le Ravi]

bravo bravo  die hard   

[MacTron]

... I remember when it was about 8; Mactron and I figured we were imaging old CDs & DVDs for amusement only.

 

Imaging and sharing all this stuff was great!

The amount of members and great contributors to this project was - by far - over that I could imagine at that time. 

[midnight_kite_flight]

Hello everybody, how are you all?

I recently (like a week ago) got a 2002 Quicksilver. The guy sold it to me for $60 (Bargain!)

The Quicksilver has OSX installed so this weekend i'm gonna get stuck in and see if I can set up a dual boot or maybe just go full OS9. Let's wait and see!

We had a G3 in my high school way way back and I guess I got all nostalgic for OS9. I used to use these programmes back then, I think they were called Notator Logic and Alchemy. The first was a sequencer and the other was a sampler / sound designer thing. I'm really stretching the memory banks but I think that's what they were called. I was the only person in school who knew how to use them, so I got to do basically whatever I wanted there

Anyway, so I'm looking forward to using those again, and starting to use some mod trackers. It's gonna be heaps of fun hanging with you all.

[mrhappy]

this weekend i'm gonna get stuck in and see if I can set up a dual boot or maybe just go full OS9.

There are a few different options for OS 9 installs here and also some valuable 'dual boot' tutorials/ advice. Take some time and poke around as OS 9 LIVES!!!

[mrhappy]

... I remember when it was about 8; Mactron and I figured we were imaging old CDs & DVDs for amusement only.

 

Imaging and sharing all this stuff was great!

The amount of members and great contributors to this project was - by far - over that I could imagine at that time. 

Looks like you crazy kids were on to something!!! Haha!

[samumorani24]

Hello everyone from Italy.
I love vintage Apple computers, I like to restore and collect them, here is my collection:

iBook G3 Clamshell Indigo
iBook G4 12 inch 1.33ghz
PowerMac G3 Beige and B&W
PowerMac G4 Graphite (i think it's AGP model, i don't remember...)
iMac G4 1ghz
Apple IIe
Macintosh LC 475, LC 630 (but the power supply is dead :c)
PowerMacintosh 4400/200, 7300/166
PowerBook 1400c
PowerBook G4 1.25ghz
Mac Mini intel early 2009

Have a nice day

[Dystopia]

Hi.

Been using Macs since I was a kid. An LC was my first computer, followed by a Power Mac 6100/66. Switched to Windows in about '99 for the games, so I missed the whole OS X thing until I got an iBook G3 around '05. Sadly that suffered the infamous GPU failure. Replaced it with an iBook G4 1.42Ghz. Realised Classic sucked and bought a Power Mac G3 400. Recently went to drag the G3 out and didn't have anywhere to set it up, so I got a TiBook 1Ghz off, which apparently had its DVD smashed up in shipping (which I discovered just in time to have to rip the whole thing apart to get a disc out). It's taken an excessive number of other Macs to work around that issue to get it set up, but I'm getting there.

[coolwater]

Hello from California!

I'm an audio engineer and music producer. I'm here because I have a lot of old samplers and want to learn more about interfacing with them like people did at the time. I found this forum through threads about AKAI CDs. Thanks so much to the people in this community!! I'm really impressed by the knowledge and attitudes i've seen on this forum so far.

[ShedSimon]

 Hello, really struggled to work out how to post on here. Had to do an RE:

[AlgaeNymph]

Greetings, all.  I'll admit up front that I'm here for the OS9 support: I'm looking for an emulator I can easily use on my Mac so I can finally play Chaos Overlords.  Where can I download one here?

[Bolle]

Hi,

I have been reading on here for quite some time and already saw a lot of familiar faces here.
I am collecting Macs of all kind ranging from 68k to G4 machines (too many to list them all here) and figured here is a good place to be for information on the latter.

See you folks around.

[Ctg]

Hi everyone,

What brought me here was to see if I could bring some life into several G4 PowerPC macs I have lying around. I've always been interested in running Classic games from my youth (I was always a PC person) but unfortunately G3 or earlier machines are either bulky or expensive to come by.

[ponfiero]

Hello,

I've been an avid Mac user from 1987 until a few years ago. Recently, I realized I really missed OS 9 and OS X...so here I am.

I'm trying to get an older powerbook up and running.