I'm not really sure what to say here, other than
So let's not bill it as 9.3. It's just third party patches to the system.
I agree. It's funny, but that numbering convention had been in the back of my mind. "I wonder what would happen if OS 9.3 were announced?" It's unfortunate there isn't at least an appreciation or sense of humor when big corp/big money is involved when it comes to long discontinued software AND hardware.
The above quoted persons concerning legality are something to be heeded, to a point.
But don't lose heart!
http://www.callapple.org/software/announcing-apple-iigs-system-6-0-2/Old IIGS enthusiasts named their updated OS as the next version. Allegedly another update is in the works. Just thought I would mention that.
It would ultimately be nice to have a name for this aggregated effort and any extensions and patches as a collective install package. Really it would. Something that likeminded people could point to and say "If you want to get OS 9.2 working on X system, use the latest version of _____"
A really cocky name would be "OS 9 XLR8R"
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Or OS 9 Extended or something.
Damn the naming conventions!
You've got the right idea, anyhow, and you have much support from us. Best of luck with some of your prospective collaborators, like the OS Re project. I've lost track of which thread that was in, but that seemed promising.
Closing thought. Wouldn't it be a good idea to have a central thread, like a pinned topic where the several ongoing threads are located regarding getting os 9 going on later machines? It's kind of spread out and I for one am a bit confused by all the different topics being scattered across multiple forum entries. For example, there is one about the 1.5gb ram limit, but that is its own thread, and then there are several about about improving 9.2 as well as some relevant discussion in emulation topics.
Maybe I'm the only one losing track of all the intersecting discussions that all converge on this topic?