The Future of MacOS9Lives...

[DieHard]

As far as GoDaddy... I paid everything they wanted (even for online storage) which stoped working with old browsers, jumped through every hoop, in the end they did not want the content (download files) on there

[damo-blak]

As far as GoDaddy... I paid everything they wanted (even for online storage) which stoped working with old browsers, jumped through every hoop, in the end they did not want the content (download files) on there

Its all about the money to them,they may fear some come back later for hosting files also,
it must feel like a kick in the teeth,keep up the good work of preserving this software:-)

[DieHard]

OK, as a temporary stop-gap measure, I am going to try direct links to individual download files (via Google drive) instead on rights to whole folders...

I did this one as a test (since it was downloaded over 270,000 times) and is our most popular...

Please test this and let me know if the download works on old browsers:
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=2109.msg10853#msg10853

If it works I move more over

[FBz]

Don’t know about “older browsers” per-se.
BUT… all of the following downloaded it easily.
(Whereas before - Safari & Google Chrome had their problems.)

Firefox 78.11
Google Chrome 91.0.4472.114
Safari 11.1.2

So you older browsers, please do give it a go and report.

[daddyjeff]

Don’t know about “older browsers” per-se.
BUT… all of the following downloaded it easily.
(Whereas before - Safari & Google Chrome had their problems.)

Firefox 78.11
Google Chrome 91.0.4472.114
Safari 11.1.2

So you older browsers, please do give it a go and report.

yes, I was able to download perfectly from a macpro M1 and a G4 MDD with safari, without any problem 

[JellybeanStyling]

Does not work in Classilla 3.4b on 9.22 Qemu

Does not work in Classilla 3.4b on 9.0 in SheepShaver

Forum itself does not work at all in MS IE 5.1 and Netscape 3.0

[DieHard]

I am guessing Browsers on Native OS9 will not work

But I guess most people have (or can have a friend) download them on a newer mac or PC

[Bolkonskij]

Yeah, I can confirm, it doesn't work with any browser on OS9 for me. Bummer.

Any chance to upload the most important stuff to the Mac Garden? It plays fine with Classilla and what I learned their upcoming design wil be even more retro compatible.

[IIO]

how relevant is OS9 compatibilty for an OS9 image?

[DieHard]

Yeah, I can confirm, it doesn't work with any browser on OS9 for me. Bummer.

Any chance to upload the most important stuff to the Mac Garden? It plays fine with Classilla and what I learned their upcoming design wil be even more retro compatible.

Yes, I think Knez already has most of the stuff at the Garden for those that only own 1 old mac

how relevant is OS9 compatibilty for an OS9 image?

Great question, like I said I'm guessing not too relevant, most people have other computers or can be helped by friends or family that can burn a CD/DVD and give it too them, so I will move forward with the download patchwork, this will give us as much time as we need to eventually move the forum SQL database to the garden, or I may renew my hosting and keep both sites independent for redundancy. Knez knows he already has my blessing to put any of our downloads on the garden, as long as we get acknowledged for them

[Knezzen]

I know that I have your blessing, I just don't want to take any of your traffic. People might come here for the downloads, but stay for the awesome forum and people.

If you ever change your mind about the hosting offer, just reach out and we'll set the wheels in motion again.
No hard feelings from our side, since we only want to help you and the community. It's your decision in the end since it's your site

[IIO]

it is important for a number of reasons to only have the forum and its domain be the main path into the audio collection, and one of them is that the forum works from OS9.

i just wanted to mention that OS9 images should have actually the least priority when it comes to the option to be able to download from OS9, while at the same time it is the most requested file.

so it is unavoidable to put universal/unsupported/mini OS onto google or dropbox for now. those who desperately need freeverb.sit can wait.

[DieHard]

I know that I have your blessing, I just don't want to take any of your traffic. People might come here for the downloads, but stay for the awesome forum and people.

If you ever change your mind about the hosting offer, just reach out and we'll set the wheels in motion again.
No hard feelings from our side, since we only want to help you and the community. It's your decision in the end since it's your site

Hosting is paid for the next 16 months, just checked, so I time to mull it all over, thanks again Knez

[Architecture]

The only file request I have is a copy of Live 4. Would gladly donate to obtain that for my setup.

[DieHard]

Entire Download Sections that are back online...

Mac OS 7, 8, & 9 Install Images

Diagnostic CD Images

PM me for any specific downloads that are offline, but needed, and I will address those 1st

[DieHard]

OK... Coffee up... I will try to hit the goal of Uploading 30GB per day

[Architecture]

OK... Coffee up... I will try to hit the goal of Uploading 30GB per day

Thanks for the dedication to keeping OS9 a viable recording platform!

[mrhappy]

OK... Coffee up... I will try to hit the goal of Uploading 30GB per day

Better jump directly to the espresso!!

[IIO]

i assume you have backups, but if you need anything just name it.

[DieHard]

i assume you have backups, but if you need anything just name it.

I'll Let you know if anything is missing