After getting a few PMs from our core members, I felt I should explain my affinity for always pushing the Mac OS 9 realm (and OS X for that matter) into unsanctioned areas. These efforts are based on finding solutions, not replacing our core values.
As you guys know, or may not know, I am an old guy old and I have been exposed to computers from Commodore PET, IBM mainframes, and Unix terminals in my teens to contemporary PCs and Macs today. That being said, Mac OS 9 in particular, has always had a place in my heart, and will always be unique, there is a perfect balance of art and functionality that is intrinsically "baked" into it's core. Even the G3/G4 hardware of the era became a perfect balance of "art" and "engineering", pushing all sorts of envelopes, while IBM PCs were just kinda boring. Sure DOS was great, sure it ran stable, and setting up business networks and Novell servers, Word perfect 5.1 as a production marvel with virtually no maintenance. OK, I'll get off the tangents.
Back to the topic... the reason I have ventured into the "QEMU" thing was expressed by member FBz 100% correctly...
Seems that our fearless leader is a…
bona fide QEMU Madman! 
(Checked the Forum last night ‘round 2:00 a.m.
and he was still up, uploading QEMU packages.)
While some OS 9 purists might view this as utter blasphemy,
it extends the life of MacOS 9 on… and into the future.
Certainly, I will continue to run Quicksilvers, MDDs, etc., yet
this work bridges the past with (and on) more current hardware.
(To say nothing of the support-ability of original OS 9 machines.)
Absolutely marvelous. Hats off to DieHard!
Yes, we will keep the G3/G4 hardware alive for as long as we can. But I feel that QEMU is a way to extend the future on Mac OS 9 via emulation.
So, we have many options here, from purist to practical and all in between. I just wanted to tell you guys, that Mac OS 9 is my first girlfriend, the hot one, the one that I will always remember as the most amazing, but as we get older, we can also appreciate our other loves. Many of you know my day to day DAW runs on a series of Mac Pros and High Sierra. New Sampling Libraries, 32GB of RAM, Nvme drives and other advancements have migrated my workflow to things more modern over the years; do I still power up the MDD, the QS, and my Macos9lives mac mini ?... Hell Yes ! Am I still searching for those elusive software titles that we don't have in our downloads yet.... YES!! My personal search for Virtualization and Emulation setups are expressed on the forum as "Practical solutions" for those who are interested in porting old projects to newer systems or for those who don't have the room, or the energy to track down old Mac hardware.
I just wanted to tell you guys I am still dedicated to our cause. But I can multi-task.
Remember, the basic motivation that I and Mactron created this site with... was based on the idea that musicians, and others, would source out used G3/G4 hardware for low dollars, and in some cases free and have a resource to download applications that would make these antiquated machines produce real results. Bringing complete systems with peripherals, like a home recording Studio, or a graphics workstation station, to life, so many years later, MacOS9Lives!.... looking at a system that would have cost thousands 20 years ago and enjoying getting the 98% discount.This is still what drives me to this day to keep this all going. With the help of our core members, we have helped so many achieve their goal of a working and productive Mac OS 9 system. We will continue to help all the members of our community.
