Well, all is well now at least. I've flagged us to be excluded from being affected by banned subnets, so all should be well and hopefully wont happen again

Fingers crossed. My last successful connection was on 2nd of April. Eight days of blackout.

but is it a good idea to let a clock run in applescript while a game runs?

Credit to MikeTomTom at the ‘Garden for writing most of the script.

Here is the applescript:

>property idlePeriod : 0.5
>
>tell application “Finder”
>   activate
>   open file “ISO-FILENAME” of folder “ISO-LOCATION-PATH” of disk “ISO-LOCATION-DISK”
>   delay 2
>   open file “GAME-FILENAME” of folder “GAME-LOCATION-PATH” of disk “GAME-LOCATION-DISK”
>end tell
>
>on idle
>   tell application “Finder”
>      set x to every process
>      set y to application “GAME-FILENAME”
>      if y is in x then
>         return idlePeriod
>      else
>         delay 5
>         put away disk “ISO-DISC-NAME”
>         quit me
>      end if
>   end tell
>end idle
>
>on quit
>   continue quit
>end quit

The below might be obvious to applescripters but I am describing it in great detail for posterity.

Where it says “ISO-FILENAME” you would write out the name of the disk image file as it appears in the Finder.

Where it says “ISO-LOCATION-PATH” you would write out the path to your image. For example, if your image is named “CD Image.iso” and is located in your Applications folder, then this whole line would read:

   open file “CD Image.iso” of folder “Applications” of startup disk

Where it says “ISO-LOCATION-DISK” you can put the name of the disk on which the ISO resides, or if it’s on your startup disk you can just put “of startup disk.”

Where it says “GAME-FILENAME” that is the name of the executable application file as it appears in the Finder.

Where it says “GAME-LOCATION-PATH” you would write out the path to your game. For example, if your game is named “Warcraft II” and is located in your Applications folder, then this whole line would read:

   open file “Warcraft II” of folder “Applications” of startup disk

Where it says “GAME-LOCATION-DISK” you can put the name of the disk on which the game resides, or if it’s on your startup disk you can just put “of startup disk.”

After writing out the script, you click on “check syntax” and it should ask you where is the application “GAME-FILENAME”. Use the open dialog box to browse to the location of that application.

In order for it to run, it must be saved as run-only, as an application, with the flags for “stay open” and “never show startup screen”

Hi dkatz,

Seems like there's actually multiple questions in here. Is one of them how to get file sharing working between your modern Mac and your G4 running Mac OS 9?

If so, you may consider installing netatalk on the modern Mac:
https://netatalk.io

I do a lot of work on my G4, system 9.2.2
And for years, I used file sharing to transfer PDFs to my System 26 mac....
But I year ago, it ceased to work.
I was using internet explorer, and it doesn't seem to actuallyy connect to the internet, though it will connect to my printer's home page ( 2007 HP5100 that prints on 11 X 17, what a great investment that thing has been). Got an email from some kind soul here who suggested that classiilla would work. SO I located it, copied it to a thumb drive and then took the thumb drive to my G4. I could never get it to connect it to anything.I would ask the guy who suggested it, but: I i could never find his email, which Ive searched for many times...it's hard, was maybe in February and without knowing his name or the title of the post, etc, it's been nt found.
I never thanked him for trying to help.

Welcome to Mac OS 9 Lives!

Well, all is well now at least. I've flagged us to be excluded from being affected by banned subnets, so all should be well and hopefully wont happen again

Good evening gentlemen

My kids and I do a lot of retrogaming on my old Macs. One of the constant annoyances of doing so on OS9 is the CD images and the way they accumulate and clutter up the desktop unless you eject them all. It’s such a simple, automate-able process: mount this image, open this application, when this application quits unmount this disk.

I have come across pre compiled Applescripts for OSX games that do this, but never the script source. The new and excellent software Gamebox also does this for you, so it’s clearly possible. I am wondering if anyone has an Applescript source or other helper application that can do this? I intend to share the results of this thread, if there are any, on the ‘Garden with clear instructions on how to set it up for a given game.

Thank you for your suggestions!

I have had success with GaryN’s method 1. My printer is a Kyocera Ecosys P2135dn. It replaced a printer that replaced a printer that replaced the Kyocera FS-1000. I downloaded the .ppd file for the FS-1000 and followed the method 1 steps GaryN laid out. I am now printing single sided, double sided, whatever, from my modern printer, over the network. Who says OS9 is obsolete?

It’s been a while since I compared Logic, but running anything audio I found preferable on Snow Leopard because latency can be reduced to near zero, which for remote hosting or standalone applications it is best. The downside is you need Leopard if you want a server to host remote drives for OS9 to access. It’s one or the other. If I needed both I would use Leopard to server and Snow Leopard or Mavericks to remote host on two OSX computers and Ethernet both with my MDD for example. Then the Leopard machine can be a conduit of sorts for everything needing file transfer. Best to keep things simple.