maybe i should have been more specific:

there are a fair number of games made for OS7 that won't work in OS9 on a standard GeForce MX 20, because when you try to run them they say in an error, "please set to 16 colors mode and try again"...but in the monitors panel, there's no option.

so that was the problem i was trying to understand if there is some solution.

anyway your explanation makes sense, it's just...ok so a program requires black and white mode, a specific resolution, and a framebuffer address....why is that impossible to work around after 20+ years of OS9/OS10?

also there are some programs that run in 16 colors, lower resolution, yet you can use these on OS9.  they just run in a typical finder window in the middle of the screen.

i'm sure some programs do have advanced frame codes but isn't it also possible that some are just simply programmed to get the user to switch to 16 color mode not because it is technically required but just because...no real reason?  except maybe it caused the game to run better at the time it was released?
  like for example, classic 16 color sim city has this lock, but there is nothing so advanced or particular about its graphics.

so yes the point i was making is surely someone must have figured a workaround?  either an extension that adds a framebuffer emulation like you say, or maybe a method using resedit to simply remove the check?  after all, if it simply didnt have the check run at the beginning, then tried to run the game anyway, what's the worst that could happen?  a crash and restart?  at least then there would be a chance to play it.

I have Logic 6.4.1 for OS9.. I can't find the official update to 6.4.3.. can anyone tell me a link where I can download it or kindly attach it in the post?

Also a "welcome" from me to all new members!

Enjoy your new and old Mac OS Personal Computers (because that's what they are!) and don't be afraid to post questions or share opinions here on the forum - that's what it thrives on :-)

Very cool job @ hoovers@dawn! it enhances the design significantly - great skill in font / colour selection.  I love the version up there right now. Any chance to optimize it further in terms of file size for faster loading times ? Classilla reports it has 25.65 KB. Which is few already. But if you're on a 400 Mhz iMac G3 every single kb saved counts

Hello everyone! Been x86 user most of my life, and have been eyeing alternative architectures for some while. And for some time now, my fixation was on PowerPC and RISC in general. Finally got myself some Mac Minis and a Powerbook for a good price to play around and see what's all the fuss is about.

Welcome!

Part of the fuss is that you have got better hardware now, privacy-wise! Not so much a RISC thing per se, though... (Also, all x86 hardware has been secretly RISC-y since the mid-90s... So most of that CISC/RISC stuff is just marketing buzz since then.)