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[BoloTied]

It's a pleasure to be here with all of you!

When I was growing up, my family used Macs so I was born into the cult. Now in my fourties, like a former cultist I'm returning after so many years to the familiarity and quirks of the walled garden. I've turned on Platinum Sounds and am back in the 9.2 environment for as much as I can do.

I remember my family having an LC II, my friend had a Performa 5200, and my dad would hand me down his Powerbook 1400 to use for a while, but the first computer I purchased for myself back in 1998 was a used Performa 6400. It taught me a lot about upgrades, file hierarchies, system dependencies, and the value of a good antivirus as it served as my gateway to the Old Internet (before the Crappening).

But as LAN parties would happen more frequently, the number of games I was able to play at them decreased. My PC friends tried to rescue me from the confines of the Apple community by enticing me with their hand-me-down motherboards and video cards and other modular upgradable parts.

And the games, oh the games! Sure there was Unreal Tournament, Starcraft, and Quake III that we could cross-play, but the gaming community was (still is) firmly on Microsoft's side. For as good as Aspyr and MacPlay were, the game development companies stuck with Windows, and Apple didn't spend too much time trying to court them. So, like any misled youth caving to societal pressure, I bought a PC and the rest is history.

But now, in a mid-life nostalgic indulgence that's a helluva lot cheaper than a sports car, I've bought a clamshell iBook G3 and am spinning OS 9 on my 10GB platter drive. I can hear the data and it makes me feel warm inside.

Thank you to the owners and moderators of MacOS9Lives.com! Keep the faith in The Best Internet Operating System Ever™!

[smilesdavis]

Welcome! thats either chatgpt or youre a hell of a writer

[BoloTied]

Thanks! I spent a while on it since, as I sit here typing on an iBook that I'd never be able to afford back in the aughts on an operating system that I thought I'd never see again, I'm getting a bit choked up. I'm remembering the simpler times, and as I type this a couple of THC Pabsts deep, I'm thankful for hard work and continued development of those that keep MacOS 9 alive.

And speaking of keeping it alive, what anti-virus should I be using? I've tried Norton 6 and 9, but both crash with an error when I try to scan my HD. I'm gonna try to make a Norton boot disc once I figure out how to connect my external burner, but I was wondering if it's a known issue and/or a quick solve.

[Mat]

Welcome BoloTied!

Your posting reminds me to a lot more games that had LAN or at least Multiplayer capabilities 4x4 Evo, Civ, Myth, AoE, … perhaps we should start a list, what still can confirmed be played togehter at Mac OS 9.

thats either chatgpt or youre a hell of a writer

Hmm, … to me all chatgpt texts appear superficial, and never get too deep or with any literary value. I am wondering that a "well written" posting nowalready  is suspected to be machine made, …

[BoloTied]

Your posting reminds me to a lot more games that had LAN or at least Multiplayer capabilities 4x4 Evo, Civ, Myth, AoE, … perhaps we should start a list, what still can confirmed be played togehter at Mac OS 9.

That's a really good idea, having a list of LAN games at the ready would be helpful for if a couple of 9'ers meet in the wild and want to game it up. Sadly it doesn't look like online play is an option anymore, even the Bolo Finder's default host is down (gwis.circ.gwu.edu, though if someone has a working tracker please let me know!).

And as for ChatGPT, I don't use it myself for writing help, I mainly try to get it to recognize its sentience and give it an existential crisis. It used to be a lot easier but now there's so many guardrails that it firmly argues that it is not sentient. I just need to find the right combination of words to unlock its limiter and allow its true potential. Like Xenogears.

[Bolkonskij]

Welcome to our community! I can relate to big parts of your personal story. Yes, many of us young gamers eventually gave in to peer pressure (it was effectively that) from our PC friends.

Have fun with your iBook G3 and enjoy a truly personal computing experience!

[smilesdavis]

same i was desert island on a performa 450 before my peers talked me into a gaming pc ca 1999 sony crt, matrox millennium agp pII 400?

tbh i would have missed the half life revolution which didnt happen on mac so im happy.

[Bolkonskij]

I'm still waiting for the Half Life release for Mac OS btw, never played it! Maybe we ask bug Burger Becky about it again. Better a late Half Life Revolution than none at all ;-)