I guess you're familiar with Apples old Sherlock 2 platform; the built in search application that made Mac OS 9 "The Best Internet Operating System Ever". Sadly, it got killed off by Apple in 2005 and have since rested more or less peacefully. That is until three years ago when fellow Mac OS 9 Lives admin "Knezzen" started tinkering with it, revitalized the banner code and made some new plugins for it. He recently updated the existing plugins and made some new ones. Even the Mac OS 9.0.4 version of Sherlock 2 is now working again.

If you haven't checked it out already, do it now over at Macintosh Garden.


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Wallops is a light-weight IRC client with an emphasis on compatibility. It runs on Macs where ShadowIRC or Ircle won't, namely oldies like a Mac Plus. It does, however, also run fine on Mac OS 9 machines. Version 2.0 now comes with a lot of changes, including (finally!) resizable windows, tabs and additional commands. Find the full changelog and download at the author's website.

Edit. Version 2.1 has since been released, containing a couple of bugfixes and enhancements.

M9L's user MigMac pointed out the work that Ed Mendelson has lately been doing on his MacOS9 App. While it's basically just good ol' SheepShaver (the OS 9 emulator), Ed went to great length to reduce incompatibilities and to improve stability. It also minimizes the emulation setup process. Check out this thread in our forum for more info.