Latest OS 9 news

We're very happy to present you the refurbished Mac OS 9 lives in an early 2000's Apple-inspired look? How do you like it? Let us know!

Remember 'em good old "fanpages" with tons of useful info in one place, before Social Media destroyed the web 1.0? Well, good news - we're resurrecting the fanpage-style! With plans for lots of info & downloads around Mac OS 9. Please let us know if you can contribute to help in the resurrection of Mac OS 9 by helping out in certain content areas.

Version 4 of the Subtext BBS has been released by author Joshua Stein. If you don't know what a BBS is or which are worth connecting these days, check out our guide on BBSing and Mac OS. Changes in this version:

• Move views out of database to flat files in a "views" directory, allowing them to be edited by other text editors and backed up; views are cached at startup and can be reloaded through the sysop menu
• Speed up telnet IAC negotiation to avoid delay after connect, avoid doing NEWENV unless talking to the trusted proxy
• Add BSD Syslog (RFC3164) support, sending all logged events to a configured syslog server
• When opening the last-opened database at startup, if the Command key is held down, do not open it and prompt for a different one.
• Add support for {{center_XX}} template variable
• Remove ATQ0 from default modem init string to be able to handle when the modem responds to init with an error
• When tossing FTN packets, log failures and move files to the "bad" directory, then send local mail to sysop
• Add page number to prompt in boards menus
• Fix new/signup logins not going directly to the signup menu
• Fix bug in modem handling where a session wasn't properly disassociated when the session was forcefully closed
• Fix location lookup when connecting through the trusted proxy

If you want to use a modern USB keyboard on your vintage Mac with ADB ports, a company called Rabbit Hole Computing has an easy-to-use adapter for moderately priced $29.99. It also works the other way around - you can re-use your beloved Apple Design Keyboard with your Power Mac G4 this way.

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It took nearly 3 decades, but finally you can play the Macintosh port of Transport Tycoon in English language! Previously exclusively released for the Japanese market, greystash (of mac-classic fame) and Csaboka took it upon them to localize this excellent strategy / city-building game. If you enjoy games like Sim City, take a closer look.