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IT News<p>An Emulated Stroll Down Macintosh Memory Lane - If you’re into Macs, you’ll always remember your first. Maybe it was the revolutio... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/an-emulated-stroll-down-macintosh-memory-lane/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/07/10/an-emu</span><span class="invisible">lated-stroll-down-macintosh-memory-lane/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/macintoshclassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macintoshclassic</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/uidesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uidesign</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/system7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system7</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/macosx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macosx</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/os8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>os8</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/os9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>os9</span></a></p>
Willard Goosey<p>Oh man ROTFL!</p><p>So, a while back I found an actual FOCAL program on the net and downloaded it, lunarlander.foc. I'm pretty sure I mentioned it here but I can't find my post.😞</p><p>Anyway it doesn't run in my version of the Conway/ Kida FOCAL interpreter and I just realized why.</p><p>Because this is ALL UPPERCASE source and this FOCAL only knows function names in lower case!</p><p>And I never noticed! </p><p>This FOCAL does accept uppercase keywords, but not functions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Focal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Focal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RiscOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiscOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS9</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LunarLander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarLander</span></a></p>
Dave🌱<p>I had to reinstall <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/OS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS9</span></a> as I was suddenly running into some weird boot issues, but then again it was a nice opportunity to get a clean OS install going on my <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/G4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>G4</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/iMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iMac</span></a>. <br>I tried the OS9 9.2.1 CD that came with the original <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/OSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSX</span></a>, but that did not work. I guess it is missing some iMac-specific bits. Regardless, my burned 9.2.2 "universal" installer CD worked beautifully.<br>And of course, I had to install <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/SereneScreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SereneScreen</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Aquarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aquarium</span></a>.<br><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MARCHintosh</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a></p>
tTh<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://piaille.fr/@LaurentFr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LaurentFr</span></a></span> : Ou <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/os9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>os9</span></a> 68k ?</p>
Eemeli Aro<p>Would anyone here know of any non-test file that uses a standalone `\r` carriage return as a line break?</p><p>As far as I can tell, the last system to support these was Mac OS X 10.4 (released 2004), which was the last to include a "Classic Environment" emulator for Classic Mac OS.</p><p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/RetroComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputers</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicMac</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/OS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS9</span></a></p>
IT News<p>BBC Micro: A Retro Revamp with the 68008 Upgrade - The BBC Microcomputer, launched in the early 1980s, holds a special place in compu... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/10/01/bbc-micro-a-retro-revamp-with-the-68008-upgrade/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/10/01/bbc-mi</span><span class="invisible">cro-a-retro-revamp-with-the-68008-upgrade/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/thermalcamera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thermalcamera</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/repairhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repairhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbcmicro</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cpu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cpu</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/os9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>os9</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/os9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>os9</span></a></p>
Santiago Lema :amiga:<p>I may hum… have gathered slightly too many old computers. But they are shiny and make blinking things that move around 🥺</p><p><a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/MorphOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MorphOS</span></a> demos really make the G4 Mac Mini &amp; iBook shine. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/qGjjxvIkHMA?si=QzLLd02q0-HzlFIG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/qGjjxvIkHMA?si=QzLLd0</span><span class="invisible">2q0-HzlFIG</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a> <a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/OS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS9</span></a> <a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/DemoScene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemoScene</span></a> <a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/Haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiku</span></a></p>
Santiago Lema :amiga:<p>The Mac <a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/OS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS9</span></a> experience isn’t complete until you waste time finding cute little icons for all your folders.</p><p><a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Santiago Lema :amiga:<p>This uncompressed screenshot at 1280x1024 in full color uses more memory than this app when running on Mac OS 9 (Classic). </p><p>ClarisWorks 5 was released at the end of 1997 and I think it has probably all I actually really use in a Word processor or Spreadsheet (not much but that’s the case for many people).</p><p>The minimum CPU to run this was apparently a 68030 at 25 MHz and 8 Mb of RAM. So yes it runs pretty fast on a PowerPC Mac. </p><p><a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/OS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS9</span></a> <a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/Cube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cube</span></a></p>
Santiago Lema :amiga:<p>OS 9 on the upgraded G4 Cube: Always in awe at how well this works using like 50 or 70 mb for the major apps of the time. Sure collaborative multitasking sucks but in a real usage situation it doesn’t affect much your workflow.</p><p>I am also surprised at how comfortable I am at using this 25+ years later. Well I did spend 4 years using Mac OS 7 &amp; 8 daily at work and slightly older versions of the apps.</p><p>I still have dual boot to OSX 10.5 but indeed a super fast <a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/OS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS9</span></a> is better<br><a href="https://masto.lema.org/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a></p>
obrhoff<p>I actually turned this computer on for the first time since I got it. How do I get OS9 to run on it? Can I boot from a USB stick?</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/vintagemac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagemac</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/os9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>os9</span></a></p>
Paul<p>Test toot from <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macstodon</span></a> on a Dual 1.25GHz G4 running MacOS9.<br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MARCHintosch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MARCHintosch</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS9</span></a></p>
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