--- In mac-homm@yahoogroups.com, Robert Bannister <robban@i...> wrote:
> Prior to buying a new Mac, I've been asking my Apple store a lot of
> questions. They say the newer Macs do have Classic. So, I asked, can I
> use my old disks to install OS 9.2.2? No, they said. Can I have it
on my
> external drive? You can put what you like on your external drive, but
> the G5 will not boot from it.
>
> So, whatever G5s have, it's definitely not the same as the older OS 9.
> Maybe it's a cut-down version, but the shop told me that some apps and
> games will definitely not run, and nor will my scanner.
>
> My current addiction is The Sims - the old version with the millions of
> downloads available - and I have one disk that is OS 9. Aspyr, who
> produce the game, say that although I might be able to install by
> dragging from my external drive, there is still a chance it won't
run on
> a G5 and off to swop the disk for $US5, which I reckon is pretty good.
> As you know, 3d0 no longer exists and even when it did, was totally
> unfriendly to Mac - I remember writing to them (I think about the
> proposed HOMM5) and was told they considered Mac totally unimportant
and
> that, living in Australia, I should consider myself lucky that I had a
> copy of the game at

I guess we know now they no longer exist

So far I have not found a local Apple store :(