Classic for Mac

[Mr. SmartyPants]

I want to install starcraft onto my ibook, but for some reason, i cannot. I need classic or something. Which requires OS 9. My friend said that it should already include classic on it, but i dont know. Does it require buying a cd?

im running OS X Panther by the way

some help here would be nice

[shooraijin]

Classic is the OS 9 emulation layer in OS X that lets you run pre-OS X programs. You need OS 9 itself to run Classic; for a recent Mac you should be using 9.2.2.

Typically, this should have already been installed for you on your hard disc. If it isn't, look on your Software Restore CDs to see if it's offered for installation. Once you have an OS 9 system folder installed, you can tell Classic to use it, and whenever you start an old Mac application, Classic will take control, start OS 9 if necessary, and then start your older program. All of this is transparent and doesn't affect OS X or any OS X applications you have running.

If you absolutely, positively, cannot find OS 9 on any of your CDs, Apple will sell you one for Panther (last I checked it was around $20), but I'm quite sure it's there as it comes with most new Macs I've seen. (It came with mine.)

[Mr. SmartyPants]

a hah thanks a bunch shoo ^^ starcraft is working now

[Tycho]

BTW, did you know that there is a OS X native binary of Starcraft out? That way you only have to install it in Classic. Its on Blizzard's site somewhere. Or just use versiontracker.com.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

BTW, did you know that there is a OS X native binary of Starcraft out? That way you only have to install it in Classic. Its on Blizzard's site somewhere. Or just use versiontracker.com.

lol yes, i ended up doing that because i had problems with opentransport

[Tycho]

Eh, its just better to run under Carbon in OS X anyway. That way you get all the cool memory features without the problems that plagued OS 9.