Mac OS 9 • Hacker News Board

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by yubiox » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:17 PM UTC

5amdotis wrote: post #2

Brings back memories!

I wanted access to the college mac lab so bad back then, and eventually got in. Something about those little white screens and the feel of those keyboards was so compelling.

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by mk_stjames » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:19 PM UTC

So, is Photoshop 3.0 considered freeware/abandonware at this point?

It runs impressively fast in this compared to what I remember in period.

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by johnthuss » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:19 PM UTC

Civilization 1 runs! I played this for SO many hours back then. I loved that game so much. This VM locked up after 100 turns or so, but man, this really brings me back.

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by tambourine_man » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:19 PM UTC

I managed to get over most of the nostalgia in my life. After a certain age, I feel it’s a bit counterproductive and not a net positive.

But old Macs hit me hard and it’s something I can’t seem to build an immunity to. The aesthetics, the simplicity, the cohesion of the metaphors… so good.

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by pram » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:19 PM UTC

I miss window shading to this day, shame it never made it into OSX.

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by bitlax » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:24 PM UTC

Wow, A10 Attack must have been by the same people who did FA-18 Hornet.

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by pmarreck » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:26 PM UTC

Graphing Calculator doesn't work because it can't find an FPU, and it's the first thing I tried. :/ (also, because it was pretty revolutionary at the time!)

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by jdlyga » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:28 PM UTC

Brings me back to being a kid playing with Mac OS making folders and colorizing them with labels. This was the first time in my life I ever heard the word "essential" and had no idea what it meant. I used to pronounce it like "assess natal".

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by eigenhombre » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:29 PM UTC

Very cool to see a working HyperCard app in there (Infinite HD > Multimedia > HyperCard). Some of the animations are painfully slow, but dang this takes me back... and the old Photoshop!!! Just, wow!

Spent a lot of time in this world a few decades ago....

Re: Mac OS 9

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Post by thfuran » Mon, Dec 05, 2022, 5:29 PM UTC

jdlyga wrote: post #18

Brings me back to being a kid playing with Mac OS making folders and colorizing them with labels. This was the first time in my life I ever heard the word "essential" and had no idea what it meant. I used to pronounce it like "assess natal".

You had a very novel approach to phonetics.