[Ham-Mac] OS9

[John E. Cleeve]

Hello Patricia,
I have a feeling that you may not have received the email in which I put my 
address....I sent it "off reflector". If you did not receive it, then please 
let me know, and give an email address to which it can be 
sent.....sincerely, John.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patricia Reiff" <reiff at mac.com>
To: "Mac enthusiasts involved in amateur radio applications" 
<ham-mac at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Mac] OS9


> Hah, yes, it's Cleese.
> Let me see if I can dig up an os9 install disk.  I think I do have one.
> What's your address?
>
> On Feb 6, 2007, at 4:27 AM, John E. Cleeve wrote:
>
>> Hello Patricia,
>> Thank you for taking the trouble to respond. No, I never did find a 
>> complete OS9 package. However, I could have taken the 3400 to a  local 
>> Mac dealer and had them load in the new operating system,  but, somehow, 
>> other things had greater priority....but I would  still like to upgrade 
>> the 3400 to its maximum potential, and use it  for amateur radio 
>> purposes. Throw it away....well, I bought it  brand new, and paid the 
>> full price, but then, never used it !!  Because,I have other , earlier 
>> Mac PowerBook duo's and their  duodocks, which have all the software I 
>> need, installed.  I then  bought a desktop PC system, which could handle 
>> the internet traffic  better than my stable of Mac Powerbook  laptops, 
>> and this response  to you is being processed on a cheap one month old PC 
>> system with  all the bells and whistles....However, I still use my Macs, 
>> for  wordprocessor and drawing applications.........If, Apple ever 
>> produced a dual system unit on which you could reliably run Mac and  PC 
>> software, from DOS to Windows/Vista, without loss of speed, and  resort 
>> to third party PC software emulators, I would certainly  consider 
>> returning to the Apple Mac fold. Of course, that does not  prevent me 
>> from buying a one year old, used Mac lap top, just for  amateur radio 
>> use, but I would like see how the 3400 performs  first........with regard 
>> to Fawlty Towers, one of my most favourite  TV shows, and I was working 
>> at Television Centre, when they were  being made.....but you must be 
>> thinking of Cleese!! sometimes the  internal mail system did get it 
>> wrong!!.........sincerely, John.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Reiff" <reiff at mac.com>
>> To: "Mac enthusiasts involved in amateur radio applications" <ham- 
>> mac at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Ham-Mac] OS9
>>
>>
>>> Looking thru old emails... did you find a copy?  I might have one.
>>> but I'd pitch that old computer and get something recent..
>>>
>>> and... John Cleeve??    Do you live at Fawlty Towers?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 23, 2006, at 6:52 PM, John E. Cleeve wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a PowerBook 3400c/240 which has OS8, I would like to  upgrade 
>>>> to OS9, has anyone a redundant, complete OS9 package for  disposal?  a 
>>>> UK source would be preferable....... regards John  Cleeve
>>>>
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