I forget who told me this, but I gotta thank the person who told me that 9.x is just 8.6 but with OS X junk.
To put it simply, the .sit file attached contains a few things that are nice to have assuming you have the hardware, because the OS 8.6 installer either doesn't have these things, or won't install them unless your machine has this functionality built in (and not via an add-in card).
Which is why we say "screw that" and just grab those extensions ourselves from a capable 9.2 machine with all the hardware onboard. In my case, I grabbed the USB/FW extensions off my dual USB iBook. So, yes, if you have a capable OS 9 machine to grab these extensions from, you can easily do this yourself!
Where I hit trouble was the Radeon 9200. The drivers will only install in 9.2. If you try to install on 9.1 it will flat out refuse to install. So I had to install 9.2 on my 9600 via OS9Helper, install the Radeon 9200 drivers, and then grab all the relevant ATI extensions from that install. Fun times. I could have just left it on 9.2 but for whatever reason it feels like my 9600 runs like frozen ketchup on 9.2. So back down to 8.6 it goes.
I'm pleased to report, though, that everything works great on my 9600. Starts up fine. 9200 gets full acceleration in UI and the few games I've played (though it struggles because of the lackluster bus speed). USB and FireWire also work great (with my Iomega FireWire SATA enclosure!).
It should be noted, however, that you install this at your own risk. Classic Mac OS can be finicky, and while this is stable for me, it may well not be stable for you. You'll need Stuffit Expander also, but that comes preinstalled with 8.x so you should be fine (should be in your Internet > Aladdin folder.)
To put it simply, the .sit file attached contains a few things that are nice to have assuming you have the hardware, because the OS 8.6 installer either doesn't have these things, or won't install them unless your machine has this functionality built in (and not via an add-in card).
- USB support extensions from 9.2.1 (including mass storage!)
- FireWire support extensions from 9.2.1
- Hard Disk SpeedTools FireWire/USB extensions (for good measure, shouldn't be required though)
- CarbonLib 1.4 (from 9.2.1)
- ATI extensions and Radeon 9200 extensions from 9.2.1
Which is why we say "screw that" and just grab those extensions ourselves from a capable 9.2 machine with all the hardware onboard. In my case, I grabbed the USB/FW extensions off my dual USB iBook. So, yes, if you have a capable OS 9 machine to grab these extensions from, you can easily do this yourself!
Where I hit trouble was the Radeon 9200. The drivers will only install in 9.2. If you try to install on 9.1 it will flat out refuse to install. So I had to install 9.2 on my 9600 via OS9Helper, install the Radeon 9200 drivers, and then grab all the relevant ATI extensions from that install. Fun times. I could have just left it on 9.2 but for whatever reason it feels like my 9600 runs like frozen ketchup on 9.2. So back down to 8.6 it goes.
I'm pleased to report, though, that everything works great on my 9600. Starts up fine. 9200 gets full acceleration in UI and the few games I've played (though it struggles because of the lackluster bus speed). USB and FireWire also work great (with my Iomega FireWire SATA enclosure!).
It should be noted, however, that you install this at your own risk. Classic Mac OS can be finicky, and while this is stable for me, it may well not be stable for you. You'll need Stuffit Expander also, but that comes preinstalled with 8.x so you should be fine (should be in your Internet > Aladdin folder.)
