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Mac OS 9 and older Macs

I have PowerMac G3 (beige) - 3 of them, and PowerMac 9600/200

-- After installing Mac OS 9, problems, problems. Some errors say that "you need to update the program for more compavbility to the system" - some freezes, etc. should I continue to upgrade to 9.0.2/9.04 or downgrade it back to 8.6 where it had no problems?

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deafpowermac

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ATM has been updated to 9.5.2, several programs are OS 9 - compatible.

Yet, it still says ATM needs to be upgraded to make it more compatible.. HUH? I have already updated it! Other programs are having the domino effect.

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It sounds like youve need a good clean system. In theory youre supposed to wipe a drive and give it a fresh start once a year. Im guessing its been a while for those machines. Once ATM is updated it should no longer ask so something beyond ATM and OS9 is wacky. Have you run norton on it lately? Its not a replacement for a fresh system but it certainly wont hurt.

deafpowermac

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Finally nailed the problem!!!!!!

I reformatted my G3 again, and installed 1 by 1 software.. it was doing fine. AOL was happy, CuSeeMe happy, etc...

I installed MouseWorks, no problem (I have a turbo mouse).

Then when I was getting ready to get on CuSeeme for my talks with deaf people ( i am deaf), I realized I forgot to install the camera software (Quickcam [I know I know]) Installed that (It's Color Quickcam).

Then AOL and CuSeeme switched faces on me and growled. I called on my back up and restored everything to 8.6. and left a nasty email to LogiTech to hurry up with their updates.

Thanks all. =)