php in mac os 9
hi there:
i'm really new to mac os (the last mac i used was a LCII twelve years ago - from then: PCs) and i would like know, if there's php already installed on my mac os 9?
i know, there's php in the mac osx, but i'm going to buy a blue and white g3, which rather likes mac os 9...
if there's php, i would like to know:
1. the procedure of turning it on is the same as for mac os x (enable sharning - so starting apache, and then using the terminal as in linux to activate it) or different?
2. updating is the same as for *nix and mac os x systems?
thanks!
i'm really new to mac os (the last mac i used was a LCII twelve years ago - from then: PCs) and i would like know, if there's php already installed on my mac os 9?
i know, there's php in the mac osx, but i'm going to buy a blue and white g3, which rather likes mac os 9...
if there's php, i would like to know:
1. the procedure of turning it on is the same as for mac os x (enable sharning - so starting apache, and then using the terminal as in linux to activate it) or different?
2. updating is the same as for *nix and mac os x systems?
thanks!
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btw, what do you think, jaguar isn't slow on a 400 mhz g3 with 512 megs of ram?
Then OSX is your solution. It can and will run 99% of Classic applications (ranging from quark xpress to hypercard), plus you have full access to *nix stuff (php, apache, perl, x-windows, etc).
512MB of RAM will give the OSX quite a boost. You can have a dual boot (you can boot into OS9 exclusively, or you can boot into OSX and run OS9 from there).
If you have spare budget, go to www.sonnettech.com and upgrade your processor.
512MB of RAM will give the OSX quite a boost. You can have a dual boot (you can boot into OS9 exclusively, or you can boot into OSX and run OS9 from there).
If you have spare budget, go to www.sonnettech.com and upgrade your processor.
Thurston,
'Slow' is a very subjective opinion. I used to run Jaguar on a PowerBook G3/400 + 192MB RAM + 10GB HD. Was it slow? In my opinion, it is not, but of course it is slower than my Cube/450. (I don't have a chance to run 10.3 on my powerbook yet, as the hard disk died.... :( ).
Find some friend who has a copy of Jaguar, and do a test drive (before you buy your own copy). (but first, back up first!).
I think you won't be dissapointed. :)
Good luck.
'Slow' is a very subjective opinion. I used to run Jaguar on a PowerBook G3/400 + 192MB RAM + 10GB HD. Was it slow? In my opinion, it is not, but of course it is slower than my Cube/450. (I don't have a chance to run 10.3 on my powerbook yet, as the hard disk died.... :( ).
Find some friend who has a copy of Jaguar, and do a test drive (before you buy your own copy). (but first, back up first!).
I think you won't be dissapointed. :)
Good luck.
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thank you very much for your fast and kind response!
-thurston
-thurston
You're welcome. :)
ASKER
i got 512 megs of ram. i heard 128 is enough and 256 is recomended to install OS X.