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Questions about Classic Mode

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WMD:
I installed Classic today and...stopped by The Underdogs. ;)

1.  During gameplay, the CPU goes to 100% and I have to turn the CPU to "reduced" to keep the fans from going crazy.  SimpleText doesn't do this (although the CPU usage goes up a bit).  Is this supposed to happen?  I guess it might because of the way OS 9 multiasking works.

2.  Is there some way to use the OS 9 Finder at all?

sjor:

--- Quote ---Is this supposed to happen?
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So far to my knowledge, yes. I have a Mac G4 and I can boot into OS9. Each time I do, the fans are really noisy.

--- Quote ---Is there some way to use the OS 9 Finder at all?
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It depends on the type of Macintosh you have. If you have an earlier model, you may be able to reboot into OS9 to use the Finder then. However, if you have a later model, such as the Mac G5, then no.

WMD:

--- Quote from: sjor ---So far to my knowledge, yes. I have a Mac G4 and I can boot into OS9. Each time I do, the fans are really noisy.
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Adding on, I also notice this varies oddly...for example, playing B&W Tetris for System 6 (hey, I love Tetris :D), it goes to 100%, but then I pause it, and it goes back down.  When I unpause, it stays down for 4-5 seconds of gameplay, and then goes back up.


--- Quote from: sjor ---It depends on the type of Macintosh you have. If you have an earlier model, you may be able to reboot into OS9 to use the Finder then. However, if you have a later model, such as the Mac G5, then no.
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It's a new PowerBook.  I don't mean to use the entire Finder app (desktop, menu, etc.), I just want to use the file manager.  Is there some way to launch that?

hm_murdock:
No. There is no way to launch the OS 9 Finder inside Classic. Classic uses the file "Classic Support" and "Classic UI" in place of the Finder.

Kintaro:
From the sound of it, Classic uses something on the same level of poor implementation (either due to a feature lacking language or kernel) much like many DOS multitasking systems and even my own threading/multitasking workarounds I have done in the past with good ole Visual Basic for Dos (otherwise known as QBasic).

This is because oldschool crap lacks threading, hell even Windows lacks decent threading. Threading is what UNIX has had for like 20 years and gives it a major edge over everything else. If UNIX wasn't so damn good Apple would have never adopted it :).

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