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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by kzrdude on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:18PM (#27778303)
So somewhere out there there are people sticking to Mac OS 9? Or earlier? That's rad
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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by anthk on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:42PM (#27778528)
Yes because the input latency on os9 under a G4 it's almost inexistent. There are unnoficial patches for media production:

http://macos9lives.com/

http://macos9lives.com/mac%20os%209%20lives_005.htm

I am more like a Void/OpenBSD guy with Unix and CLI tools, but people keeping old machines being useful it's always good.

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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by rbanffy on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:59PM (#27778657)
Unix is wonderfully useful. I can run my applications on the Linux server in the shed and have the GUI on my laptop using X. I can do the same from a G3 iMac or an IBM RS/6000.
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