In a surprising turn of events, Apple seeded OS 9.3 to developers late this afternoon.
According to the release notes, 9.3 resolves several bugs, provides updates for QuickTime, iTunes and Java, and makes OS 9 compatible with the current Intel-based Macintosh architecture.
According to sources at Apple, the company is entirely at a loss to explain where this seed came from.
“I didn’t do it,” said senior vice president of software engineering Bertrand Serlet. “I can’t even get Leopard done in time. I’m swamped. Stupid iPhone and Apple TV. Nobody asked me whether or not we should make those. I mean, I haven’t gone to the bathroom in three weeks. OS 9? Je pense que non.”
Some believe that a long-lost OS 9 developer is somewhere in the building still working away by himself.
“You know,” said chief operating officer Tim Cook, “kind of like that Japanese soldier they found on that island who still thought the war was going on twenty years later.
“In that episode of Gilligan’s Island.”
Cook said CEO Steve Jobs would be sending out an email to the entire company – including, somehow, all the old eWorld and AppleLink accounts – stating in no uncertain terms that “the war is over”.
“It’s a bit creepy when you think about it,” Cook noted. “Crazy unwashed developer stalking around here at night…
“OK, that pretty much describes 75 percent of the company… But still, working on OS 9?”
Cook shuddered and locked his office door when reporters left.
first ?
Hey, it is not showing up in software update. What’s up with that?
Three sexbots riding a pony.
I’m 3rd. To the victor goes the top 5 posts
It’s a developer seed. You have to have an ADC account to get it. Durrrrrrrr.
Jeez John, That post made the hair stand up on the back of my neck… What a creepy story. And the Gilligan’s Island part? Well that just made it creepier.
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I’m just glad that I’m nowhere near Cupertino, that’s all.
$500 bucks a year for an ADC membership that gets you developer seeds? It’s worth it for 9.3.
I wish this were 9th post. I’ll have to settle for top 5 instead.
Err, wait. I guess that’s why you should refresh before commenting.
Dude! I’d totally take 9.3 on intel!
Incidentally, this is post 9.3.
It may run on Intel, but does it have the Motorola emulator as well as Rosetta?
Ahhhh..! The quality of CARS is decreasing day by day. What? No profanity and a squeaky clean post! Woe CARS, woe!
(Dreaming ’bout the good old days)
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Dang. Well it’s about time. I hope they fixed those Macintalk extension conflicts. My LC has a serious problem with text-to-speech from text-based podcasts.
Also it would be nice if the developers would go back to putting a system folder on the application disc. All this EPS clip art has just about eaten my whole 20Meg Jasmine drive.
And we’re out of Jolt.
Yugo,
Many’s the time that Mr. Moltz manages perfectly acceptable family humor.
Notice that in this particular instance, it took until the fourteenth post for someone to say “Eberle” and “fucking assclown” in the same sentence.
Incredible restraint.
I’m sorry. “Enderle.”
I’ve been away. Sorry.
With enough ketchup and salt, you hardly notice the three-day old congealed grease.
I really have to make more effort.
John, if you could be a little more consistent re time of delivery … that would help.
John, why you quote Bertrand Serlet in Italian? I always thought he was French.
*Who is Bertrand Serlet?*
Nxxx, didn’t you read the post? Bertrand Serlet is the Vice Regent of Soft Serve Ice Cream Cones dipped in chocolate or something like that. He’s really important. I thought I always thought “je ne” was 867-5309, which is Dutch, right?
je ne sais pas
Oh, great. Now I’ve got that stupid song going through my head.
Thanks a lot, Rip.
Well, I installed the update on my beige G3 and it did fix the Macintalk extension conflicts, but After Dark won’t run any more.
Damn.
Now I can get my OpenDoc environment back! CyberDog ahoy!
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YES, Civ II Gold Edition on my MacBook? I think I’ll have to withdraw from classes next semester to accomodate my playing time.
Does this mean OS 9.3 will boot on the Intel Macs or Classic will run using Rosetta & Mac OS 9.3 is made for Rosetta compatibility.
And if this is startrek all over again Will Mac OS 9.3 run m68, PPC & x86 applications ?
If Serlet had said OS Neuf I would’ve believed this story. I’ll say it’s a bluff.
Where can I get a protective case for my iHelmet?
Some screenshots of it?
Twenty-nine is prime!
My ci LED just winked at me and is looking for the 8.5 release. Having never owned a Scullduggery or Amelianemic machine, 9.3 is not just a clean transition.
Oops, I did own a Newton Does this mean Palm will cast a Newtoniuan spell over my remaining life?
Have they checked to see where Arkula is. He may be the “Crazy unwashed developer stalking around here at night…”
100th?
Ber-trand, I’ve got your num-ber!
Oh, and, uh, fuck.
Is that better? Am I rockin’ it old-school now?
John – stop with the stereotypes. Some of us crazies are not unwashed. At least in the places that count.
And I like the family humor. I read this page to my three-year old twin boys and it never fails to provoke a chuckle.
Oh, the other thing I was going to say is that I happen to know that Wil Shipley has Serlet’s direct phone number on his cell phone, so maybe he can tell us if it’s 867-5309.
I’m sorry, I mean if it’s fucking 867-5309.
Hey, it’s like it’s 2002!
You swine Moltz, in 2002, I wasn’t entitled to a pension. Now I’ll have to go back to work.
Is It April, 1st. today?
Does this mean that NeXTStep 4.4 is NeXT?
I’ve got a four headed Turbo NeXT Dimension Cube that Could Really Use it.
If you know what I mean.
The catch to this 9.3 release is that you have to be booted from 9.2.2, then use the classic Software Update control panel to download the installer.
Good luck with that on a MacIntel kids, or even a recent PPC.
Rip mentioned Mr. Eberle, who I haven’t thought about in years. Great guy–owned the only music store in town. I used to work for him moving pianos. Worst was getting a concert grand up to the second floor of a house that was still under construction. You don’t want to drop one of those suckers on your foot, I tell you what! Damned yuppies probably couldn’t even play it. Too busy with their Irish Setters, and their stairmasters, and their stupid fucking cell-phones!
Where was I? Oh yeah, Mr. Eberle. His claim to fame was being a friend of Leo Fender. Mel–that was his first name, Mel–would go on about how Leo offered him a spot in his guitar company, he’d turned it down, and was stuck moving pianos for the rest of his days.
Let that be a lesson kids, don’t turn down a job offer from someone whose products would one day be cultural icons.
What was the point if all this? How should I know? Oh, look, a shiny thing…
Eh, Je trouvais que OS 9 n’etait pas tres chic.
OS 9.3 for Intels, wow, I can dig out my old Umax scanner, which has been useless since OS 10.1, bastards too cheap to write a new driver.
See, Moltz? I knew you were fishing.
Yup. “Catch and release” is what all the best anglers are doing nowadays. That’s the ticket!
Look, yet another shiny thing…
Woot! 9.3! Can OS 10 be far behind?
Can I install this on my ….
… wait, what shiny thing? Where?
OMGHAX,
Dang it. I thought it was against the rules to post lyrics from Beatles songs until after iTunes gets them.
http://www.pacifict.com/Story/
Apple is also planing to release a preview copy of System 7.9 pro in the next year I can’t wait.
In the statement from Apple “…… yea there is this guy named George or Frank or something like that. He was let go back in 1996 but he just keeps coming in and working, we don’t paying him or nothing. He’s been plugging away for 11 years now and well, we just don’t have the heart to tell him that we moved to MacOS X. We found a old Power Mac 7100 and tested System 7.9 on it and it works good, I just wish we had that kind of commitment to the Gershwin and Copland projects but MacOS X seems to be working out for us”
When they asked Mr. Jobs what he thought his only response was “Sorry can’t I can’t talk right now I been so wraped up with the IPhone I forgot we make computers, I could have put that on my to-do list at WWDC 06, right under the “make sure to have leopard done on time” to-do when I was demoing the new Mail. So I got to put something together so everyone happy”
Boo! Try to come up with your own material instead of stealing ideas from other fake Mac Rumors sites. Who are you, Carlos Mencia? Stolen from: http://www.macdiculous.com/2007/03/apple-releases-mac-os-77/
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Well, I say this release of System 7.7 should go great with the old PB Duo 270c… And maybe that old bagel I found in the back of the fridge…it didn’t run Mac OS X very well. I think it overheated, as it started smelling funny very soon…
I wonder how much they improved the floppy disc burning feature?
And another crazy Macintosh news site…this just keeps getting better and better.
Next thing I know we’ll be talking about an 8-bit version of Core Animation (featuring groovy palette animation techniques–which blows that flipping and stacking album art business completely away!) and WebKit68K!
I never knew of the macdiculous article. However there was a System 7.7 it was just repackaged as MacOS 8 so Apple could get out of the deal they made with the Mac clone makers at the time.
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Does anyone know when the next genration iPhone will hit the streets?
Another blog says before Christmas. I do not think this can be true. Any ideas?
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