Somewhere in my travels to get my "Micros*#% Language Kit" (Word) working in the wee hours of yesterday, I recall a note somewhere that the old language kits don't work and must be uninstalled before the upgrade, then the new version kit installed from the CD, which from the quotes below is available for US$20. Word on the other hand required several hundred US$s of my time instead, such a deal. What I found particularly perplexing (with my sluggish Internet access) was that after downloading the update and mounting the disk image, there appeared to be sufficient unused space for numerous language kits on the image! In fact, the 150MB disk image can be saved quite nicely (if you're so inclined) as an 81 MB image without the excess capacity, and still runs the update just fine. That means I spent about 4 hours to download air. From the Apple website: Apple recognizes that for many customers downloading the update may not be convenient. Apple is offering the Mac OS 9 to Mac OS 9.1 Software Update program to allow customers who own any version of Mac OS 9 to obtain the Mac OS 9.1 full install CD for US$19.95. Details and an order form are available at www.apple.com/macos/ Important Note: If you use a Language Kit, you must have the full install CD in order to upgrade your language kit at the same time as you are upgrading to Mac OS 9.1. -m quoth Paul Knight (paul.knight@INTERNET.CO.NZ) on 1/14/01 12:54 AM: >Well, I got as far as downloading the update and didn't use it >precisely because of the warning about language kits. But you said >$90.00 f0r the CD? I seem to remember that it was $19.00. >At 3:43 PM +0900 14/1/01, Rod and Glenda Thomas wrote: >>Has any one managed to get the Japanese language kit to work with the >>downloaded update to OS 9.1? >>I refuse to shell out US$90 for a CD (I've just done that for OS 9.0) >>and not having a new Mac I don't qualify for an upgrade. >>Here's what I did. When I tried to install the update it said that it >>couldn't because the language kit was installed. OK the Read ME said as >>much. Michael Slavin /o\~/o\~/o\~/o\ Bx 553 Baldwin City, KS 66006-0553 theWebster *** electronic internet publishing and graphic services <http://theWebster.com> (everywhere) fax 785 594-4193 ICQ# 34589295
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