Has anyone been able to get MacDraw II 1.1v2 to work on a G4 w/ OS 9.2. I recieve a message "Not enough memory to open file" and when MacDraw II opens up to the default screen, there is a colored mesh pattern filling the window. MacDraw II 1.1v2 works a G4 (older type) Mac OS 9, and a G3 Mac OS 8.6. I can't reach Claris's website, don't even know if they still support it, but MUST get this program to work.. Any ideas?

Honestly: What could you possibly be doing that you could not use a more recent vector application for? If you are talking about working with existing macdraw files are you telling me that Adobe Illustrator (or Freehand, or Corel, etc) can't open a macdraw file? If you would, Please email me one so I can have a better understanding of your dilemma.

Illustrator and FreeHand, last I tried, couldn't. However, Claris Draw, which is the updated version of MacDraw II, almost certainly can, and you can probably find a copy of it if you look hard enough - it hasn't been updated in years so it's effectively abandonware. p

Trajan, You can change the amount of memory a program uses in the program's Info window. To do this, highlight the program, select File - Get Info, and in the Info window, increase the memory in the Memory Requirements portion. Also, you can get other versions of MacDraw here: http://vieuxmac.com/DOWNLOAD/APPLICATIONS/MacDraw/ (mostly in French, but some English versions, too)

While Phil gives what would normally be useful advice, I think in this situation you're running into a program that simply will not run on Mac OS 9, no matter what you try to do with it. p

On an older 9500/200 PPC Mac using MacOS 9.1 (US) and only 96 MB RAM I can still use MacDraw II 1.1v1 to open the old MacDraw files. The program appears to work flawlessly. I also managed to use MacDraw on a PowerBook G3 (FireWire) under MacOS 9.2.2 with only 128 MB RAM in it. These are the only techniques known to me which allow you to open old MacDraw files. I believe it is important that you use a machine with little RAM, since the checking for free memory generates an integer overflow, which results in the erroneous "Not sufficient memory available" state of MacDraw. Then MacDraw refuses to do anything else. Otherwise it would still work under MacOS 9.2.2. Hope this helps. P.S.: So far I managed to open every file, regardless how old. I am a Mac user since 1985 and frequently run into similar problems. Don't give up too early.

I believe the problem is not the amount of ram but the size of the hard drive... MacDraw does not recognize hard drives larger than 2 gig. If you partition your hard drive to have at least one partition less than 2 gig.. say 1.9 and keep the program and all Mac Draw files on that partition it should work...