What the heck is an Active Enabler?

[mikepctp]

I am running OS 9.2.2 and was curious what this 'function' was and maybe that would explain why mine says "none" in the system profiler.

Just curious more than anything

 

[bousozoku]

Enablers were hardware-specific shims to allow the system software to work with machines created after that version of Mac OS was released.

 

[mikepctp]

OIC...

Very clear now. I guess my G3 beige is ok without enablers, to run OS 9.2.2 because if they were needed, the system would "ask" for them and subsequently be installed.

I think I gotcha.

Thanks.. MP