Biege G3 Minitower + OS 9--- Sleep Question!

Hello Everyone,
I have a beige G3 running 9.2.2 and it asks for a password at startup, but not from sleep. I want to know if it is possible to required a password to wake it from sleep like in OS X???
Thanks
Jer

Oh outstanding JerBear!
I honestly don't know if MaxScreenSaver runs in
classic - I don't think it does. Let me check, since
I'm running that right now...
<checks classic>
Oooo! It apparently does run under classic..
Teehee-hee!
I did not realize this.
I think it's not conflicting with the OS X, since it
does not install a control panel into the OS 9 System
folder. As far as any program that loads a control
panel, Panther is tetchy about what it will and will
not let run. I have a copy of AfterDark Deluxe that I
haven't been able to run since I upgraded from OS
8.6, and that was due to some sort of compression
scheme that the modules had that was broken with OS
9. Boo-hiss! There is some sort of workaround, I'll
see if I can holmes it out, if you want.
No I don't use Afterdark so there's no need.
There used to be an abandonware site for classic apps
that had the full compliment of AfterDark modules
- Gaah!- the MaxScreenSaver just went on - let me
turn this thing off - yeah, it works..
- back to the modules,, oh yeah.. They had all of
them, the Simpsons, StarTrek, the lot. I have the
.sit files somewhere still. I should check if the
modules will run on DarkSide of the Mac. Hmm.
If you play with OS 9 lots still and are looking for
any code, let me know. I got tons of classic stuff -
data hound that I am.
Actually, I use my beige G3 exclusively for PageMaker and Photoshop.
I'm teaching myself how to design web pages.
Deb.

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