5 Aug
2006
5 Aug
'06
11:46 a.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
I've head of these, but haven't tried them yet, as I'm still running
10.3.9 on a G5, so can still run my software under classic. Ideally
I'd like a PPC emulator, even a 604e would work for me.
I need something that supports networking, interfaces cleanly with
the host OS's filesystem, and gives me a decent sized screen
(1280x1024 would do nicely). Ideally PPC support, but just 68k
support would let me run the most important stuff.
I really need to check check out a modern version of Basilisk II and
mini-vMac! It might even allow me to move to Mac OS X 10.4.
You going to be the one to get companies like Apple to port all the
Classic apps that haven't been updated in half of forever (i.e. still
68k)? Some of us have applications that there is no modern equivalent
of. Sadly the solution needs to be a well integrated 3rd party
emulator for the newer systems :^(
Basilisk II works just fine for me as an 020 or 040 emulator. I only
wish it would run A/UX and support virtual floppies.
There's also mini-VMac as well. The original vMac seems to have fell
off the face of the planet. Its website is still up, but you can no
longer download the packages. There's also Executor which you can find here:
http://www.ardi.com/
which is mostly compatible with 68K Mac OS software. It's not open
source, but there are binaries for windows and linux.
Wow, I remember them well, I used the Demo 10+ years ago to write
floppies on my P90 laptop running Windows and Linux (it could access
the Internet, when I was in the US and had phone access) that could
be read on my PowerBook 520c. It was pretty cool. IIRC, the demo
was also where I got what was one of my favorite Mac OS X games :^)
To bad they're not still a functioning business.
Zane
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