Darren wrote: > > Tim & Alethea Larson wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I can't find a LEM list specific to OS X but this list has always > > been very helpful, so I hope you don't mind. I can't justify > > spending more of my hard-earned $$$ for another version of MS > > Office to run on OS X when I already have Word 5.1a/Excel 4 and > > Office 98. AppleWorks isn't quite "there" yet and none of the free > > alternatives I've seen (like AbiWord, OpenOffice.org) are very > > polished (i.e. I'm not comfortable letting my wife use them). So > > I'm on a quest to get my old versions running on Panther. > > Hi Tim > Have you tried running Basilisk II under OS X, I know you would have a > more direct method in mind but it will allow you to run heaps of your > older classic app's and with luck allow the G5 to appletalk to the > SE/30.... > Wouldn't the G-list be all OS X by now? > > I dont run OSX so I can only guess B2 will share appletalk via > ethernet to a classic mac as it does with all my non-macs, you may > need OT1.1.2 rather than mactpc to do appletalk over tpc and to find > the OSX box but OT1.1.2 runs under 7.1. :) OT is only required to use > the newest appletalk clients which allow you to enter a appleshare > server address, Mactpc can not do this--for what little its worth the > macs on my lan do not 'see' the netatalk server in the chooser which > is why I added this tip, everyone see's a pc running B2 in their chooser. > > > Also, any thoughts on how my wife and I can share one mailbox from > > our two accounts would be great. The hints at macosxhints.com are > > years old and sounded like they were kind of dodgy. I'm hoping to > > move the Netscape mailbox file from our ancient P-II and have > > everything "just work" when I point the email app at the right > > mailbox, then I can at last retire that PC. I'm also hopeful that > > we can use different email apps (Mail.app, Thunderbird, etc) if we > > choose. > > Netscape, mozilla and thunderbird all share the same type of mail > format. I have copied the mail folder from pc's to macs and back again > without drama so I dont see a problem, again I dont use OSX but its > installing under XP running PearPC as we speak. :) > I'm not sure how you share one mailbox from two accounts, on this pc > under mozilla I would choose the account - view settings - server > settings - and change the local directory path at the bottom of the > window to point at the other accounts local folder, my guess is the > incoming box would be shared by the two accounts while the sent, > drafts and templates folders remain under their respective server > folders?? Never done it and I may have missed read your question. > > All the best, dont you just wish folks could start a new thread. ;) > > --
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