Re: Emulators

2005-11-19 Thread Ben Pazolli
I would suggest getting iEmulator. I haven't used either but it seems from the screenshots that Open OSX is just a front for Bochs. I have used the open source Bochs and I got it to boot up Windows 98 but very slow, to the point that it took about ten minutes to boot. While I'm sure that Open OSX h

Emulators

2005-11-19 Thread Kundan Ewan
Hi Folks: I'm buying a new iMac and want to get an emulator. I'm tossing up between Open OSX and iEmulator. An experience or advice? I'm running a pre-MS version of Virtual PC at the moment, but, it won't run on OSX. I use it for MYOB accounting software. The Mac and PC versions of MYOB are o

Re: SoftPC--the 68K Version (Was: Mac Emulators--Which?)

2003-06-03 Thread Darren
William Ove wrote: I went back and gave it another try and you were correct, 2.1.7 is working fine with my DOS hard drive file. Must have been some glitch the first time through. Hi, did you have success with using the clipboard both ways? I can go mac -> pc but have trouble the other way. Glad

Re: SoftPC--the 68K Version (Was: Mac Emulators--Which?)

2003-06-03 Thread William Ove
on 5/29/03 9:30 AM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > :) when I joined this list I had 2.1.7 installed as a stand alone app > running dos only because I couldn't figure out the cdrom driver and I > had yet to install the pc compatabilty software onto the pc image. I > made a new larger dos imag

Re: SoftPC--the 68K Version (Was: Mac Emulators--Which?)

2003-05-30 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- MUGWump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Until recently, I only knew of the PPC-capable > versions of > SoftWindows and RealPC. Now I've learned that there > were 68K versions > of SoftWindows and an RealPC-equivalent called > SoftPC, which have > apparently passed into the realm of abandonware

Re: SoftPC--the 68K Version (Was: Mac Emulators--Which?)

2003-05-30 Thread Darren
er suited for 8mb than win95. :) I am not very familiar with Windows. I use DOS and the emulators in much the same way that many people use games. It is really just recreation. The Mac OS and Windows OS are productivity systems and for me I am sure either would be fine, but I chose the Mac a long

Re: SoftPC--the 68K Version (Was: Mac Emulators--Which?)

2003-05-29 Thread William Ove
nd alone OS with the PC card and 2.1.7 I will go back and give the problem some more effort. I am not very familiar with Windows. I use DOS and the emulators in much the same way that many people use games. It is really just recreation. The Mac OS and Windows OS are productivity systems and for me I

Re: SoftPC--the 68K Version (Was: Mac Emulators--Which?)

2003-05-29 Thread Darren
will result in MS systems running much slower than they do in the FWB/Insignia Solutions emulators. Mugwump wrote: As with my request for PC Setup 2.x, if someone is willing to share, please send it in 1.4MB chunks (.sit, .rar, or .arj) to me at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, as well as scans of the

Re: SoftPC--the 68K Version (Was: Mac Emulators--Which?)

2003-05-29 Thread William Ove
ou are looking to emulate iron then Bochs or BlueLable is a better emulator, however the precision of the emulation will result in MS systems running much slower than they do in the FWB/Insignia Solutions emulators. > > Does anybody have a copy of the 68K versions? How well did they work? > It w

SoftPC--the 68K Version (Was: Mac Emulators--Which?)

2003-05-29 Thread MUGWump
(the original), which is running > > Worm, on which someone is doing word processing using > > Microsoft Word 4 (or earlier) for the Mac. > > > > Gives me headaches just thinking about it. > Me too :) but I have seen screengrabs of nested emulators, running > up to about

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-29 Thread Michael Dawe
ning > Soft PC (the original), which is running > Worm, on which someone is doing word processing using > Microsoft Word 4 (or earlier) for the Mac. > > Gives me headaches just thinking about it. Me too :) but I have seen screengrabs of nested emulators, running up to about half of the ab

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-29 Thread Michael Dawe
on 28/05/2003, Gregg Eshelman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- Michael Dawe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't have Win 9x set up on VPC. I installed it >> onto DOS and got the error >> message that it can't run from DOS. Which is a bit >> weird, as it runs from >> the CLI in a DOS window on

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-29 Thread Michael Dawe
on 28/05/2003 10:31 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Be nice if it works, on VPC :) > > Suffered a communal fault on the drive D image, lost legacy again. :( Bummer! > Anywho vpc4 is showing its colours, Vmac-dos runs at a very acceptable > rate of knots. Startup looks better than boot

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-28 Thread Darren
Michael Dawe wrote: on 28/05/2003 2:59 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed it onto DOS and got the error message that it can't run from DOS. Which is a bit weird, as it runs from the CLI in a DOS window on 9x. Yes, same here booting to dos rather than doze. Thought is was

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-28 Thread Michael Dawe
on 28/05/2003 2:59 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I installed it onto DOS and got the error >> message that it can't run from DOS. Which is a bit weird, as it runs from >> the CLI in a DOS window on 9x. > > Yes, same here booting to dos rather than doze. > Thought is was only my proble

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Michael Dawe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No luck Darren. > > I don't have Win 9x set up on VPC. I installed it > onto DOS and got the error > message that it can't run from DOS. Which is a bit > weird, as it runs from > the CLI in a DOS window on 9x. > My current VPC is used for DOS and WFW

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-27 Thread Darren
Michael Dawe wrote: > I installed it onto DOS and got the error >message that it can't run from DOS. Which is a bit weird, as it runs from >the CLI in a DOS window on 9x. > > Yes, same here booting to dos rather than doze. Thought is was only my problem. Very little info in the zip. See what dos

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-27 Thread Michael Dawe
on 28/05/2003 1:28 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Heh, I haven't looked at Worm for some time. I think I'll install a copy >> onto VPC for a laff. It should run at least 2x as fast as a real Plus even >> on VPC :) >> > > Well on Realpc its workable under win95 but I think the cl

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-27 Thread Darren
Michael Dawe wrote: Heh, I haven't looked at Worm for some time. I think I'll install a copy onto VPC for a laff. It should run at least 2x as fast as a real Plus even on VPC :) Well on Realpc its workable under win95 but I think the classic runs rings around it. :) Better under vpc, stil

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-27 Thread MUGWump
> Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 12:14:14 +1000 > From: Michael Dawe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on 27/05/2003 10:34 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Worm Mike? > > http://web.archive.org/web/20020208145419/http://www.emaculation.com/other.sht > > ml > > Heh, I haven't looked at Worm

Re: Mac Emulators--Which?

2003-05-27 Thread Michael Dawe
on 27/05/2003 10:34 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Worm Mike? > http://web.archive.org/web/20020208145419/http://www.emaculation.com/other.sht > ml > Ok found it and a couple of others. :) > Thanks for the tip. Heh, I haven't looked at Worm for some time. I think I'll install a copy ont

Mac emulators

2001-10-28 Thread Isaac MacFarlane
When my se/30 recently died on me I decided to try using BasiliskII to run my old software on my laptop. The problem I'm having though is with my se/30 dead I can't get a rom image which seems to be necessary to run the program. Is there any way to bypass this requirement or a source for the rom t

Re: Emulators and OS frustrations

2001-08-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Grab the Starter disk image for Basilisk II here. http://www.emaculation.com/articles/intro.html When downloading Mac files with a .bin or .hqx extention on a PC, use Internet Explorer and right click then click Save target as... Its possible with Netscape but by default it attempts to display as

Re: Emulators and OS frustrations

2001-08-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I just recently discovered that I had the install > file for Basilisk II on my > computer. After installing it and working for a few > minutes, I discovered > that, unlike SoftMac2k, this program actually runs > properly on my PC! > Problem is, it want

Re: Emulators and OS frustrations

2001-08-06 Thread Darren
Brian Futrell wrote: > I actually did this on the PC. First, download all of the disk image parts > to the PC. Then, using HFVExplorer, copy them to your Mac HD disk image > file. Then you can get to them in Basilisk II. Then once you get it to > boot, double-click on the first part of the

Re: Emulators and OS frustrations

2001-08-06 Thread Brian Futrell
ip100/8.1 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Mac-N-DOS List) > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:28:13 EDT > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Mac-N-DOS List) > Subject: Emulators and OS frustrations > > Hi, > > I just recently discovered that I had the ins

Re: Emulators and OS frustrations

2001-08-06 Thread Netman2000
Matthew, the system 7.5.3 files you have are parts of a Disk Copy image. In order to use them with the emulator you'll probably have to use a copy Disk Copy to convert all of the pieces into one big image, and put that image back on the PC. Hope this works! Kerry --

Re: Emulators and OS frustrations

2001-08-06 Thread Jeff Greffe
Hey there ! 7.5 is available at apple site for free ! Free is good !! :) you can download it directly from there ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/ There you go ! Jeff --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, >

Emulators and OS frustrations

2001-08-06 Thread Matt14789
Hi, I just recently discovered that I had the install file for Basilisk II on my computer. After installing it and working for a few minutes, I discovered that, unlike SoftMac2k, this program actually runs properly on my PC! Problem is, it wants System 7.5 or newer - and I only have 7.1 dis