Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC? (but not really)

2002-10-03 Thread victoria brandon
"Richard Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If no one else has jumped on this, I would definitely be interested! Always > room for one more 'retro'puter', and I distinctly remember lusting for the > Atari computers, but having no shot at being able to afford 'em! Don't have > a lot to trade, I

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-02 Thread E McCann
At 08:30 PM 10/2/2002, Symbol Representative typed thusly: >It is a little more than wishful thinking--Apple has developed a test >version of OSX for Pentium class processors, If you look specifically at *darwin,* not OSX, there is *a* version that will run on PC hardware. It's a *VERY* (let m

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-02 Thread Symbol Representative
> > Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 11:54:23 -0400 > Subject: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC? > From: John Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > We may have covered this before, so excuse me for bringing this up again. Is > it possible

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-02 Thread Richard Adams
few others, but they're all probably System 7 or 6 vintage apps at best. Be happy to part with them, if they're of any use to you. Thanks! Richard >From: martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBook

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Paul Nelson
Hi, Martin, I forwarded your original message to vmug. Paul >TX Cameron, these look like good links! > > >I was kinda hoping that someone ELSE would be able to provide me with >the transfers lol! >I'm really not very good at the voodoo stuff... > >Just that I have fond memories of some o

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread martin
TX Cameron, these look like good links! I was kinda hoping that someone ELSE would be able to provide me with the transfers lol! I'm really not very good at the voodoo stuff... Just that I have fond memories of some of these 8-bit games, and deep respect for programmers who managed to pack so

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> So if anyone knows how to get the info OFF the 5" floppies and into > my Mac (!) Atari floppies are actually in (M)FM encoding, so there is hope, but it depends on the type of floppy. Atari SD (formatted with an 810) are kind of difficult to read, and naturally most are in that type of format.

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread martin
>Some of the Atari things are somewhat neat, but still lacking. Try >running an 8-bit sound demo on XFormer, and then run it on one of the >open source ones like Atari800Win. XFormer needs some work on it's Pokey >chip ;) > >Scott Holder Hey I know this isn't the list, but I have a COMPLETE Atar

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Scott Holder
Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC? I had heard some issues about him, but Fusion works well. Or is it not his product (he just distributes it)? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Ca

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> Even though this is probably off topic here, I'd recommend staying far > far away from Darek Mihoka and his products. His idea of tech support is > to call you an idiot and cancel your license. Not only that, but his > claims for his Mac emulator, SoftMac, are way way out of line of its > actual

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Scott Holder
01, 2002 12:40 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC? http://www.emulators.com/ Supposedly, there will be a PPC emulator from these guys (who also made Fusion), but it unfortunately will be a commercial product. They also have PC Atari emulators there as well, which

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> There are some emulation-based solutions, however. The best in features > and such is Basilisk II: http://basilisk2.cjb.net . It'll run in Windows > and *nix, among others. The main caveat is it is limited to 68k > emulation, as PPC emulation hasn't been realized yet (on PCs anyway, > there is a

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Scott Holder
y handy. Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Webb Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:54 AM To: PowerBooks Subject: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC? We may have covered this before, so excuse me for bringing this up again. Is it po

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Ben Smith \(QM Systems\)
> -Original Message- > From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of John > Webb > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:54 PM > To: PowerBooks > Subject: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC? > > > We may have covered this before, so excuse me for bri

Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread John Webb
We may have covered this before, so excuse me for bringing this up again. Is it possible to run a Mac OS on a Windoze laptop? I remember something about the way the processors work differently that makes it impossible to run Mac OS...is this true? The reason I'm asking is that I noticed that even