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From: nospam on 1 Apr 2010 15:30
In article <slrnhr9sif.gul.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> I still pull out the old Mac SE every now and then and spend a few hours
> playing LodeRunner. I've not found a workable solution to play it under
> OS X.

there's one for the iphone that's not too bad.
From: erilar on 1 Apr 2010 15:30
In article
<mikedee.emteedee-4784EE.14241201042010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Mike Dee <mikedee.emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid> wrote:

> In article <jwolf6589-690ACC.21421231032010(a)nntp.charter.net>,
> John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I wish some mac developing company would produce a commercial program
> > than would allow me to run my old classic games and apps. I would pay
> > the bucks for it if something decent were produced.
>
> Buy an old Mac on ebay for a few dollars and run your old programs
> under a native Classic Mac OS. Being able to boot into Mac OS 9.x or
> earlier is better than running under classic or sheepshaver.

My old G4 is sitting next to the laptop and it's still running ) 9.2.2.
Still works, though I don't use it much now that I have a
printer/scanner my laptop can communicate with. (The old ones were even
older than the G4 and unupdatable but still working until the printer
died suddenly a few months ago)

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: John Albert on 1 Apr 2010 18:57
"While its nice that something like Sheephaver exists, the
truth is that its no replacement for Classic. I have apps
that worked beautifully in Classic that do not run in
SheepShaver, or do not run properly. And I have apps that
never ran in Classic that work great in SheepShaver (some
old games would be an example)."

Hear! Hear!

The option to [easily] use Classic is one of the reasons I'm
still using this 2004 PowerMac g4/MDD running 10.3.9.

There are a few apps I use under Classic are simple,
elegant, and fast - and for which I've found no equivalent
replacement "on the Intel side of things".

I find it odd that with all the "Windows-on-the-Mac"
solutions out there, there has been no relatively
easy-to-setup-and-use solution for Classic apps on the Intel
Macs (yes, there is Sheepshaver, but it ain't "easy"). There
_is_ a market for such an emulator/app. Indeed, I wouldn't
be surprised if Apple had had one in development but had
withheld it, because Mr. Jobs says we shouldn't be using
Classic anymore.

I can already see the replies that "Classic is dead", that
Intel apps are better, etc. etc.

So what? Some of us have Classic apps we used for years that
would still serve us well - IF there was an easy pathway to
that end for the Intel platform. There isn't.

- John
From: nospam on 1 Apr 2010 20:14
In article <4bb524f9$0$19704$2c56edd9(a)usenetrocket.com>, John Albert
<j.albert(a)snet.net> wrote:

> There are a few apps I use under Classic are simple,
> elegant, and fast - and for which I've found no equivalent
> replacement "on the Intel side of things".

such as?

> I find it odd that with all the "Windows-on-the-Mac"
> solutions out there, there has been no relatively
> easy-to-setup-and-use solution for Classic apps on the Intel
> Macs (yes, there is Sheepshaver, but it ain't "easy"). There
> _is_ a market for such an emulator/app.

not one that's big enough to spend any time making an emulator.
From: Barry Margolin on 1 Apr 2010 21:08
In article <slrnhr91jm.2a4p.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>,
Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 2010-04-01, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I moved on in 2005. But not all my games and apps moved over.
>
> The fact that you are looking to run specific ancient games and apps
> means you haven't moved on.

I've moved on, but I still use Sheepshaver to run Managing Your Money.
I'd love to switch to a native financial application, but none of them
can import MYM's data (I've searched numerous times for conversion
apps). I have 25 years of investments stored in there, so I'm kind of
stuck.

--
Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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