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From: erilar on 2 Apr 2010 22:26 In article <slrnhrah42.2qd8.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > If a "good old classic" is still in demand then it is most likely > available in a modern implementation. If Stratego is your thing then you > can play it online for free on any new Mac - no need to install > anything. I have a couple games I like over on my OS 9.2.2 G4. No OSX version. I searched. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: gl4317 on 4 Apr 2010 03:06 There are certainly some things that I miss about the "classic" operating environment. There are things in that series of operating systems that I found far more intuitive than the way OS X puts them together. At the same time, I also understand why Apple would want to remove support for it with the move to the Intel platform. During the System 7 years, when Apple introduced the PowerPC line of Macs, they attempted to make System 7 compatible with both the Motorolla 680x0 series of Mac and the PowerPC based Macs. Some things would operate OK on both, some things had to operate in 680x0 emulation mode on the PowerPC, and others operated in a rather temperamental fashion. They attempted to get all that worked out in System 8, but really it was system 9 before many of the problems were completely eliminated. I can well understand why they would not want to duplicate that experience when moving everything to the MacOS's third microprocessor architecture. -- -Glennl Please note this e-mail address is a pit of spam, and most e-mail sent to this address are simply lost in the vast mess.
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 4 Apr 2010 22:48 Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > In message <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. Without installing anything on a new Mac you > > could keep yourself entertained for many lifetimes playing some of the > > excellent free web games available. Yes, Horace Goes Skiing on the > > Sinclair Spectrum was cool back in 1982 but games have moved on. > > Hey, there are plenty of games from the 80's that I would still play. > LodeRunner, Pirates!, Prince of Persia adn Prince of Persia II to name a > few. The sequels and remakes have not been at all interesting to me, > with the possible exception of Pirates! but I didn't have the time to > play the remake very much. Enough to kind the stupid dance simulator > annoying though. > > 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. I still enjoy heaps of older Mac games like Crystal Crazy and Spectre. PC games or modern Mac games can't replicate the experience for me in those cases. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
From: Priam on 5 Apr 2010 00:07
On 04/01/2010 07:29 PM, John wrote: > In article<4bb490b6$0$1265$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > Warren Oates<warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> In article<dorayme-A2672C.15404801042010(a)news.albasani.net>, >> dorayme<dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Come over to Australia, I can give you some old Macs. >> >> Your government has banned old Macs, along with everything else, I >> thought. One of your ministers just recently was loudly upbraiding >> Google for not being censorious enough. >> >> Still, I'd like to visit Aus, I guess. > > Why? Sharks. Oates likes sharks. His favourite is named Jooby. |