Fully-working Mac OS 8 now available for Windows 10, macOS and Linux

[Ant]

https://github.com/felixrieseberg/macintosh.js from https://betanews.com/2020/07/29/mac-os-8/
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[Your Name]

On 2020-07-30 05:47:43 +0000, Ant said:
>
> https://github.com/felixrieseberg/macintosh.js from
> https://betanews.com/2020/07/29/mac-os-8/

Emulators have been around for years, but the fools on various websites
are giddy at this one, which is reportedly a bit pathetic due to being
JavaScript. :-\

Just download a proper emulator if you want to run old Mac software.

[Ant]

Which emulator?
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[Your Name]

On 2020-07-30 22:04:26 +0000, Ant said:
> Your Name <Your...@yourisp.com> wrote:
>> On 2020-07-30 05:47:43 +0000, Ant said:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/felixrieseberg/macintosh.js from
>>> https://betanews.com/2020/07/29/mac-os-8/
>>
>> Emulators have been around for years, but the fools on various websites
>> are giddy at this one, which is reportedly a bit pathetic due to being
>> JavaScript. :-\
>>
>> Just download a proper emulator if you want to run old Mac software.
>
> Which emulator?

For Mac users there is Basilisk II (which the slower JavaScript version
is based on) or Sheepshaver. Both can run OS 7 to OS 9, and the various
old Mac apps, with better performance and better compatiblity. For
System 6 you can use Mini vMac instead.

For Windoze or Linix users ... well, who really cares, but there is
probably something out there.

[Eli the Bearded]

In comp.sys.mac.vintage, Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
> On 2020-07-30 22:04:26 +0000, Ant said:
>> Which emulator?
> For Mac users there is Basilisk II (which the slower JavaScript version
> is based on) or Sheepshaver. Both can run OS 7 to OS 9, and the various

...

> For Windoze or Linix users ... well, who really cares, but there is
> probably something out there.

I have used Basilisk II for System 7 under Linux and had it mostly work.
Some programs sensitive to colors available (eg games) had issues, which
I suspect were related to 256 color mode emulated under a 24 bit
windowing system.

I'm blanking on the name now, but there was an old commercial product
for Windows for System 6 that was eventually made free. I've tested it,
but not used it much.

Ah, Wikipedia search to the rescue: Executor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_(software)

I'd really be interested in an A/UX emulator, but not enough to buy
Apple hardware to run it on.

Elijah
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whose magneto-optical disks of System 7 stuff still work

[nospam]

In article <eli$20073...@qaz.wtf>, Eli the Bearded

<*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

> I'm blanking on the name now, but there was an old commercial product
> for Windows for System 6 that was eventually made free. I've tested it,
> but not used it much.
>
> Ah, Wikipedia search to the rescue: Executor.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_(software)

executor was awful.

> I'd really be interested in an A/UX emulator, but not enough to buy
> Apple hardware to run it on.

why?

[Eli the Bearded]

Because my first Unix system was A/UX and I'd like to (a) revisit it and
see how it feels now that I'm ~ 30 years more experienced with Unix, and
(b) mount my A/UX disk images and see if there are any files on there
that I would like to keep but don't have archived in other formats.

I was pretty good about using tar balls to move stuff around and keep it
in cross-system usable format, but disk was tighter then and I may have
not gotten everything.

Elijah
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has an account at panix.com because panix was originally an A/UX based service

[Your Name]

I don't know anything about it so can't vouch for how good or otherwise
it is, but there is "Shoebill" (hasn't been updated since 2015) which
is an A/UX emulation available for MacOS X 10.8 and the slightly older
0.0.4 version is also available for Windows and Linux.
<https://github.com/pruten/Shoebill/releases/>

[Eli the Bearded]

In comp.sys.mac.vintage, Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:

> I don't know anything about it so can't vouch for how good or otherwise
> it is, but there is "Shoebill" (hasn't been updated since 2015) which
> is an A/UX emulation available for MacOS X 10.8 and the slightly older
> 0.0.4 version is also available for Windows and Linux.
> <https://github.com/pruten/Shoebill/releases/>

I'm aware of Shoebill, I didn't get it to work when I last tried.

Elijah
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admittedly has not tried recently

[Aramis]

To: Eli the Bearded
Re: Re: Fully-working Mac OS 8 now available for Windows 10, macOS and Lin
By: Eli the Bearded to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sun Aug 02 2020 02:02 am

Thats just awesome to hear. Going back to those vintage operatings systems is truly a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
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