Laurent S. wrote:

          In his edifying report Herbie wrote (Fri, 24 Mar 2006
     19:53:21 +0100):

      > there is no way of running Classic apps on Intel
      > Macs.

     No *Apple* way.  But a *Linux* way of running *68K* Classic
     Mac apps (such as the irreplaceable MacDrawPro or the
     FBII compiler) is appearing with Linux implementations
     on Intel Macs starting with under OSX.4.
     It is "BasiliskII 1.0-Pre" of
     2006-01-21. The 68K emulation goes up to OS8.1 and
     requires a suitable 68K Mac ROM (of which I have a few
     stashed away). See:

     http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:basilisk2

     Anyone have BasiliskII experience?
     If linux proves to be the stablest OS, it will probably
     be the best platform for emulators.

           Like Ted, I piously hope that Apple will do various
     flavors of Classic Mac OS8.6 & 9.x *PPC* emulation.  If
     not, maybe the Mac-on-Linux folks eventually will. See

                http://www.maconlinux.org/

     where one reads (whoopie!):

       > adding a PowerPC emulator for x86 is under consideration

     (And see particularly their cute Apple-hugging mascot;-)

          But, honestly, it's looking to me increasingly as if
     the easiest solution for experienced Mac users will be to
     keep yesteryear hardware around to run yesteryear software
     triumphs. Since a majority of users are content to remain
     eternal novices, Apple may not care.

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Larry,

thanks for your valuable infos concerning MacOnLinux and various
other efforts of Mac-emulation.

I fully agree with you that to keep old hardware is perhaps the most
convenient approach to running legacy software, especially since
older Macs represent comparably long lasting hardware.

Best
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                 H. Glünder

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