Someone asked me "where I am in the process" right now, so let me explain what I tried yet.
First I downloaded successfully the file http://wiki.squeak.org/swiki/uploads/39/OneOfTheseDays.zip from the Swiki Wiki. I was unable to extract it at MacOS 9 directly. I gave it a try with Stuffit 7, Stuffit 5.5 and ZipIt - no chance because of an "unknown zip-header format". I went to a Linux machine and extracted it successfully. Bringing the extracted file back to my MacOS 9 machine resulted in just one file called "Squeak 3.6.1 8beta3U.app" what looks to me like a Max X application - but I don´t know exactly, as I do not use Mac X at all. This file/Application was not openabel at all. So I went back to Linux, extracted the "Mac OS Classic" parts inside "Squeak 3.6.1 8beta3U.app" package from Swiki download, and tried to use anything from MacOS 9. Also without success. Even some files from the "content"-folder are invisible at MacOS 9. That was the status yesterday. Now I tried to follow Marks suggestion, and went to the Squeak page and downloaded the official SqueakVM for MacOS 7.5.5 - 9.2 MacOS http://ftp.squeak.org/3.10/mac/Squeak%203.8.18beta3U.app.zip Same story as with the Swiki download. It´s "Squeak 3.6.1 8beta3U.app" with the wrong zip-header format, and unusable with MacOS 9 (extrated it at Linux). The funny thing is I was able to extract the Basic Squeak Release Image file at MacOS 9 without problems. (But don´t know how to use it withhout a VM). Well that´s it basically. Is it possible, that the format is really just for Mac X and not 7 - 9? > We originally developed Swiki on Mac OS 9, and I'd bet that we could still > make it work. You may have to download a different VM, though, from the > archives at squeak.org. > > Mark Wow, that´s nice to hear, that 9 was the original place for Swiki development. Would be great if you could make the recent versions work. I can try to go through the FTP archives and search for the latest version that worked. Yes, that are my next steps, to look which 3.x version works well. I will report back here. If anyone has further suggestions, ... ? regards Mathias > --------- > Sent from mobile device -- please excuse typos > > On Dec 19, 2010, at 2:55 AM, "Mathias Wittau" <wit...@lnxnt.org> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Even if there was no activity since 2008 I hope there are some people >> who >> can maybe answer some questions. >> >> I stumbled across Swiki some days ago, and was very happy as it seems to >> be the only Wiki being able to run from the MacOS 9 desktop directly. >> Exactly what I was searching for some years, and ideal for my needs. I >> use >> exclusively MacOS 9 at several machines up to 1,4 GHz G4s, on a daily >> basis. >> >> So I downloaded >> http://wiki.squeak.org/swiki/uploads/39/OneOfTheseDays.zip >> and wanted to start getting familiar with Comanche/Squeak/Swiki and how >> it >> works. But I got several problems preventing me from evenhaving a look >> at >> it, even if there seem to be several Mac Classic parts, ... >> >> Is this the right place to ask my questions an report what went wrong? >> If >> not, please point me where to find Swiki&Mac interrested users and >> developers. >> >> regards >> >> Mathias >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pws mailing list >> Pws@cc.gatech.edu >> https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/pws > > _______________________________________________ Pws mailing list Pws@cc.gatech.edu https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/pws
