OK, ... ;) I downloaded Squeak 3.7beta1 from the FTP archive and it works perfectly! But what is it? A complete OS with development environment and several applications like Movieplayer, Browser etc.? ;))
I just don´t know where to find Swiki now, and it will take me several weeks to get through the huge functionality of Squeak, but it looks great. Funny thing. I looked for some wiki for offline and online use - something a little bit better than hyper card, including online features - and discovered Squeak through Swiki, ... thanks Mathias > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Pws mailing list Pws@cc.gatech.edu https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/pws
