Dear Compact-Macs: I have yet another problem with my old, tired Classic...Mom says that I have too many computers:
An HP PAVILION, A Toshiba Laptop, A Trinity 486 PeeCee, and MY MAC CLASSIC! <----This is what I want to get off my desk...NO! I don't want to toss it or sell it, but rather Emulate it! I have TRIED EVERYWHERE I can think of, and there is only ONE Mac classic emulator (SoftMAC) I could find...I got the ROM to work, the System 6.0.8 Boot disk in, and got the start-up screen, and withOUT even looking at the floppy, it gave me the "Disk with a question mark" icon...Why SoftMAC doesn't look for my floppy, (the drive light doesn't come on--the emu never even TRIES!) I will never know....I tried to create a boot image for the emulator..No dice--still that dreaded disk icon, so I have given UP ON SOFTMAC! My question is WHERE in the world is another Macintosh Classic emu??? I tried Basilisk II, OOPS! needs a 512K 68030 ROM-mine is a stupid 256K 68000 ROM--I tried using it anyway, and the error: "Classic emulation is currently broken" appears! Another emulator I tried is vMAC--OOPS! I need a 128K PLUS to use this abomination!!! I can't get a Plus, our ONLY Apple Computer Dealer, "The CORE," dissappeared! Yes, you heard me right, disappeared! The lights are on, but nobodys home! The store has nothing in it but a few busted Macs and papers! (too bad for those unfortunate macs! They could have been used for my emu needs!--they were PowerMac G3s)... Another hopeful Mac emu, FUSION PC for DOS, (using my 486) also needs a 512K 68030 ROM!!! I am starting to REALLY hate this classic!!! Why there is well known emulator support for the older PLUS and not my CLASSIC is beyond me! (Maybe you guys can answer that question!) And why the 68030-ONLY support!?! Wasn't my Mac popular enough to make an emulator??? After all there is an Apple III emu when that computer had design flaws + hardware failures! That, too, is beyond me! I currently have successfully running Apple ][e and ][gs emu's working on my laptop, why not my Mac??? I am at a loss--The Internet is sooo big, isn't there another (FREE BTW-The only others are shareware 30-day limits!) emulator I haven't tried that is Classic Compatible??? Help! -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Replacement Apple CDROMs from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 PPC 5400/200Mhz 16/1.6GB/CD/ENET/L2 $119, 5+ for $99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
