I've found another possible Intel/Classic solution for running Emailer on the Intel iMacs.
There is an emulator out there known as Qemu. There is an OS X port of it known simply as Q. The OS X port has a Universal Binary version. One of the many processors it can emulate is the PPC and can run OS 9 on that emulated PPC. I've not got it working yet myself, but I suspect this is because at my first quick glance, it appears the hard drive image format is not compatible natively with OS X. So I can't simply create an image file, mount it in OS X, and then copy OS 9 and Emailer to it. Instead, in order for me to get a bootable image setup, I have to create a new image in the Q program, and then start Q and boot it from an OS 9 install CD. I don't happen to have one of them handy at my house right now. I'll bring one home from work with me tomorrow (well, ok, today, since it is after midnight), and try again tomorrow night. The early reports are, the Universal Binary version of Q is unstable, but that's ok, because stability will come with a little bit of time invested by the developers. The fact that there IS a Universal Binary version means they are willing to go that route, so they will hopefully get the bugs worked out of it. The other nice thing about Q is it emulates more than just a PPC. It can also do a number of other processors. That means it can act as a Virtual PC type of program not only for OS 9, but Windows and other OSes. Also, Q is open source and free... free is always a good thing when dealing with keeping alive an ancient email client :-) I'll likely report more tomorrow (today?) night after I play some more when I bring home my OS 9 install CD. That is of course after I go dishwasher shopping and install whatever one I buy. Mine kicked the bucket about a week ago, and the dishes are starting to pile up... so taking care of that takes first priority tomorrow (er, today... see above about it being after midnight). And don't start with me about doing the dishes by hand. I did that for four years in my crappy rental place and hated it. Having a dishwasher was one of the hilites to me about buying my house... I ain't going back to no hand washing! (and also don't bother giving me the talk about it being cheaper to fix than replace. I'm sure mine is very fixable... but I hate the model, so I'm using it being broken as an excuse to get a model I like and that actually fits my large pots, pans, and bowls... but don't worry, I won't just toss the old one in the trash, I'll offer it on freecycle or the likes first to see if someone else wants to fix it) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
