Great info Robert. I saw Don’s post on Sheepsaver and looked into it briefly, then got distracted with other tasks. I intend to look much deeper thanks to your post. And a big thanks to Don.
J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Feb 4, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Don Hart got me thinking about how to run old FinMac versions, and I am > happy to report that I am running a pretty stable virtual MacOS 9.0.4 under > Sheepshaver hosted on my contemporary PowerMac running 10.9. (The > Sheepshaver docs say it also works all recent Mac OX versions through > 10.10, Windows, and Linux.) > > Sheepshaver is a freeware PPC emulator capable of running Mac OS versions > 7.5.2 - 9.0.4. It was last updated only a year ago, and the forum is quite > active. It takes a little fiddling to set up, but the instructions are > quite accurate and detailed. Everything you need is here > <http://emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver>. > > I am currently able to run Finale 1.0.0, 2.6.3, 3.7.2, 97, 2000, 2002, and > 2003. (Those are the versions I have held on to. I'm sure it would work > also with versions in between.) All except 1.0.0 produce useful results. > That is, I can generate Postscript listings that I can convert to PDF > inside OSX. (To be able to get useful results out of 1.0.0 I would have to > change all the font settings in my 1.x docs from Petrucci 71 to Petrucci > 24, and I don't have enough 1.x files to bother with it. Also, I think > there was an update before v2, and I don't have that.) > > Anyway, I thought other old-time Finale users might be interested that this > is still possible in 2015, going on 30 years after the release of 1.0.0. > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
