I quite often have to deal with legacy Pagemaker files. Opening them in InDesign does work very smoothly, except if there’s custom tracking or paragraph rules in the document: cue sometimes unpleasant reflows etc.
9.2.1 on my Pismo 400MHz and G4/800 supports PageMaker as well as it’s always done, and is in some ways more handy than SheepShaver emulation of classic OS on my MacBook Pro. If only there was a way to get PageMaker to package fonts along with illustrations, etc, the way InDesign and Quark do... cheers Bruce ======= On 6 Sep 2010, at 21:34, charliefrown wrote: > OS9 is what you crave Simon? Well, the 90s called and they want their > operating system back! > On a more serious note, once you step into MacOS Classic you'll find > plenty of neat apps and games that still deliever these days. I was > quite surprised to see forensics running MacOS 9.x and some special > apps in their labs. Microsoft Office 98 is still usable on my Wally II > PDQ and it literally flies on top of MacOS9. It opens pretty large > text documents without any hassle, running circles around my AluBook > G4 chocking on the same files within AbiWord/OpenOffice/AppleWorks/ > iWork. I even managed to play DivX (.avi) files full screen without > any conversion (@266 mhz cpu and 128 mb of RAM!). My next project > would be playing lower- res YT (m.youtube.com) on slightly revamped > Wally (300 mhz cpu). > > OS9 (or maybe 8.6) is a bliss when you want to make use of your older > Mac. You can transform it to a internet radio player/MP3 jukebox/ MAME > and other emulation machine/ recording studio, almost endless > possibilities. The only funny thing about running these old apps is > that many times you'll find yourself stuck in the Twilight Zone (or > post apocalyptic movie) opening dead links, trying to play silent > radio stations and dealing with now non existent companies whose > programs still demand your money for registration :) Not to mention > some abandoned gimmicks (Swatch Internet Time anyone?). > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
