disk_first_aid
Registered
Hello Everybody 
Not long ago, from a Web page not far away...........
comes this little snippet of news for users of MacOS "Classic" systems and it appears it's not good.
I have done some digging around on Apple and Intel and it all look's "Fair Dinkum" to me. The following is an excerpt from the Web page - classic_not_supported ".....but, page 67 of Apple's Universal Binary Program Guides pdf. explicitly states that "Classic" applications are _not_ supported in the Rosetta emulator, that runs PowerPC applications on Intel-based Macs".
BTW, there is a link to this pdf listed on the same page, but, I found when I tried to access it, it showed up as a _blank page_! Hmmmm........but that could be me (4 attempts!??).
So there it is in a 'nutshell' as so to speak. The bottom line is this.... if you are a regular Classic user, Apple have no plans for support! Read more on this here at:-
http://daringfireball.net/2005/06/classic_not_supported
"Rosetta" - the x86 Intel 'translator'
"Apple have found a way to emulate PowerPC compiled software at acceptable speed on Intel processors". Rosetta is designed to translate currently shipping Applications on a PowerPC with a G3 processor and that are built for MacOS X. For a very good read on that and Rosetta, go here:-
http://daringfireball.net/2005/06/bombs_away
Finally and please remember, this is a rumor...... Does Steve Jobs (Apple's CEO) have ambitions of owning Sony Pictures Corporation? Find out about that and more here at:-
http://daringfireball.net/2005/06/rule_the_galaxy
Hopefully, all of this transition business will finally help answer that perennial question "What sort of Computer Should I Buy?" or "Do I buy a Mac or PC?" Well the answer is simple really, "It will be one using an Intel Processor! - Ah !... but - which one..........?"
I hope you enjoy the read,
Cheers
_____________________________________________________
"It takes 2 Days to post an impromptu thread!"

Not long ago, from a Web page not far away...........
comes this little snippet of news for users of MacOS "Classic" systems and it appears it's not good.
I have done some digging around on Apple and Intel and it all look's "Fair Dinkum" to me. The following is an excerpt from the Web page - classic_not_supported ".....but, page 67 of Apple's Universal Binary Program Guides pdf. explicitly states that "Classic" applications are _not_ supported in the Rosetta emulator, that runs PowerPC applications on Intel-based Macs".
BTW, there is a link to this pdf listed on the same page, but, I found when I tried to access it, it showed up as a _blank page_! Hmmmm........but that could be me (4 attempts!??).
So there it is in a 'nutshell' as so to speak. The bottom line is this.... if you are a regular Classic user, Apple have no plans for support! Read more on this here at:-
http://daringfireball.net/2005/06/classic_not_supported
"Rosetta" - the x86 Intel 'translator'
"Apple have found a way to emulate PowerPC compiled software at acceptable speed on Intel processors". Rosetta is designed to translate currently shipping Applications on a PowerPC with a G3 processor and that are built for MacOS X. For a very good read on that and Rosetta, go here:-
http://daringfireball.net/2005/06/bombs_away
Finally and please remember, this is a rumor...... Does Steve Jobs (Apple's CEO) have ambitions of owning Sony Pictures Corporation? Find out about that and more here at:-
http://daringfireball.net/2005/06/rule_the_galaxy
Hopefully, all of this transition business will finally help answer that perennial question "What sort of Computer Should I Buy?" or "Do I buy a Mac or PC?" Well the answer is simple really, "It will be one using an Intel Processor! - Ah !... but - which one..........?"
I hope you enjoy the read,
Cheers
_____________________________________________________
"It takes 2 Days to post an impromptu thread!"