Emulator

[Zylstra]

Is there a program that simulates any version of Microsoft Windows on Mac OS 9?
And does anyone know what "SoftWindows" is?

[Oober_Noober]

Back in the day, I used VirtualPC to emulate a x86 machine on my old Beige Boxes. That was a while ago, back when Connectix made it, so I'm not sure how things are going with Microsoft's implementation (probably slow, bloated, and buggy... whats new?). SoftPC is another solution, but I'm a bit leary about what I've seen so far of BlackHole software. Their web site does not instill confidence in potential customers. Plus, what kind of company name is that? "Hey! Let's name a company after something that can't be seen, is totally destructive, and is poorly understood!! Woo Hoo!!!" Sign me up.

BTW, what kind of Mac are we talking about here? Gx series of 60x series (or 680x0 series)?

Here are a few links that may prove helpful to you:

http://www.macwindows.com/
http://www.macwindows.com/emultips
http://www.mac-archive.com/windows.html
Check Ebay for older versions of Virtual PC (The latest version is Jaguar only):
http://cgi.ebay.com/Virtual-PC-Runs-Windows-on-MACs-incl-Win98-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ9745106680QQihZ008QQcategoryZ11231QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


--Oober

P.S. You could always get a MacBook and... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6762467440348643543&q=windows+macbook

[Zylstra]

G3 iMac with OS9. Thats about all I know.

[Zylstra]

FOUND THE PERFECT PROGRAM!

(requires a boot disk to be created to boot the virtual PC)

Name of program:
PCx 1.1b5.

Download at:
http://emulation.victoly.com/windoze/
(I don't care what you say, its on that page)

Haha, Windoze

[jackpkmn]

OMG your telling me PCx has been updated?
-passesout-
I was just gona say look for an old copy of VPC 4 or something.

[Zylstra]

OMG your telling me PCx has been updated?
-passesout-
I was just gona say look for an old copy of VPC 4 or something.

Do you have PCx?
Please tell me you do.
If you have a virtual HD with DOS or another OS, PLEASE send it to me!
(You can send it in an email, if you'd like)
I dont have a CD-ROM or Floppy, so I cant use PCx right.

[jackpkmn]

Well the think is that I have PCx 0.5b. I havent goten it to work yet but I know i will eventualy. Although to set this up you need a SCSI CDRom drive and a Floppy Drive. Just a floppy drive will work. You can (although I really dont think you should) get windows 2k on it. Without a CDRom drive (yes they do make USB floppy drives) then I would not hassle with anything more than Windows 95 and nothing older than DOS 6.22. I can send you a disk image of a bootable DOS floppy for 6.22 that will boot the emulator in basic (VERY basic) DOS mode.