Discussion
v68k
homarp: related discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40338443
homarp: how does it compare to executor? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_(software)
davidfstr: Wine for classic Mac OS? Amazing. Well done.
shermantanktop: But will it run Dark Castle??Many hours were wasted on that game.
hagbard_c: make ams-vnc ./build.pl -i exhibit graft skif minivx xv68k freemountd listen vnc-interact ... Daemon starting up... done. T=0.037s ERROR: OpenDF is unimplemented Hm, doesn't seem to work. Let's try the X11 version: make ams-x11 ./build.pl -i exhibit graft skif minivx xv68k freemountd interact-x11 ... T=0.275s ERROR: OpenDF is unimplemented Nope, it seems to be missing something. OpenDF? All I find is this: https://github.com/PrjEnt/OpenDF, a long-abandoned project which seems to be a more compact version of another abandoned thing.
hyperhello: I'd like to see something like Carbon for old apps so that they boot in modern window frames (without the missing Tahoe corners) and can save to files.
ksherlock: OpenDF is a MacOS toolbox call (which is apparently not implemented)
imoverclocked: I can't imagine how fast this is compared to the original hardware that ran it. I remember using a Mac 512k with a single floppy drive (no hard drive support) and doing the insert-floppy-dance. Computers were far more mechanical then.It would be fun to have a "slow it down" feature that also has the various floppy read/write noises paired with it. Bonus points for different generations of hardware and having the OG HD noises to pair with those too!
drzaiusx11: There was a show HN retro HW project somewhat recently that included sound emulation on board. Maybe that author is reading this, but their sound emulation was probably my favorite part (not to disregard the actual hard parts! I just found it charming)
