Need for 68K Mac VM?

Mark Guzdial guzdial at cc.gatech.edu
Tue Feb 13 14:08:27 UTC 2001


I'm with Georg.  I still use several 68K machines: My trusty Quadra 
840av is my kids' computer, and my 190cs Powerbook is a fine 
text-editing and simple-Squeaking machine (it's what I wrote the 
original PWS on) -- lighterweight than modern Powerbooks and doesn't 
get as hot when running for awhile.

John, I'd be happy to test a 3.0 68K VM for you.

Mark

>>Since I'm building 68K versions of the macintosh 3.0.x VM and 
>>occasionally having issues with that I thought I'd ask does anyone 
>>really use or want to use it on a 68K machine, or could one live 
>>with earlier versions, 2.6, 2.7 or 2.8, mm even 2.9?
>>
>>One noticeable difference in 3.0 is that Morphic is really really 
>>slow on a 68K machine.
>>
>>The 3.0.5 mac VM I have lurking DOES run on a 68K mac with System 
>>7.6.1, but does anyone care?
>>
>>Oh and lastly I do need a few folks that have 68K machines to alpha 
>>test... Seem some people who have done this in the past now no 
>>longer have old macs around.
>
>I have just moved Squeak to my old PowerBook 180c at home to 
>interface with my Garmin eTrex. Works beautifully. While I don´t 
>need a newer version than 2.x I still have a IIsi (17MB) lurking in 
>the office for testing. I think newer versions for old machines are 
>only useful if they bring a marked speed improvement.
>
>Georg
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