Re: Mac PPC

2017-06-15 Thread Mike Bonner via use-livecode
I've messed with wine in the past (WAY back) and it did work much of the time. Might be worth trying again. As it is, I have a whole bunch of distributions set up using fake linux machines (grin... virtualbox.) I'm currently re-purposing a bunch of old hardware that will exit my house and end up i

Re: Mac PPC

2017-06-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I think you will find that WINE enables you to play most Windows games: https://appdb.winehq.org/ or you could just set your rig up to dual-boot. Richmond. On 6/14/17 10:40 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: If i didn't have things that I don't want to do without on windows, I would go s

Re: Mac PPC

2017-06-14 Thread Mike Bonner via use-livecode
If i didn't have things that I don't want to do without on windows, I would go solely linux. Alas i have to admit that even at my age.. I still play games that are only available on windows. (some could be shoehorned into linux in various ways but games can be very problematic) On Wed, Jun 14, 20

Re: Mac PPC

2017-06-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
It never ceases to amaze me how I manage to run the latest LC release via Xubuntu on a Pentium IV that is significantly older than my MacMini PPC and that is significantly older than my Polycarbonate Intel iMac: I am running LC 9 dp 6 on the Pentium IV . . . . admittedly this says buckets abou

Re: Mac PPC

2017-06-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks! that's exactly the info I needed. Richmond. On 6/14/17 8:31 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: I have a little macbook g4 running 10.4.11 and after going through the release notes, chose livecode 6.5.2 (the last version of lc that specifically says it will work with a macos that ol

Re: Mac PPC

2017-06-14 Thread Mike Bonner via use-livecode
I have a little macbook g4 running 10.4.11 and after going through the release notes, chose livecode 6.5.2 (the last version of lc that specifically says it will work with a macos that old) the machine has 1.25g of mem, and runs like a champ. On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Richmond Mathewson v

Re: Mac PPC

2017-06-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks Kay C Lan, but I am after some slightly more obscure info: the last version working on Mac OS 10.4.11 as my MacMini PPC does not have suffiecient RAM to cope with 10.5.8 (and I am NOT going to pay for more RAM for a machine that spends most of its time running a variety of emulators: BBC M

Re: Mac PPC

2017-06-14 Thread Kay C Lan via use-livecode
Can confirm that LC 6.6.5 will run on a PPC running Leopard 10.5.8. On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 5:37 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: > 6.6.x I think was the last version to support PPC - 10.4+. > > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 13 Jun 2017, at 08:32, Richmond Mathewson via use-live

Re: Mac PPC

2017-06-13 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
6.6.x I think was the last version to support PPC - 10.4+. Mark Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Jun 2017, at 08:32, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > I wonder (to save me trawling endlessly though release notes) if > anyone can tell me the last LC version to run on Mac PPC? > > Ri