MOL on Virtual PC Linux or PowerPC Linux?

[Brad House]

Sounds to me like you need to get away from
MacAuthorize and move to another product such
as MCVE (which works on both OS X and PPC Linux)
http://www.mcve.com


citizen wrote:
> I need to run Mac OS 8.6 for the MacAuthorize Hub software in MOL.  It 
> will not run on anything newer than 8.6.  My questions are which way 
> should I go when I need the following requirements?
> 
> I need Mac OS 8.6 running on MOL to communicate with the Modem in a G4 
> 667 powerbook to do credit card transactions!  Is this possible?  Can MOL 
> communicate with the modem hardware?
> 
> If it is possible, what would be a better way to go?
> 
> Run Virtual PC running Linux running MOL over MacOS X?
> 
> Or run PowerPC Linux with MOL running on top of that?  
> 
> If it is the later, what flavor of PowerPC Linux should I use?  Yellow 
> Dog Linux or PowerPC Linux? Or is there something better and cheaper?
> 
> With PowerPC Linux, can you set it up to be able to boot into Linux...and 
> then reboot into Mac OS X?
> 
> Thanks so much in advance for any insight you can give me,

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Brad House
Sr. Developer
Main Street Softworks, Inc.

brad@mainstreetsoftworks.com
(352) 378-8228
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