I need a volunteer to help test os9 running under OSX
Natalia Portillo
iosglpgc at teleline.es
Tue Oct 12 00:29:38 MDT 2004
I have a PowerBook G4 with 10.3.5 and like to test things
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: mol-general-bounces at lists.maconlinux.org
> [mailto:mol-general-bounces at lists.maconlinux.org] En nombre
> de ted bonkenburg
> Enviado el: domingo, 10 de octubre de 2004 19:04
> Para: mol-general at lists.maconlinux.org
> Asunto: I need a volunteer to help test os9 running under OSX
>
> Hi All,
>
> After some time away, I've freed up more time to play with
> MOL. What I'm really interested in is the mac port of mol
> (running mol w/ the host os being os x), and I'm trying to
> see how I can help move this along :-)
>
> Some time ago I managed to get os9 to boot based on reading
> this mailing list. Well, I started from scratch again with
> the latest source tree and I have os9 booting again. Then I
> painstakingly repackaged mol so that it runs in the style of
> an os x app (i.e. it lives in only one directory,
> installation should be drag-and-drop, to remove you just drag
> 'Mom.app' to the trash, etc). Finally, I've made a very
> basic UI for creating and running virtual machines -- well,
> os9 vm's only at the moment.
>
> I'd like a single volunteer to help me get this stage working
> so that I can put it out for more people to play with and get
> some feedback. I have only one test machine (ibook) which is
> "polluted" with many 'make installs' of mol, messing around
> trying to get things to work, etc. So here is what I'm looking for:
>
> 1. Someone who is running 10.3.5
> 2. And has a G4 processor
> 3. And has a copy of the Mac OS 9 install cd (preferably 9.1
> since that is what I'm using) 4. And is willing to test
> things out and maybe go through a few iterations (i.e. it
> probably won't run right the first time) 5. And won't give
> it out to others (I just want to get it right before I make
> it generally available) 6. And understands that while it is
> very, very, extremely unlikely -- this may hose your system :-)
>
> I can provide an http address for download, so you don't have
> to worry about your inbox getting slammed (I'm thinking of
> you here, Gasper :-).
>
> Any takers?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ted
>
> _______________________________________________
> mol-general mailing list
> mol-general at lists.maconlinux.org
> http://lists.maconlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/mol-general
More information about the mol-general
mailing list