Use MOL to run old OS's on new hardware?

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isn't Darwin a BSD? ;-) And if so I'm sure MOL could run it and it's
freely downloadable from apple.com...

On 10/12/05, Llywelyn Fawr <hacker at llywelyn.org> wrote:
> Is it possible to use MOL to virtulize an older Mac OS than will
> natively run on my machine?
> That is, I have an iBook G3 800MHz, and I have a Mac OS 8.5 install CD.
> Mac 8.5 will not install (the CD will not even boot on) my iBook, but I
> would like to be able to use it for some ancient software I have.
>
> MOL should be capable of running it, but I was unable to get MOL to boot
> the CD.
>
> Is it possible to run this older OS on my new(er) hardware?
>
> If so, does OS 8.5 need a ROM image?  The CD has a ROM image on it, but
> I have a Performa 6400/180 if I really need to grab one.  OS 8.5 seems
> to be right on the line as far as ROM's go.
>
> Also (off topic), can MOL virtulize any of the BSD's?
>
> Thanks!  :-)
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