Old PC DOS programmes and files on MAC?

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R***@officeformac.com

2009-03-21 11:39:23 UTC

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

I wish to run or convert old PC DOS archives (Wordstar 4, Supercalc 3, Smart II, WordPerfect 5.1) to be useable in Mac G4/G5. How?

Michael Vilain

2009-03-21 14:36:01 UTC

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Post by R***@officeformac.com
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC
I wish to run or convert old PC DOS archives (Wordstar 4, Supercalc 3, Smart
II, WordPerfect 5.1) to be useable in Mac G4/G5. How?

Install XP or even DOS as guest OS on VPC for Macintosh. There's a bug
with 10.5 and VPC that won't mount CDs, so you'll have to convert all
CDs of these programs to disk images. I don't know if VPC will "see" a
1.44MB floppy drive on 10.5, but it works on 10.4. Your best option
would be to run 10.4 rather than 10.5 on the G4/G5 if this is important
to you. That way you'll get CD mounting from inside VPC.

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Fred Horvat

2009-03-22 21:20:18 UTC

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Not quite true with the bug with 10.5 and VPC with CDs. My G5 with 10.5.6
will mount and un-mount CDs and DVDs just fine. Though I always install my
OSes via ISO images for speed reasons. It's annoying actually because while
I'm in XP and I pop in a DVD or CD for OSX it will mount in VPC and if it's
a DVD VPC will issue a warning that I can't play DVDs in VPC. So normally I
keep an ISO always mounted in XP so I don't get the annoying message every
time I swap a CD/DVD on the OSX side.

For what it's worth.

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