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- Subject: Re: System 7.5
- To: nicolaas@allshare.nl (Nico van Baren), executor@ardi.com
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- From: Ian Viemeister <vmeister@ios.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 20:23:01 -0400
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- At 12:13 PM 6/17/96 GMT, Nico van Baren wrote:
- >So System 7.5 is out for now. However, is it possible to install (parts of) an
- >earlier version of the Macintosh System in the Executor environment? Is the
- >Browser an integral part of the entire Executor package of can it be replaced
- >by (a version of) the Finder/MultiFinder?
-
- Well, _if_ Finder worked, you could just overwrite Browser. However, the last
- time I checked, no version of Finder manages to start (no errors, just hangs)
-
- >I put this question from a purely technical point of view; I understand there
- >might also be licensing or other legal problems in installing Apple
- software on
- >a non-Macintosh machine, but first I would like to know whether it is
- >TECHNICALLY possible.
-
- Since System 7.5 is for sale in most major computer stores, you can just buy it.
- I believe that ARDI plans to work on drop-in support for MacOS in the future --
- but not the near future.
-
- Ian
- vmeister@ios.com
- http://styx.ios.com/~vmeister/
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