Older versions of Mac OS X are probably better, since Mariner hasnt updated most of their software in quite a while. Ive been running Mariner Write version 3.8.0 on Snow Leopard, which they dont have among their downloads, but one of those listed should work on any Mac running Mohave or older.

I can still run AppleWorks 6.2.9 using Rosetta in Snow Leopard, which is REALLY fun) You can still download Mariner Writeįrom the Mariner Software website at and they link to a TidBits article on running 32-bit apps in Catalina using Parallels. I finally switched to Mariner Write, which was very similar to WriteNow and just as fast But last year Mariner Software pulled Mariner Write off of the Mac App Store when Mac OS Catalina came out, since Write is a 32-bit app.īut I still use it occasionally, for old times sake, on my MacBook Air running Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, and its still a lot of fun. Very slow the last time I used it, with Mac OS 9 and an early version of OS X on it. I probably have WriteNow on my old blueberry iMac but I havent powered that up in a decade. You can download a VM of OS 9 and other old operating systems at WinWorld.Ī few years back I had a System 7.5 image running in BasiliskII so I could recover old files created in WriteNow (loved that app) and get them into something portable to modern systems. Wonderful beyond what those who never experienced it can imagine.įor the 400K floppies Ill have to fire up my old performa and convert those to 800K disks. Would love to see a IIGS emulator of similar design. Transferred it to my Windows 10 partition, same files and setup exactly, and worked like a charm. 8.0 Emulator Mac OS 9 PleaseĪwesome Now do it for Mac OS 9 please That old sheepshaver file thats been shared for 10 years now is pretty rough.

Netscape) to be able to connect to the modern Macs network for internet access Cant figure that one out. Please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. When System 8.sorry, OS 8 came along, it fixed a lot of things, but it was still coopertative multitasking with no memory protections, which meant if something crashed, it could crash the entire system. Mac Os 8.0 Emulator By nardeotolan1976 Follow | Public

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