[Coco] DriveWire on a iMac

[Aaron Wolfe]

You may still be able to use DriveWire with OpenJDK.  I see Google results
that claim people do it, but I don't know firsthand.
 On Jun 24, 2015 1:43 PM, "Bill" <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> Well, I just answered my own question. My iMac Grape (G3) is loaded with
> OS X 10.2.5 and Java 1.4, so DriveWire is totally out of the question. So
> much for that.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 11:40 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DriveWire on a iMac
>
> Yeah, Mac is a special case because Apple wrote and/or provided their own
> Java 6 for a while, and then they stopped doing that.  Then the official
> Oracle JRE starting supporting OSX but only version 10.7.3 and above.
>
> https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_mac.xml#otherjava
>
> I am guessing 32 bit macs cannot use OSX 10.7.3+ ?  If that is the case,
> you're stuck with Apple's own version of Java 1.6 and that is so old and
> crusty all bets are off :(
>
> You may be able to use the OpenJDK version of Java on your Mac.  People
> report good success using it on PowerPC Macs:
>
> http://javaevangelist.blogspot.com/2012/02/openjdk-7-on-apple-g5-powerpc-on-mac-os.html
>
> If OpenJDK is available for your machine, that should be a fine way to run
> Drivewire (or any other Java applications I'd think).  The OpenJDK project
> is now the "official" Java, supported by Oracle etc.
>
> Or maybe Boisy will release his Mac DriveWire project and make this a non
> issue (assuming *that* runs on 32 bit intel macs :)
>
> -Aaron
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Barry Nelson <
> barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:
>
> > Regarding your comments below, the platform is Mac intel 32 bit, and
> > as for updating to a newer version of java, no newer version is
> > available for a 32 bit intel Mac. A 64 bit Mac does have newer java
> > versions available, but not 32 bit.
> >
> > Aaron Wolfe aawolfe at gmail.com
> > Wed Jun 24 08:36:14 EDT 2015
> > What platform(s) and JRE does this happen on?  I use 1.6 from Sun on
> > an old Linux box fairly often without issue, but that's the only
> > combination of
> > 1.6 I have around here.
> >
> >
> >  If you can upgrade to a more current JRE, I'd recommend it
> > (regardless of
> > Drivewire)  There are a lot of bugs and security things fixed since
> > the days of 1.6
> >
> >
> > --
> > Coco mailing list
> > Coco at maltedmedia.com
> > https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
> >
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>