[Coco] DriveWire on a iMac

[Michael Brant]

there are PowerPC Linux versions available.  is that a possibly for using
an old mac for drivewire if I use linux powerPC? I have a lot of powerPC
computers.  3 G5, a G4 Mini, a powermac G4 and an iBook G4.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> > >
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