[Coco] DriveWire on a iMac

[Aaron Wolfe]

Chances are good that it would work fine, provided the Linux you use
provides lib-rxtx (most Linuxes do).  I can't promise anything, but I've
run Drivewire on systems that were much less likely to work.



On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Michael Brant <brant.michael.l at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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