TOS and virtual machines

[Ken Springer]

Haven't had any of my Atari computers running in over 5 years, I keep
telling myself to get them set up, but life gets in the way.

Is is possible to install TOS in a virtual machine program? I have
Parallels Desktop for the Mac installed, and have XP and Vista
installed, working at getting Puppy Linux 5.25 running.

The recent post about ARAnyM got me to thinking about it. I've got some
Atari software I would sure like to easily regain access to.

[Dave Wade]

Post by Ken Springer
Haven't had any of my Atari computers running in over 5 years, I keep
telling myself to get them set up, but life gets in the way.
Is is possible to install TOS in a virtual machine program? I have
Parallels Desktop for the Mac installed, and have XP and Vista installed,
working at getting Puppy Linux 5.25 running.

NO, you need an Atari emulator of which there a number. ARAnyM is but one...

Post by Ken Springer
The recent post about ARAnyM got me to thinking about it. I've got some
Atari software I would sure like to easily regain access to.

What type of Software. Each has its own special needs.

Post by Ken Springer
--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.6.7
Firefox 3.6.17
Thunderbird 3.1.10
LibreOffice 3.3.2

[Ken Springer]

Post by Dave Wade

The recent post about ARAnyM got me to thinking about it. I've got
some Atari software I would sure like to easily regain access to.

What type of Software. Each has its own special needs.

For a general classification, let's call it productivity software. I'm
not a gamer.

The one's that come to mind immediately are:

Calamus SL 98
Papyrus
InShape
DynaCADD

And others.

Of course, the ability to get it into a file I can save, print, export,
etc. out of the emulator should be obvious. :-)

Obviously from the sig, I'd prefer it runs on a Mac. But, I do have a
good XP/Vista dual boot machine here also.


I do miss the Atari days. :-(

[Francois LE COAT]

Hi,

Post by Dave Wade

The recent post about ARAnyM got me to thinking about it. I've got
some Atari software I would sure like to easily regain access to.

What type of Software. Each has its own special needs.

For a general classification, let's call it productivity software. I'm
not a gamer.
Calamus SL 98
Papyrus
InShape
DynaCADD
And others.
Of course, the ability to get it into a file I can save, print, export,
etc. out of the emulator should be obvious. :-)
Obviously from the sig, I'd prefer it runs on a Mac. But, I do have a
good XP/Vista dual boot machine here also.
I do miss the Atari days. :-(

Do you know the following WEB site, and related applications ?

iCalamus <http://www.icalamus.net/icalamus/index.php?lan=en>
Papyrus OFFICE <http://www.rom-logicware.com/>
InShape III <http://inshape.lutece.net/>

The interesting thing in ARAnyM's use, is about softwares that you
won't get natively on your non-ATARI host machine. There's quite a
lot, apart from ATARI applications that were already ported elsewhere.

ATARIstically yours =)

[Ken Springer]

Post by Francois LE COAT
Do you know the following WEB site, and related applications ?
iCalamus <http://www.icalamus.net/icalamus/index.php?lan=en>
Papyrus OFFICE <http://www.rom-logicware.com/>
InShape III <http://inshape.lutece.net/>

I knew that Papyrus was available for the PC, I found it while searching
for alternative PC office apps to MS Office. It was nice to know they
were still alive and kicking.

I knew Calamus is was alive, but didn't know there was a Mac version.

Did not know about InShape.

Another program I just remembered is PhotoLine, which I have the Atari
version of. And I know they are alive and kicking.

For right now, I'm not sure I have enough need for any of these programs
to purchase new and current versions. I think my needs can be met with
the Atari versions. And if I were to use the software in some sort of
"serious" mode, I'd get one of my Atari computers running before
purchasing anything new.

Thanks for the information on the ported versions, though. I'm glad
there are some Atari developers that have survived. I do just about
everything I can to avoid the mainstream software, such as Adobe and
Microsoft. I like competition. :-)

[calimero]

Post by Ken Springer
Another program I just remembered is PhotoLine, which I have the Atari
version of.  And I know they are alive and kicking.

PhotoLine today:

http://www.pl32.com/

[Francois LE COAT]

Hi,

Post by calimero

Post by Ken Springer
Another program I just remembered is PhotoLine, which I have the Atari
version of. And I know they are alive and kicking.

http://www.pl32.com/

That's great ! I didn't knew this ATARI ported application.
There's <http://www.tokitest.fr/> Toki Line Test or also
<http://www.xnview.com/> xnView which are great apps :-)

ATARIstically yours =)

[calimero]

Post by Francois LE COAT
Hi,

Post by calimero

Post by Ken Springer
Another program I just remembered is PhotoLine, which I have the Atari
version of.  And I know they are alive and kicking.

http://www.pl32.com/

That's great ! I didn't knew this ATARI ported application.
There's <http://www.tokitest.fr/> Toki Line Test or also
<http://www.xnview.com/> xnView which are great apps :-)
ATARIstically yours =)
--
François LE COAT
Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller)http://eureka.atari.org/http://fon.gs/atarians/

:) I did not know that there was Toki Line Test for ST and that
xnView start life on Atari :)

cheers !

[Francois LE COAT]

Hi,

Post by calimero

Post by Francois LE COAT

Post by calimero

Post by Ken Springer
Another program I just remembered is PhotoLine, which I have the Atari
version of. And I know they are alive and kicking.

http://www.pl32.com/

That's great ! I didn't knew this ATARI ported application.
There's<http://www.tokitest.fr/> Toki Line Test or also
<http://www.xnview.com/> xnView which are great apps :-)

:) I did not know that there was Toki Line Test for ST and that
xnView start life on Atari :)

:-) Everybody knows about iCab, of course ! <http://www.icab.de/>
The original name is Christal ATARI Browser by Alexander Clauss.
xnView is developed by Pierre Gougelet. I can't remember for Toki.

Best regards,

[Ken Springer]

Post by Francois LE COAT
:-) Everybody knows about iCab, of course ! <http://www.icab.de/>
The original name is Christal ATARI Browser by Alexander Clauss.

I didn't, but I do now! :-D

[Francois LE COAT]

Hi,

Post by Francois LE COAT
:-) Everybody knows about iCab, of course ! <http://www.icab.de/>
The original name is Christal ATARI Browser by Alexander Clauss.

I didn't, but I do now! :-D

There's also Rainbow II Multimedia <http://www.rainbowpainter.com/>

ATARIstically yours =)

[Ken Springer]

Post by Francois LE COAT
Hi,

Post by Francois LE COAT
:-) Everybody knows about iCab, of course ! <http://www.icab.de/>
The original name is Christal ATARI Browser by Alexander Clauss.

I didn't, but I do now! :-D

There's also Rainbow II Multimedia <http://www.rainbowpainter.com/>

Thanks, Francois, I just downloaded it.

[Dave Wade]

Post by Ken Springer

Post by Dave Wade

The recent post about ARAnyM got me to thinking about it. I've got
some Atari software I would sure like to easily regain access to.

What type of Software. Each has its own special needs.

For a general classification, let's call it productivity software. I'm
not a gamer.
Calamus SL 98
Papyrus
InShape
DynaCADD
And others.
Of course, the ability to get it into a file I can save, print, export,
etc. out of the emulator should be obvious. :-)
Obviously from the sig, I'd prefer it runs on a Mac. But, I do have a
good XP/Vista dual boot machine here also.

Might be worth trying out gemulator

http://www.emulators.com/gemul8r.htm

but only available on PC....

Post by Ken Springer
I do miss the Atari days. :-(
--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.6.7
Firefox 3.6.17
Thunderbird 3.1.10
LibreOffice 3.3.2

[Ken Springer]

Post by Dave Wade
Might be worth trying out gemulator
http://www.emulators.com/gemul8r.htm
but only available on PC....

Isn't that Darek Mihoka's (sp?) project? I've got an older PC version,
I'd completely forgot about it. I think I looked at it one time, found
it required technical knowledge to get it installed I don't have.

But I do have a Windows computer, I can always take another look at the
current version.

But of course, the best thing would be to get the TT or Hades up and
running! : grin :

[Dave Wade]

Post by Ken Springer

Post by Dave Wade
Might be worth trying out gemulator
http://www.emulators.com/gemul8r.htm
but only available on PC....

Isn't that Darek Mihoka's (sp?) project? I've got an older PC version,
I'd completely forgot about it. I think I looked at it one time, found it
required technical knowledge to get it installed I don't have.

It is a bit fiddley to get it working but for things like Calamus its great
because with the aid of some of the tools included you can use the entire
screen area of a PC monitor.

Post by Ken Springer
But I do have a Windows computer, I can always take another look at the
current version.
But of course, the best thing would be to get the TT or Hades up and

Not sure it is. Getting a TT going especially with a graphic card is a real
slog.

Post by Ken Springer
--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.6.7
Firefox 3.6.17
Thunderbird 3.1.10
LibreOffice 3.3.2

[Ken Springer]

Post by Dave Wade
Not sure it is. Getting a TT going especially with a graphic card is a
real slog.

The Hades should be a simple matter of setting it up. :-) And the TT
was working when I disconnected everything and took it down for the last
move. But now, I have a black screen on bootup. Happened during a
previous move too, and fiddling/wiggling the monitor cable fixed it. At
the moment, I suspect an intermittent connection with the cable.

But it's a "time/space continuum" thing. I don't have much time, nor do
I have much space to set them up in. LOL