Re: [Phys-l] Rel Lab software replacement

[David Morgan <morgand@newschool.edu>]

On Mar 15, 2006, at 10:16 AM, James Frysinger wrote:

> Rumor has it that Mac is soon going to stop supporting Classic  
> mode, starting
> with an imminent revision to OS X.

To clarify - I'm pretty sure the end of Classic support is tied to  
the transition to the Intel chip, not the OS revisions per se. So as  
long as you don't buy all new Macs, you should be able to run your  
Classic software indefinitely. But you're right that eventually  
you're bound to be stuck.

(I would recommend always keeping an older Mac or two around. The  
only reason I kept my Apple G3 iBook when I upgraded to a G4  
Powerbook is so I can boot into OS9 and run Interactive Physics,  
which barely runs at all in emulation on the newer machines! It's a  
very strange problem to have. )

Dave Morgan

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David L. Morgan
Professor of Physics
Eugene Lang College
The New School