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  • In-browser Mac OS 7.0.1 emulation, compatible software suite arrives at the Internet Archi...

    It is not obvious but...

    The page:
          https://archive.org/details/mac_MacOS_7.0.1_compilation
    has a big button in the middle of the image at the top of the page.

    Click it and wait a few seconds for the emulator run in Safari. You'll probably get to the point where two mouse pointers (one is yours and the other is the emulator's) do not synchronize which makes it quite difficult to point at anything properly. Also, <command>+Q is not trapped and sent to the emulator so bye bye Safari not what you're running in the JS emulator!

    Alternatively, following the instructions given at the link above (download the ISO files in the sidebar to the right) and follow the link in the original article (PCE emulator) allows one to compile a non-browser emulator. I did the instructed build and, when I ran the executable in a terminal, I got:

    % pce-macplus -v -r
    pce-macplus version 20170208-df19414
    Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Hampa Hug <hampa@hampa.ch>
    SYSTEM:   model=mac-plus
    *** RAM not found at 000000
    CPU:      model=68000 speed=0
    VIA:        addr=0xefe000 size=0x2000
    SCC:      addr=0x800000 size=0x400000
    RTC:      file=pram.dat realtime=1 start=<now> romdisk=0
    KEYBOARD: model=1 international=0 keypad=keypad
    IWM:      addr=0xd00000
    TERM:    driver=null ESC=ESC aspect=4/3 min_size=512*384 scale=1 mouse=[1/1 1/1]
    [000000] mac: reset
    pce-macplus: segmentation fault
    -68000------------------------------------------------------------------------
    CLK=109  OP=1a  DLY=8  CPI=10.5000
     SR=2704[-S]  CC=04[--Z--] EX=00(RSET) TRP=0000 IML=7 IPL=0
     D0=00000000  D4=00000000  A0=00000000  A4=00000000   PC=00000068
     D1=00000000  D5=00000000  A1=00000000  A5=00000000  LPC=00000064
     D2=00000000  D6=00000000  A2=00000000  A6=00000000  USP=00000000
     D3=00000000  D7=00000000  A3=00000000  A7=00000000  SSP=00000000
    00000068  0000 0000            ORI.B    #$00, D0

    Most likely a problem with the provided runtime config file but I've not found much help online with getting past this issue ("*** RAM not found at 000000"). I'll post any further progress but might not have much time to investigate (sorry).
    Jessee Michael
  • Apple releases iTunes 12.5.3 with minor changes

    Dyslexia rules KO
    redgeminipa
  • Qualcomm's iPhone 7 Plus modem beats Intel modem in areas with weak signal

    Intel has been holding Apple up for well over a year on the Mac side. Intel has been trying to get Apple to use their processor on the iPhone side too. I wonder if Intel has been playing games with delaying Apple until Apple has agreed to use Intel's product in the iPhone. My spider sense is tingling (or just more paranoid than usual). Is it possible that Apple had to commit to use Intel chips (starting with the modem) in the iPhone then Intel would get MacBook Pro Kaby Lake processors into Apple's hands in sufficient quantity for Apple finally to be able to refresh the MBP?

    In order to support 4-5k graphics throughput and ThunderBolt 3.1 Apple would need Kaby Lake (not a cut-down version either). Intel does not seem to have been in a cooperative mood so I wonder if they have been holding out on Apple without business quid-pro-quo, putting Apple in a position to be the Beta tester for Intel's modem chip set.

    Perhaps now we can get a 5k Apple 27" display too with TB 3.1 and various ports?
    Perhaps Intel can be persuaded to fix their iPhone modem chips (can the software drivers make up the gap)?
    Must order more popcorn. 
    digital_guy
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook again touts benefits of AR over VR, says 'no substitute for human contact'

    Yes. 

    When I look at a scene I would benefit from seeing the names of people (those I know) in view and the names of streets in various directions and compass headings. These are the simplest augmented views and complex technology but they certainly would simplify my interaction with the world.
    lolliver
  • Mark Zuckerberg voices support for Apple in encryption row, but FBI is winning public mindshare

    Apple cannot take possession of the iPhone and crack it for the FBI. That would invalidate any evidence garnered during their possession of the device and make the contents of the device challengeable after they return it to the FBI.

    How could Apple provide a new version of iOS to the FBI that would be loadable on the device without wiping its existing user-data?

    Here's an interesting read on some more technical requirements with legal repercussions even if Apple could perform the task being asked of them.

    http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=5645

    doozydozen