Hi all

     In his edifying report Herbie wrote (Fri, 24 Mar 2006 
19:53:21 +0100): 

 > there is no way of running Classic apps on Intel
 > Macs.

No *Apple* way.  But a *Linux* way of running *68K* Classic
Mac apps (such as the irreplaceable MacDrawPro or the
FBII compiler) is appearing with Linux implementations
on Intel Macs starting with under OSX.4.  
It is "BasiliskII 1.0-Pre" of
2006-01-21. The 68K emulation goes up to OS8.1 and
requires a suitable 68K Mac ROM (of which I have a few
stashed away). See:

http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:basilisk2

Anyone have BasiliskII experience?
If linux proves to be the stablest OS, it will probably 
be the best platform for emulators.

      Like Ted, I piously hope that Apple will do various
flavors of Classic Mac OS8.6 & 9.x *PPC* emulation.  If
not, maybe the Mac-on-Linux folks eventually will. See

           http://www.maconlinux.org/
           
where one reads (whoopie!):

  > adding a PowerPC emulator for x86 is under consideration
  
(And see particularly their cute Apple-hugging mascot;-)

     But, honestly, it's looking to me increasingly as if 
the easiest solution for experienced Mac users will be to 
keep yesteryear hardware around to run yesteryear software 
triumphs. Since a majority of users are content to remain 
eternal novices, Apple may not care.

Cheers

Laurent S.