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> It doesn't even say anywhere on the page that it's Mac-limited.

Where does it say macOS? I see no mention of any supported platform.

FWIW the x86 version of OPENSTEP 4.2 has been running in virtual machines for some time.[1][2] Previous emulates the NeXT hardware and Motorola processor, and maybe some are interested in that. Personally, I'm really not, but it's an interesting use of emulation (which really only becomes useful when emulating a current platform on another, such as x86 on Apple Silicon or vice versa).

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAF0xdIiI20 [VirtualBox tutorial]

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVCxfoG8bv4 [VMWare Tutorial]



Last week I've spent some time trying to make OpenStep run in qemu, but gave up after few hours. Apparently there is some incompatibility with how qemu emulates CD drive.


> Where does it say macOS? I see no mention of any supported platform.

That was exactly my point when I said:

> It doesn't even say anywhere on the page that it's Mac-limited

It says nothing about the OS it runs on, which IMHO is lame.


> That was exactly my point when I said:

> > > It doesn't even say anywhere on the page that it's Mac-limited

If I said "it doesn't say anywhere that it only runs on OS/400," then this implies that it stated somewhere that the software runs on OS/400 just as your statement implies it runs on Mac. Where did you get Mac from in the first place if the about doesn't mention it?




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