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Then I got an iMac 2GHz G5, 17", 160 Gb HD, 2 GB RAM, updated with OSX Leopard. (Nice, but no Classic environment.) In retrospect, I should've stuck with the original OSX Tiger on that machine.

Since April 2010 I have a iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 21", 4 GB RAM, running OSX Snow Leopard. (Some older PPC based software is broken, but most still runs in Rosetta.) I couldn't see any good reason to upgrade to OSX to Lion or Mountain Lion on this now-old machine.īut then, in late 2013 OSX Mavericks came on the scene as a free upgrade. Apart from that, the newest OSX Sierra has been sweet since I upgraded to 8GB RAM! Rosetta isn't supported so I lost the use all my PPC software. I've enjoyed trying some of the Mac-based Atari ST emulators. MagicMacDownloads can be found at Tim's Atari World.įor instance, what modern software can edit patches on a 1980's Casio CZ-1 synthesizer?Įmulators for Macintosh I know about are: One reason for using these is to salvage some old files from Atari and move them into a Macintosh environment.Īnother reason is that some specialized music software written for old synthesizers never made it to newer computing platforms.The freeware ST emulator NoSTalgia is a complete emulation, but doesn't access the Mac hardware (e.g. The older Version 0.65 worked best for me on Mac OS 9.x. It was good to communicate using OMS over MIDI with my old Casio CZ-1. (The newer Version 1.42 works with Quicktime Music Instruments, but OMS is greyed out.)Īnother cool thing to do is use Atari-based music patch software to edit the sounds of some synthesizers via MIDI. CZ Rider and CZ Android worked well with my old Casio CZ-1 and Mac OS 9.x/OMS on my old Performa 6360. My main problem is MIDI is only output to Quicktime Instruments. I'm liking using monochrome settings for "serious" applications. The new Version 1.52 for Mac OSX was released recently, with improvements. My only wish is for "real" MIDI in/out via OSX Core Audio. This emulator is my favorite for music applications and some games. Unfortunately, the Mac's joysticks don't work with it, so you're stuck using the keypad for games.Ī big plus is NoSTalgia can take screenshots. NoSTalgia can access the Mac MIDI port using Quicktime, (or via OMS on OS 9.x), which is way-cool if you've got a heap of old sequencer files to work with.