[Coco] Mac OSX 10.4

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> The little G4 I have is using OSX 10.2. I saw that DriveWire 3 for the Mac
> requires 10.4, which that machine won't handle (plus the fact that I don't
> have it.)
>
> So, all I need to do is make sure 10.2 includes Java version 1.5. Where do I
> download DriveWire 4 from? Does it do the same thing that DriveWire 3 does
> (give me access to the HD for storage)?
>

Information and the software for DW4 can be found here:
http://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4/

It supports all of the functions of version 3, but does not yet have a
GUI interface.  Configuration is done in a text file and/or from the
OS-9 command line.  If that doesn't scare you, check it out :)

-Aaron

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 5:31 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Mac OSX 10.4
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Todd Wallace <dragonbytes at cox.net> wrote:
>> Ah ok, well I think all that DriveWire 4 requires is java on the mac.
> Aaron can correct me if im wrong. You will have to get one of those usb to
> serial adapters working however. Not sure the minimum requirements for that.
>>
>
> You will need Java JRE or JDK version 1.5 or higher and a serial
> device of some sort.   Any system with those two things *should* work,
> so far it's held true.  You may want to make sure the version of OS X
> you are installing does include Jave version 1.5, support for Java on
> OS X sometimes is not kept current on older versions.
>
>
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