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MAE on OpenSolaris
Posted by: MacSE/30 on 2008-05-06 07:08:22
Hi *nix users and mac addicts,

I learned that OpenSolaris 2008.05 released yesterday and it includes Sun licensed QuickTransit which translates Solaris/SPARC-to-Solaris/x86 just like Rosetta (Mac OS/PPC-to-Mac OS X86). In fact both products developed by the very same company Transitive. Recently I was trying to install A/UX 3 to my Q650 and chasing A/UX pages over the net.

I saw this page it's about Macintosh Application Environment that runs under HP-UX and Solaris. I want to give MAE a try under OpenSolaris+QuickTransit. However I don't have MAE. Has anybody in here have this MAE 3.0 Free Demo Software CD in handy?

Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-05-06 07:39:51
Why not run it under Basilisk? I know it's available for GNU/Linux but not sure about OpenSolaris.

Posted by: MacSE/30 on 2008-05-06 12:09:46
Why not run it under Basilisk? I know it's available for GNU/Linux but not sure about OpenSolaris.
Basilisk is 3rd party solution. MAE is genuine Apple and more complete (I guess).

Posted by: paws on 2008-05-06 12:23:26
Why not run it under Basilisk? I know it's available for GNU/Linux but not sure about OpenSolaris.
Basilisk is 3rd party solution. MAE is genuine Apple and more complete (I guess).
Well, Basilisk emulates the whole system. It'll run anything you throw at it...

MAE looks very interesting though. I wonder how exactly it works?

Posted by: scott on 2008-05-06 14:51:16
I updated http://www.aux-penelope.com/mae with a copy of the MAE v1.0 trial for Solaris. Enjoy!

Posted by: Quadraman on 2008-05-06 15:49:21
Was this ever released commercially or did it never get past the demo stage?

Posted by: MacSE/30 on 2008-05-06 22:41:31
Was this ever released commercially or did it never get past the demo stage?
It was released commercially and reached version 3.

I remember people in CS department using it when I was in University of Washington in Seattle.

Posted by: MacSE/30 on 2008-05-06 22:42:29
I updated http://www.aux-penelope.com/mae with a copy of the MAE v1.0 trial for Solaris. Enjoy!
So it does work with OpenSolaris. Great 🙂

Posted by: Quadraman on 2008-05-07 03:15:49
I wonder if I could get it to work on my Sparcclassic.

http://web.archive.org/web/19980613012508/http://www.mae.apple.com/

Thank goodness for the Wayback Machine.

Posted by: ChristTrekker on 2008-05-07 07:56:12
I updated http://www.aux-penelope.com/mae with a copy of the MAE v1.0 trial for Solaris. Enjoy!
Ooo, ooo, I always wanted a way to run Mac OS in X Windows! 😀

Posted by: protocol7 on 2008-09-01 13:08:57
Any idea if this QuickTransit feature would allow OpenStep for Solaris to run on OpenSolaris 10? It was SPARC-only afaik.

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2008-09-01 13:27:39
The link for the MAE 3 download does not work.

Posted by: CJ_Miller on 2010-12-25 21:04:34
I hope this will allow me to run A/UX under OpenSolaris.

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