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    From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to All on Sat Nov 22 10:10:28 2025
    it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if I had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to
    use rosetta for the ppc?


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  • From esc@21:3/203 to Utopian Galt on Sun Nov 23 18:51:34 2025
    it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if I
    had an intel mac perhaps
    I would have been able to
    use rosetta for the ppc?

    It's open source, maybe try compiling it for Silicon?

    https://github.com/malyn/HermesBBS

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  • From TheCivvie@21:1/229 to esc on Sun Nov 23 18:59:16 2025

    Hello esc!

    23 Nov 25 18:51, you wrote to Utopian Galt:

    it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But
    if I
    had an intel mac perhaps
    I would have been able to
    use rosetta for the ppc?

    It's open source, maybe try compiling it for Silicon?

    https://github.com/malyn/HermesBBS

    Would not compile for me. I asked the author, he said it is not for intel or silicon
    TheCivvie


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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Utopian Galt on Sun Nov 23 12:03:44 2025
    Re: Hermes BBS
    By: Utopian Galt to All on Sat Nov 22 2025 10:10 am

    it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if I had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to use rosetta for the ppc?

    What do you mean by "mac silicon"? All computer chips these days use silicon..

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  • From TheCivvie@21:1/229 to Nightfox on Sun Nov 23 20:29:59 2025

    Hello Nightfox!

    23 Nov 25 12:03, you wrote to Utopian Galt:

    it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac.
    But if I had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to use
    rosetta for the ppc?

    What do you mean by "mac silicon"? All computer chips these days use silicon..

    Mac device withe a M chip instead of Intel, all new Macs have the Silicon M series.

    TheCivvie


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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to TheCivvie on Sun Nov 23 13:05:48 2025
    Re: Hermes BBS
    By: TheCivvie to Nightfox on Sun Nov 23 2025 08:29 pm

    What do you mean by "mac silicon"? All computer chips these days use
    silicon..

    Mac device withe a M chip instead of Intel, all new Macs have the Silicon M series.

    Ah. "Silicon" is a general term for the element. I've heard Apple call it "Apple Silicon", though it's not a trademarked word.

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  • From TheCivvie@21:1/229 to Nightfox on Sun Nov 23 21:07:34 2025

    Hello Nightfox!

    23 Nov 25 13:05, you wrote to me:

    What do you mean by "mac silicon"? All computer chips these
    days use silicon..

    Mac device withe a M chip instead of Intel, all new Macs have the
    Silicon M series.

    Ah. "Silicon" is a general term for the element. I've heard Apple
    call it "Apple Silicon", though it's not a trademarked word.

    I think it is used to show the difference betwen the M chips and Intel CPUs. Must find out who term the term Apple Silicon

    TheCivvie


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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Utopian Galt on Mon Nov 24 17:39:46 2025
    it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if
    I had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to
    use rosetta for the ppc?

    Can't you use Rosetta 2? It should pop-up when you try to run any Intel software, or force the issue;

    softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license



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  • From phigan@21:3/193 to Utopian Galt on Tue Nov 25 03:02:14 2025
    it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if I
    had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to
    use rosetta for the ppc?

    Maybe, but PPC support/Rosetta was removed from MacOS years ago.

    Hermes is a clone of WWIV, which is for Intel. I haven't checked if the Linux version will run on MacOS, but I'm personally running it in a Linux VM on MacOS.


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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to phigan on Tue Nov 25 09:44:00 2025
    Re: Re: Hermes BBS
    By: phigan to Utopian Galt on Tue Nov 25 2025 03:02 am

    it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if I
    had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to use rosetta for the ppc?

    Maybe, but PPC support/Rosetta was removed from MacOS years ago.

    I think they mean the newer Rosetta which lets Intel Mac software run on Apple's newer M-based Macs.

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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Paulie420 on Mon Nov 24 19:34:58 2025
    BY: paulie420 (21:2/150)

    |11p|09> |10Can't you use Rosetta 2? It should pop-up when you try to run any Intel|07
    |11p|09> |10software, or force the issue;|07
    Its PPC :( rosetta 1 but it only runs in classic.


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