Mon, Dec 01, 2008
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Chapter 7
Camouflaging Your Mac
If all else fails, we discuss some of the emulation software that can turn your Mac, at least temporarily, into another type of computer. We also talk a little about tricks for making your Mac appear to be more like a Windows machine.
Table 7-1. Mac Interface Tricks
| Description |
| DragThing, docking and launching shareware by James Thomson |
| GoMac from ACTION Utilities, a Windows-like task bar and Start menu |
| Kaleidoscope, Mac OS interface redesign shareware |
| LiteSwitch, keyboard task switching freeware from Proteron |
Table 7-2. Telnet and Terminal Software
| Description |
| 5PM Term from White Pine can emulate terminals for IBM mainframe, AS/400, UNIX, VMS, and HP hosts. |
| BetterTelnet, freeware from Rolf Braun, with Kerberos support available. SSH module not distributed. |
| Black Knight, shareware from Raine Storm Networks |
| CelView the new Mac RUMBA, from Cel Corporation, supports SNA and TCP/IP access to IBM mainframes. |
| ComLink, 1996 shareware from Will Price |
| DataComet, shareware from databeast, supports Kerberos. |
| F-Secure SSH from Data Fellows offers SSH connection clients for the Mac. |
| NiftyTelnet SSH, a freeware enhancement of NiftyTelnet by Jonas Walldén of Sweden. Because of U.S. regulations, it cannot be used in the U.S. |
| NiftyTelnet, freeware from Chris Newman, supports Kerberos. |
| ProTERM Mac from Intrec includes an integrated text editor and many terminal types. |
| RunTime Plus and MultiTerm Pro from Vicomsoft |
| tn3270, 1995 freeware from Peter DiCamillo, available from Info-Mac mirrors |
Table 7-3. Windows and X Windows Clients
Table 7-4. Windows Emulation for the Mac
| Description |
| Blue Label PowerEmulator, from Lismore Software Systems, emulates DOS, Windows, and UNIX -- you provide the OS. |
| MacBochs, David Batterham's Mac port of Kevin Lawton's Bochs PC emulator |
| RealPC, from Insignia, emulates DOS (included). You can add Windows. Insignia has sold RealPC to FWB Software. Visit the FWB site to make your RealPC compatible with Mac OS 9. |
| SoftWindows 98, from Insignia, emulates Windows 98 (included). Insignia has sold SoftWindows to FWB Software. Visit the FWB site to make your SoftWindows compatible with Mac OS 9. |
| VirtualPC, from Connectix |
Table 7-5. UNIX and Linux for Mac Hardware
| Description |
| MachTen BSD 4.4 UNIX virtual machine from Tenon Intersystems |
| NetBSD, an open-source version of BSD 4.4 UNIX |
| OpenBSD, an open-source project for BSD 4.4 UNIX |
| MkLinux from Apple and the Open Software Foundation |
| LinuxPPC from LinuxPPC, Inc. |
Table 7-6. General Emulation Information
Table 7-7. Mac-PC Compatibility Hardware
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