Prior to the iMac in 1998, Apple used a proprietary drive system — FDHD — that can’t, AFAIK, be emulated.

Cary

> On Apr 23, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Schmitz Fuhrig, Lynda <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Typically we are trying to access the data and transfer it for preservation work. There could be cases though where the data will need to be in the emulated environment in order to replay. We can't always predict what types of records we are going to get from across the Institution. We have encountered CDs and diskettes that will only read in the OS 9 environment and won't even be recognized in OS 10.x.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Sarvas
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 2:37 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Mac OS 9 emulator
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> Lynda,
> Do you need to use the data on the file system in an emulated environment or are you just trying to access the data on the file system created by OS9?
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> 
> Rick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kyle Banerjee
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 1:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Mac OS 9 emulator
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> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Schmitz Fuhrig, Lynda < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Thanks for the responses.
>> 
>> We actually need to read media within it so Virtual Box would not work 
>> for us.
>> 
> 
> Could you say a bit more about your use case? Some applications such as dealing with archival materials might actually require actual hardware in which case ebay may be the best option.
> 
> kyle