System 7 software on a new mac

has anyone run "delux music construction" or system 5-7 on a new mac?
wwhat about symulators/emulators for such?
i'd love to access my 200 or so old music compositions w/ my imac g5...
thanks,
-j

Of course, there is no way you are going to boot up a new machine in any Mac OS other than OSX. This leaves you with three options: 1) find a program that you CAN run on your new machine that can read your old files and translate them; 2) run an emulation program on your new machine that will run your old program inside a window in the new OS; or 3) acquire an old machine that will run your software, translate your files into something that you can run on the new machine, and transfer the files.
For option 1, it depends on what format they are in now, and whether there are any modern programs that can read them. Look for sound programs and then check their specs.
For option 2, there are a couple of Mac emulators you can find through Version Tracker (www.versiontracker.com) such as "Mini vMac" or "Basilisk" which may or may not work for you. Always worth a shot.
For option 3, you can find older Macs on eBay or sites such as 'www.lowendmac.com' (check tech articles for machine compatibility for OS 8–9 (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25114) and System 7 (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=8970). All of the really early Macs should run Systems 5–6).
Also note that pre-OS9 discussions can be found here: discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=102
Hope that helps,
Zubin
iMac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) Mac OS 9.2 & earlier, Windows 2000 Pro & Server

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