I have to open a few old MS Word files and need Word 98 for this.
I installed SheepShaver 21072008 using the ROM from ROM Update 1.0. I installed Mac OS 8.5 and updated to 8.6.
I tried a couple of small old apps and they work fine.
I installed Office 98 but none of the apps will start. All I get is a message: The application could not be started because of an error. End of message. Nothing showing in the Console.
Anybody had any luck with Office? Any ideas?
Office 98 on SheepShaver
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Re: Office 98 on SheepShaver
In my experiences Word 98 and Excel 98 never worked in SheepShaver . PowerPoint may work but may crash frequently and will crash the entire SheepShaver environment on exit.dkretschmer wrote:I have to open a few old MS Word files and need Word 98 for this.
I installed SheepShaver 21072008 using the ROM from ROM Update 1.0. I installed Mac OS 8.5 and updated to 8.6.
I tried a couple of small old apps and they work fine.
I installed Office 98 but none of the apps will start. All I get is a message: The application could not be started because of an error. End of message. Nothing showing in the Console.
Anybody had any luck with Office? Any ideas?
All Office2001 applications runs in SheepShaver, however after you managed run any Office2001 application in SS, trying to run another Office2001 application in the same SS session will make SheepShaver crash.
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take a look at http://www.nisus.com/NisusWriter/Suppor ... itsOS9.php
It shows the steps to install the pack. I don't know if they are included in ant install cd.
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It shows the steps to install the pack. I don't know if they are included in ant install cd.
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i have different sheepshavers on different windows-machines.
Mac OS 9.01 and 7.61.
ofiice 98 runs very stable - now.
but it did so only after removing some extensions from the system.
one example:on both systems the extension "Shared Library Manager" caused office 98 to hang. this is very strange and i never experienced this on a real mac.
maybe you should "play" with your extensions to find out which ones are disturbing...
Mac OS 9.01 and 7.61.
ofiice 98 runs very stable - now.
but it did so only after removing some extensions from the system.
one example:on both systems the extension "Shared Library Manager" caused office 98 to hang. this is very strange and i never experienced this on a real mac.
maybe you should "play" with your extensions to find out which ones are disturbing...
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I built a minimum OS9 System Folder with almost no extensions and Office 98 (all components) will run, however it is not very stable.
http://cid-66b9967ec9d22dd4.skydrive.li ... lic/m98.7z
http://cid-66b9967ec9d22dd4.skydrive.li ... lic/m98.7z