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in version 1.01 of softwindows i found the following version history: "SoftWindows, Version History [...] Version 1.0 This was the initial version of SoftWindows for the Power Macintosh. If you already know the SoftPC product family for 68k macintosh computers you will find some new...

i have installed it, installation with the pre defined partition size takes only about 39.6 MB. but no luck, it doesn't run on 68k.

i have found softwindows2 on a 12-year-old cd, and the cd is still readable. but: the installation is in german. if you can't find an english installer, you can use this one. UPDATE: now i have tested softwindows2. the installer runs on 68k but it says: "you can install this software, but...

there is a free utility for windows, "pdf version converter" that converts to "1.x" (maybe x=0):http://www.nicepdf.com/products.html

yes, good point. or get an emulator! i am very satisfied with basiliskII and sheepshaver. while basiliskII is better in reading from and writing to macintosh-floppies and is more versatile in reading mac-cds, i use sheepshaver for emailing and most other tasks. sheepshaver forum is here...

just in case you don't know: you can treat a .sea as a .sit (stuffit compressed file). on pc, simply renaming it to .sit will help.

Franklinstein, thanks for your suggestions! I have checked Silverlining. Unfortunately, the version I have (6.3.2) does not offer to pause the startup - I guess it would have been just too perfect. For now, I use your last-resort-option and do a reset, that gives the drive some extra seconds...

i have an old machine and it runs perfectly well with os 7.61 and os 9.1. i have a second internal harddisk for virtual memory (i need it for os9). when the system makes a cold start, that second harddisk is not ready. so there's no VM and i need to reboot. how can i tell the system to wait...