it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if I had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to
use rosetta for the ppc?


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it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if I

had an intel mac perhaps

I would have been able to
use rosetta for the ppc?

It's open source, maybe try compiling it for Silicon?

https://github.com/malyn/HermesBBS

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Hello esc!

23 Nov 25 18:51, you wrote to Utopian Galt:

it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But
if I

had an intel mac perhaps

I would have been able to
use rosetta for the ppc?

It's open source, maybe try compiling it for Silicon?

https://github.com/malyn/HermesBBS

Would not compile for me. I asked the author, he said it is not for intel or silicon
TheCivvie


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Re: Hermes BBS
By: Utopian Galt to All on Sat Nov 22 2025 10:10 am

it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if I had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to use rosetta for the ppc?

What do you mean by "mac silicon"? All computer chips these days use silicon..

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Hello Nightfox!

23 Nov 25 12:03, you wrote to Utopian Galt:

it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac.
But if I had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to use
rosetta for the ppc?

What do you mean by "mac silicon"? All computer chips these days use silicon..

Mac device withe a M chip instead of Intel, all new Macs have the Silicon M series.

TheCivvie


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Re: Hermes BBS
By: TheCivvie to Nightfox on Sun Nov 23 2025 08:29 pm

What do you mean by "mac silicon"? All computer chips these days use
silicon..

Mac device withe a M chip instead of Intel, all new Macs have the Silicon M series.

Ah. "Silicon" is a general term for the element. I've heard Apple call it "Apple Silicon", though it's not a trademarked word.

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Hello Nightfox!

23 Nov 25 13:05, you wrote to me:

What do you mean by "mac silicon"? All computer chips these
days use silicon..

Mac device withe a M chip instead of Intel, all new Macs have the
Silicon M series.

Ah. "Silicon" is a general term for the element. I've heard Apple
call it "Apple Silicon", though it's not a trademarked word.

I think it is used to show the difference betwen the M chips and Intel CPUs. Must find out who term the term Apple Silicon

TheCivvie


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it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if
I had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to
use rosetta for the ppc?

Can't you use Rosetta 2? It should pop-up when you try to run any Intel software, or force the issue;

softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license



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it seems Hermes bbs doesnt run in mac silicon or even intel mac. But if I
had an intel mac perhaps I would have been able to
use rosetta for the ppc?

Maybe, but PPC support/Rosetta was removed from MacOS years ago.

Hermes is a clone of WWIV, which is for Intel. I haven't checked if the Linux version will run on MacOS, but I'm personally running it in a Linux VM on MacOS.


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