Re: [B2-devel] TESyncScrap (Thoughts on SheepShaver and Basilisk II)

[Charles S. <bas...@ch...>]

On Jun 18, 2012, at 1:41 AM, Robert Munafo wrote:

> That might help a little bit -- but the main issue is on the host side.
> 
> Apple does not provide 64-bit runtime libraries for any of Carbon,
> such as is needed to convert PICT scrap data into another bitmap
> format. In fact, all of QuickDraw is missing, and you can't even view
> a PICT image on your Leopard (or later) Mac if you have it set to boot
> with the 64-bit kernel (except by transferring the PICT data into an
> emulator running an older Mac OS).

Well, this doesn’t appear to be true; -[NSImage imageWithData:] seems to read PICT data on my Lion installation just fine. Opening the file with Preview also works.

Charles