I use it to this day to run the "Best Books" accounting software (cut down MYOB) I bought in 1991 for the single-digit number of invoices I issue in a year. That's M68k software. Accounting doesn't change. The only thing I've had to do is change the GST rate from 12.5% to 15% in 2010.
I use print to PostScript for invoices and reports then copy them to the host machine (which these days can be anything) and PDF or print them.
In theory Basilisk II would do the job, but SheepShaver runs PowerPC software too, and a modern CPU emulating PowerPC emulating 68k is just fine.
I should try "II in a Mac" (from 1985) inside that.
> modern CPU emulating PowerPC emulating 68k is just fine.
I personally like to run my PowerPC 68050, 6502 NES emulator virtual python environment on the cloud, so that way you can virtual machine while you virtual machine while you virtual machine while you virtual machine while you virtual machine while you virtual machine while you virtual machine while you virtual machine.
Okay, Okay, I know what you're thinking Amazon AWS engineers, not enough virtual machines, not enough abstraction, we'll leave it to the pros for that!
I also maintain a decades-old Macintosh that is kept simply for offline tax / accounting / business invoicing (USB print).
Even as a Millenial, it is extremely frustrating that modern versions of Excel/Office/&c are always trying to be so [un]helpful... auto-dates/-formatting is just such an absolute nuissance.
The day this machine dies will be one of great personal mourning / frustration.
Actually I almost never use a GUI word processor, just a lot of markdown/asciidoc or simply plain text. I do use Google sheets a lot for all kinds of stupid little things -- just so convenient that it's all automatically on every computer/phone/tablet I own -- or anyone else's computer I have access to, and I can share reader or editor links with people etc.
Hah, I actually haven't used it since I was last doing misc consulting stuff before living in Moscow in 2015-2018. I found my BestBooks folder easily enough, but had an ancient SheepShaver. Downloading an Apple Silicon-compatible build from January 2025 I replaced the app file, pointed it at a disk image, dragged the BestBooks folder in via the Unix shared folder ... and it launched right up!
I use print to PostScript for invoices and reports then copy them to the host machine (which these days can be anything) and PDF or print them.
In theory Basilisk II would do the job, but SheepShaver runs PowerPC software too, and a modern CPU emulating PowerPC emulating 68k is just fine.
I should try "II in a Mac" (from 1985) inside that.