Gwythan

Gwythan Ltd · Software publisher

The classic Mac’s disks, documents and networks, back to life.

Gwythan publishes the Phoenix apps: modern Mac software for the disks, documents and networks of the classic Macintosh era. Nothing has been released yet. Register your interest and we’ll tell you when it is.

The Phoenix apps

Disks and archives

Getting files off classic disks, images and archives.

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In development

Disk Phoenix

Open, rescue and repair classic Macintosh disk images and the files inside them, on modern macOS.

  • HFS
  • HFS+
  • MFS
  • Disk Copy 4.2
  • DART
  • Flux images
  • StuffIt

Planned for the Mac App Store.

Networking

AppleTalk, file sharing and printing between classic and modern Macs.

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In development

PhoenixTalk

Put classic Macs back on the network: an AppleTalk bridge, router and dial-in server for modern macOS.

  • LocalTalk
  • EtherTalk
  • AFP
  • ARA over PPP

Planned for direct distribution from Gwythan (Developer ID, notarised).

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In development

PhoenixPrint

A virtual LaserWriter, so a classic Mac can print to a modern one.

  • PAP
  • PostScript
  • PDF

Planned for direct distribution from Gwythan (Developer ID, notarised).

In design

PhoenixShare

A hardened AppleShare file server that classic Macs can reach across the internet.

  • AFP
  • AppleShare
In design

PhoenixScope

See an AppleTalk network: its topology, its zones and every packet, explained.

  • AppleTalk
  • EtherTalk

Development

Making new software for the classic Mac.

In design

Phoenix Programming Workshop

Write classic Macintosh software on a modern Mac, built and run on the original tools.

  • MPW
  • THINK
  • CodeWarrior

Document readers

Classic documents, opened as their original applications showed them. All are in design.

In design

PhoenixArt

Designed to open classic paint and draw files as they looked.

  • MacPaint
  • MacDraw
  • SuperPaint
  • PICT
In design

PhoenixWrite

Designed to open classic word-processor documents, as printed or as on screen.

  • MacWrite
  • Word
  • WriteNow
  • Nisus
In design

PhoenixSheet

Designed to open classic spreadsheets, with their formulas.

  • Excel
  • Multiplan
  • Wingz
  • Jazz
In design

PhoenixChart

Designed to open classic charts as they were drawn, with their data.

  • Cricket Graph
  • DeltaGraph
  • KaleidaGraph
In design

PhoenixDB

Designed to open classic databases and HyperCard stacks.

  • FileMaker
  • HyperCard
  • ClarisWorks
In design

PhoenixDTP

Designed to open desktop publishing layouts at true page geometry.

  • QuarkXPress
  • PageMaker
  • RagTime
In design

PhoenixCAD

Designed to open classic CAD and technical drawings at true scale and full precision.

  • True scale
  • PDF
  • SVG
  • DXF
In design

PhoenixWorks

The Phoenix readers as one integrated suite.

  • Works
  • ClarisWorks
  • GreatWorks

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