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HOW TO
by Charles Ross, [email protected]
Running Classic Software
on an Intel Mac
I have now been using Macs for almost 18
years. My first hands-on experience with the
Mac was in high school, during my junior
year, which began in 1986. The school had
purchased 25 Mac SEs and five ImageWriter
printers and had them networked with
LocalTalk. I spent hours in the computer lab,
tinkering with them and learning how they
ticked.
I’ve used every operating system Apple has
released for the Mac since that time, and, in
the process, collected hundreds of programs,
including many games, for these older
systems. Most of these are shareware games,
but they include a few classic commercial
releases such as Prince of Persia and the
Carmen Sandiego series.
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Now I have kids, aged four and six. In
addition to my own MacBook Pro and my
wife’s PowerBook G4, we bought a clamshell
iBook for the kids to play games on and run
some of the educational software we have.
My son, the six-year-old, loves to play video
games, finding some that he enjoys on the
Web as well as a few CD-ROM games.
I’ve been meaning to get some of these up
and running on the iBook for quite a while,
but hadn’t gotten to it until recently. As I was
doing so, I remembered how much joy I had
experienced playing these games, and
lamented the fact that I couldn’t play them
on my MacBook Pro. Classic isn’t available for
the Intel-based Macs. This actually became a
real minor problem recently, as a client had
some FileMaker 4 files that I needed to look
at before converting them, and FileMaker 4
only runs in Classic.
But I’ve always been interested in hardware
emulation, if for no other reason than I
needed first Virtual PC and now Parallels in
order to test software I’ve written with
FileMaker and REALbasic on the Windows
platform. I remembered a few programs out
there that emulate old Mac processors, and
decided to check them out.
What Is Emulation?
Every computer has a central processor. This
is the brain of the computer, where all of the
computation takes place. In order for a
program to work, it sends instructions to this
processor. The art of programming is the art
of writing out instructions for the processor to
perform. Actually, very few people actually
write real instructions for the processor.
Instead, what they do is write the instructions
in a language that can be translated to
something the processor understands. This is
what it means to compile a program. When a
programmer writes software, usually a
computer language such as C is used. A
compiler then translates the instructions
written in C into instructions that the
processor can actually understand.
processor can actually understand.
In order for a compiler to do this correctly, it
has to know what instructions the processor
understands. Every processor understands a
different set of instructions. This is why when
you compile a program for the older PowerPC
Macintosh computers; it won’t run, for
instance, on Intel-based Windows machines.
The instructions are meant for the PowerPC
processors, and the Intel processors don’t
understand those instructions.
The easiest way to think of an emulator is as
a real-time translator of processor
instructions. Take, for example, Virtual PC.
This program allows Intel-based Windows
software to run on PowerPC Macintosh
computers. It does this by emulating the Intel
processor, so that whenever an instruction for
the Intel processor is received by the
program, it translates that instruction into
one or more equivalent PowerPC instructions.
Why Use Emulation?
Over the life of the Macintosh line of
computers, three different families of
processors have been used. First there was
the 68K family from Motorola, which was
used during the first 10 years of the Mac.
Then, in 1994, Apple switched to the PowerPC
family, designed jointly by Apple, Motorola,
and IBM. Finally, most recently, Apple has
again changed processors, this time to the
Intel x86 line. If this trend continues, we
should see another processor switch some
time around 2015 or so.
Modern Intel-based Macs come with an
emulation technology called Rosetta, which
emulation technology called Rosetta, which
enables the new computers to run Mac OS X–
based PowerPC software. However, Rosetta
doesn’t enable the use of Classic software,
just as Mac OS X on PowerPC didn’t allow the
use of Intel-based software. In order to use
an Intel Mac to run programs written for
System 7 or a Mac Plus, you have to provide
the computer with your own emulation.
Fortunately, the open source community has
filled the void left by Apple. There are at least
three open source projects out there that will
allow you to run Classic software on an Intel
Mac (as well as other solutions for running
Apple ][ or even Atari software). Getting it
working isn’t always easy, but I’ve spent the
last few days working on it for myself, so I’ll
share my experiences here.
Emulation Options
There are three primary programs I found for
running old Mac software: SheepShaver,
Basilisk II, and Mini vMac. I’m actually using
all three for different reasons, so I’ll take you
through the process of setting each of these
up.
Although each of these programs allows the
execution of older Mac programs, they each
do so in different ways, but fortunately, all
three have versions that work on Intel Macs.
There is, however, a caveat regarding each of
these programs. The Mac OS doesn’t rely only
on the processor to run. It also needs to
have access to a piece of hardware called the
ROM, which contains machine-specific
instructions for each model of Macintosh.
Fortunately, the information on these ROM
Fortunately, the information on these ROM
chips can be stored as a file that the
emulators can access. Unfortunately, finding
these ROM files online is often difficult, as
they are protected by copyright law.
Fortunately, if you have an old Mac, there are
programs which allow you to copy the ROM to
a file that can be used by the emulators. Also,
fortunately, I was able to find the ROM files I
needed online or on CDs that I never threw
away. But it was an interesting process,
especially in the case of SheepShaver.
SheepShaver was the first program I checked
out. This program emulates the PowerPC
processor and versions of it are available for
Windows, and Linux, as well as PowerPC and
Intel Macs. Running SheepShaver to emulate
a PowerPC on a PowerPC may make sense if
you want to run an OS other than Mac OS 9
(it works with anything between 7.5.2 and
9.0.1).
I also installed Basilisk II, which emulates a
68K processor. This means it will run System
0.x through 8.1.
Finally, Mini vMac emulates a few of the early
Macs, including the Mac 128K, 512K, 512Ke
and SE, each of which should run System 0.x
through 7.5.3.
Why have two emulators of the 68K Macs?
Because Basilisk II will emulate either a
classic Mac (the first compact Macs with 9inch black-and-white built-in monitors) or
what it calls the Mac II series (which includes
Macs with the 68030 and 68040 processors,
even though no Mac II ever had a 68040).
The latter emulation will run System 7.6,
The latter emulation will run System 7.6,
which I wanted to do. But I also wanted to
run System 6.0.8 (the last Mac OS before
System 7), and it’s easier for me to have a
separate program for each OS version.
To give you an idea of where our final
destination will be, take a look at this
screenshot, which shows all three of these
programs running on my MacBook Pro, giving
a single view of System 6.0.8, System 7.6,
Mac OS 8.6, and Mac OS X 10.4.7 (with
Windows XP running in Parallels thrown in for
good measure).
Please note that this is more of a journal than
a tutorial. This is what worked for me, and
you may have to perform quite different steps
to get things working for yourself. However,
there are some good places to get help if you
need it, and I’ll point these out as we go
along.
SheepShaver
Although it took me a few days to get it up
and running, in hindsight, SheepShaver was
the easiest of the three to install and
configure. This is due to the fact that, while it
requires a ROM file like the others, this ROM
requires a ROM file like the others, this ROM
file can be obtained from Apple installation
CDs or update disk images available from
their Web site.
Installing SheepShaver itself is a snap, simply
download it from the Web site, unpack the
archive, and drag it to where you want it.
Two applications are included with the
download: SheepShaver itself and an
application for editing the settings file.
First, let me tell about the road to avoid.
According to the SheepShaver Web site, the
software can work with a number of ROM files
available from Apple through installation CDs
and updates. One listed as working is the
ROM image on the installation CD for 8.5.
Since I have the 8.5 installation CD, I tried
this. After some helpful troubleshooting from
a couple of people on the SheepShaver
forums, it turns out that this particular ROM
file won’t work on a MacBook Pro, and
perhaps not on Intel Macs at all (although it
may still work when running SheepShaver on
other platforms).
The path I did take was to get the Mac OS
ROM Update 1.0 from Apple’s Web site.
Unfortunately, the ROM file is embedded
within the installation package, which can’t be
read on an Intel Mac. However, there is a
classic program called TomeViewer (before
Mac OS X installation packages, software was
often placed in archives called tomes).
The downside here is a catch-22: You need
to be able to run classic software in order to
use TomeViewer, which you want to use so
you can run classic software. In other words,
you can run classic software. In other words,
you’re going to need another method in order
to extract the ROM file. I have an old
PowerBook 1400. This I connected to my
Ethernet network by sharing the connection
on my MacBook Pro. I copied the ROM
Update and the TomeViewer software to the
1400, extracted the ROM file using
TomeViewer, and copied the ROM file back to
the MacBook Pro. Files were shared between
the two by using Mac OS X’s built-in FTP
server on the MacBook Pro and Fetch 4 on
the 1400, which I also found an old copy of.
For some reason, I couldn’t get AppleTalk file
sharing to work between the two portables.
However you do it, you’re going to need to
run TomeViewer under the classic OS and get
the update package to the machine it’s
running under. The update package is
delivered in a self-mounting image, which
when double-clicked will mount a disk image
on the desktop. Once it’s mounted, launch
TomeViewer and use it to open the Mac OS
ROM Update Tome file on the disk image. The
only file in the tome archive is Mac OS ROM,
so click it and choose Archive ‣ Expand from
the menu bar. Get the expanded file to your
Intel Mac for use by SheepShaver.
There’s one more file that you need to
download before actually using SheepShaver:
a keycodes file. Apparently this is used so
that modern keyboards can be used with the
older operating systems. The easiest way to
get the keycodes file is with the Basilisk II
download. In the archive is a file called
BasiliskII_keycodes. You can store this file
anywhere you like, although the most useful
place would probably be in the same folder
you have SheepShaver in.
Now that you have all the files necessary
from the Internet, you need to create one for
yourself. This is the disk image that will be
used as the startup drive for SheepShaver.
For this you can use Disk Utility. Make sure
the disk image you create has enough room
for the OS and any applications you want to
include. I made mine 500 MB in size, which
seems more than sufficient. After installing
Mac OS 8.6 on the image, I still had over 300
MB available, which leaves enough room for
the few applications I wanted to have. Make
sure the disk image is not encrypted and that
the format allows reads and writes. You can’t
use a sparse image for this. Again, a handy
place to keep this file is in the same folder as
SheepShaver. If the disk image gets mounted
after being created, be sure to unmount it
before launching SheepShaver. You don’t
want to have two operating systems
attempting to access the drive image at the
same time.
Everything is now ready to begin configuring
SheepShaver. Launch the SheepShaverGUI
application. Most of the settings you see in it
can be left as their defaults, but you will want
to point the software to the ROM file, the
keycodes file, and the disk image file. The
GUI application was written in Java, so the
interface is far from the OS X Aqua look and
feel, but at least you can edit SheepShaver’s
settings without using a text editor.
In the Volumes tab, click the Add button and
navigate to the folder your disk image is in,
select it, and click OK. You’ll also want to
change the Unix Root. This is the path to a
folder on your computer that SheepShaver
will grant access to within the emulated OS.
It is not recommended that this path be to
the root level of your hard drive nor to your
home folder. I anticipate using a single folder
for transferring files to all of the emulated
OSes, so I created folder called
EmulatorTransfer in my home directory and
set this as the Unix Root.
I should note, however, that I was never
successful in transferring files with the shared
folder. Instead, I ended up mounting Puzzle8
while the emulator was shut down, copying
files to the disk image, unmounting it, and
then launching SheepShaver. This was a
simple enough workaround for me to not
even troubleshoot why the shared folder
didn’t work.
Click the Keyboard/Mouse tab and select Use
Raw Keycodes, and then click the Browse
button to select the BasiliskII_keycodes file.
Go to the Memory/Misc tab and click Browse
to select your ROM file. You can also use this
tab to set the memory available to the
emulated OS. I set mine to 64 MB.
If you want the emulated OS to have network
access, select “slirp” for Ethernet Interface in
the Serial/Network tab. Finally, you can set
the refresh rate and resolution of the window
in the Graphics/Sound tab. I found that 15 Hz
for the refresh rate and 1024×768 worked
well on my MacBook Pro. Oddly, the
resolution width and height are set
separately, but another common resolution is
800×600.
You now need to install a classic Mac OS onto
the disk image. I used a Mac OS 8 install CD.
Although on some platforms SheepShaver can
run any OS from 7.5.2 through 9.0.4, under
Mac OS X, the earliest supported OS is 8.5.
Note that if you have a 9.1 installation CD
included with some computers that run OS X
will not work. Hopefully someday the more
modern OSes will be supported, perhaps even
modern OSes will be supported, perhaps even
OS X versions, which may prove handy for
software testing.
To launch SheepShaver, you can either click
Start within SheepShaverGUI or quit the GUI
application and double-click SheepShaver
itself. Since the disk image assigned is blank,
SheepShaver automatically starts up off of
the CD. Double-clicking the Mac OS Install
program on the CD begins the installation
process.
During installation you are given the
opportunity to customize the process. Before
clicking the Start button to begin the
installation, click Customize. I deselected
everything except for Mac OS 8.5, Internet
Access, and Mac OS Runtime for Java. For
each of these, I kept the recommended
installation.
(For those of you wondering why the drive
image is named Puzzle, it’s a Narnia
reference: my main hard drive is Aslan, and
Puzzle the donkey in The Last Battle,
pretending to be Aslan. It’s Puzzle8 because
this particular image will have Mac OS 8 on
it.)
Once the installation has finished, restart the
emulation and SheepShaver will boot with the
installed OS. There are two things I did right
away. Included in the 8.5 installation is
Internet Explorer 4, which doesn’t seem to
work at all with most modern Web sites. I
used the 9.1 CD I had to get Internet
Explorer 5 onto the virtual machine so that I
could browse Web sites with it. It isn’t
something I would commonly do, but it would
often be easier to get some of the public
domain software available onto the system.
Once IE 5 was installed, I used it to visit
Apple’s Web site and get the 8.6 update and
installed it. From there I was able to install
some of my favorite old games.
Basilisk II
Whereas SheepShaver emulates the PowerPC
processor, Basilisk II emulates the 68K
processor. Because Basilisk II is open source
(as is SheepShaver), there are a number of
binary builds for Mac OS X. I used the version
binary builds for Mac OS X. I used the version
hosted in the same place I got SheepShaver
from, which is officially known as Basilisk II
JIT. The “JIT” is short for “just in time,” and
it attempts to increase the performance of
Basilisk II by using dynamic recompilation
techniques to translate the 68K machine code
into that understood by Intel processors. If
that doesn’t make much sense to you, don’t
worry, as you don’t need to understand it to
use the software.
Just like SheepShaver, Basilisk II needs, in
addition to the binary executable, a ROM
image, a disk image to boot from, and a
source from which to install the operating
system.
In Basilisk II, the ROM image must be an
image from an actual computer. Again, these
are difficult to find online because of
copyright issues. If you have an old 68K Mac,
you can use CopyROM to extract the ROM
information to a file that you can then
transfer to the emulating computer. I don’t
know if it will be available long, but I did find
a Quadra 650 ROM image available for
download from one site. A careful Google
search may turn up other locations.
Once you have the application and the ROM
image, you can create a disk image just like
with SheepShaver by using Disk Utility. Again,
for me a 500 MB image seemed sufficient.
After you have all of these files, you launch
the GUI application, which is very similar to
SheepShaver’s. Set the disk image, Unix root,
ROM image, and keycodes file, as well as any
other settings, such as the RAM and the
Ethernet interface. I used a 7.6 installation
Ethernet interface. I used a 7.6 installation
CD in this case, so I inserted it into the drive
slot and launched Basilisk II by clicking Start
in the GUI application. If you don’t have an
installation CD for System 7 through 8.1, you
can access System 7.5.3 from Apple for free.
Since the disk image was new and therefore
blank, Basilisk II booted from the CD-ROM.
Unlike SheepShaver, although Basilisk II did
see the disk image, it needed to format it,
probably because it was formatted as HFS+
rather than System 7’s older HFS format.
After this was done, it was simply a matter of
running the installer. As with SheepShaver, I
disabled most of the options for the
installation, keeping only Mac OS 7.6,
MacLinkPlus 8.1, and Open Transport PPP 1.0.
That last one may not have been necessary,
but I wanted to make sure that Open
Transport was installed, and not remembering
if it was by default, I do know that the PPP
control panel (which I later disabled with
Extensions Manager) requires the TCP/IP
control panel rather than the older MacTCP
control panel.
The installation took only a few minutes, and
once it was finished, a restart booted off of
the OS on the disk image.
Mini vMac
Since we’re moving backwards in Mac OS
history, beginning with Mac OS 8.6, then
installing 7.6, our final emulator will let us
work with System 6.0.8. The first version of
System 6 was released in 1988, so we’ll be
going back in time 18 years in running it on
the latest Mac hardware. We could actually go
back to System 1 from 1984, but System 6 is
back to System 1 from 1984, but System 6 is
probably the best combination of running
software built for the Mac Plus/SE lines while
retaining stability and features as much as
possible.
Just like the other emulators covered, we
need the executable, a ROM image, a disk
image, and the installation software. Mini
vMac has been compiled to emulate either
the Mac 128K, Mac Plus or the Mac SE, and I
used the SE version.
You can use CopyROM to extract the ROM
image from your own SE if you have one
(although unless it has an Ethernet card, I
don’t even want to think about how to get
such a file to your Intel Mac). I did find one
for download, although I can’t seem to find it
again. I’m afraid on this one, you’ll just need
to check around with Google. Once you find
one, you need to name it “vMac.ROM” and
place it in the same directory as the Mini
vMac application.
The disk image format used by Mini vMac
isn’t one that can be created with Disk Utility.
However, the developer has made available
an archive of blank disk images that you can
use in sizes ranging from 400 KB to 24 MB.
Just like the ROM image, the disk image
should be placed in the same folder as the
application.
Like System 7.5.3, Apple offers 6.0.8 as a
free download. Once you have the system
software disk images (the two 1.4 MB images
should work fine, but you can also use the
800 KB sized images), a duplicated blank disk
image, and have placed all three in the Mini
image, and have placed all three in the Mini
vMac folder, you can launch Mini vMac. It will
automatically mount any images it finds in
the same folder it is in. The duplicated blank
image should be named “disk1.dsk.” The
installation disks can be mounted by dragging
them to the Mini vMac window after you’ve
launched the program.
Conclusion
Know that there are many options and roads
that you could take to get classic software on
your Intel Mac. What I’ve covered here is
simply the path that I took. I find emulation
very interesting and perhaps down the road
I’ll look into emulating an Apple ][ and an
Atari 800 (the two other early computers I
used). There are hundreds of educational
programs and games available for these older
platforms, and many of them are available for
free, having been released by the owners. If
nothing else, using such emulation brings
back a nice feeling of nostalgia.
Copyright © 2006 Charles Ross, [email protected].
Charles Ross is a Certified FileMaker 7 Developer and the
Chief Technology Officer of Chivalry Software, LLC, a
company specializing in custom database, web and automation
company specializing in custom database, web and automation
software and publisher of Function Helper, a FileMaker
calculation debugging tool. He was a contributing writer and
the technical editor for The Book of FileMaker 6 and has
contributed to ISO FileMaker Magazine and Macworld in
addition to his series on AppleScript for ATPM.
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Reader Comments (72)
Tim Selander · September 02, 2006 00:40 EST #1
I have been holding off on getting an Intel
Mac because HyperCard is still a must-have
app for me. Of the three emulators you
installed, is there a clear performance leader
in terms of speed and stability? Thanks.
Chuck Ross · September 02, 2006 - 02:53
EST #2
Interesting question. I didn't really test for
speed, but the truth is that each of them
was very responsive. I would say that any of
them would work well. I have been using
SheepShaver most of all because it's running
the most recent OS (8.5) of those emulated.
Perhaps it's because these OSes are less
complex than Windows XP, but none of
complex than Windows XP, but none of
these emulations were lagging in speed.
Whenever I used to run WinXP under Virtual
PC on my PowerBook G4, it was always too
slow to do anything but a quick check of
software I wrote. With these, the
responsiveness was always good.
I did have a few crashes, but I honestly
don't remember which they occurred in. It
was either SheepShaver or Basillisk II, but
Mini vMac may not run the software you
need.
My recommendation would be to try
SheepShaver first. These don't take too long
to set up, so it's cheap to try them out and
test to see if the performance and stability
are satisfactory for you.
Catherine wiles · September 02, 2006 16:56 EST #3
This is amazing. And excellent to be able to
do. Thanks for sharing it!
anonymous · September 03, 2006 - 14:40
EST #4
hypercard???
Jim Champlin · September 04, 2006 02:12 EST #5
I've been a longtime vMac and mini vMac
user, and totally love it. My beloved SE/30
fell victim to some sort of hardware failure
and won't boot any longer, so I used vMac
to fill in for it.
Wayne Swisher · September 04, 2006 19:21 EST #6
What about Apple IIc software?
Tim Selander · September 05, 2006 09:35 EST #7
Absolutely! Hypercard is why I'm a Mac user.
I'm not a programmer, but hypercard lets
me build pretty much any little utility app I
need. Why be a slave to software that does
what someone else thinks I need? Using
Hypercard, I've automated sub-titling on our
TV program, automated a radio station,
made a system to track our viewers and
listeners, kick out invoices, manage our
stock, and more. The computer does what
/I/ want it to. What a shame Apple let it die
-- absolutely the most foward-thinking,
useful piece of software Apple ever made.
anonymous · September 05, 2006 - 13:29
EST #8
Tim,
I think that Apple considers the modern
fulfillment of HyperCard to be found in
AppleScript Studio, but I agree that it's a
shame that the product has been
abandoned. HyperCard was much easier to
use than AppleScript Studio.
Wayne,
If you're asking about the running of Apple
][ software on modern Intel Macs, a Google
search of "apple ii emulation" led me to
KEGS-OSX. It doesn't appear to be
universal, but perhaps it would allow you to
run Apple ][ software.
Brian P. · September 05, 2006 - 13:36
EST #9
Hypercard was hypertext software done
right, on the Mac. It came out in the late
80's and was popular throughout much of
the 90's. To my way of thinking at least, it
was a basis for how web software works
today. Thing is, it was much easier to
develop than HTML. Stacks were fun to
program, though hypertalk could be a bit of
a challenge, it was easier (and more
impressive generally) than, say, BASIC.
Back in the day, you could make 'stacks'
that worked kind of like web sites in terms
of database, graphics, 'links' etc.
Madd the Sane · September 06, 2006 00:07 EST #10
You can get a Mac OS X-specific version
here:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/pear_computers/
It has a more Mac-like UI than the
"gibix.net" version, and is Universal. And
don't worry, it does has sound.
For the most part, I use Basilisk II, mainly
because SheepShaver seems buggy with a
7200 ROM. However, Basilisk II is slow on
my PM G3 beige, so I shouldn't really talk.
Steve Bernardo · September 07, 2006 01:49 EST #11
The last iteration of Hypercard totally
sucked. I too had been using Hypercard for
animation and simple games, and my dad
was a HUGE fan of it! Even in the days of
Director and Flash (which eventually took
over Hypercard) my dad was always saying
Hypercard was THE best.
Well, the last version wasn't. Despite being
Well, the last version wasn't. Despite being
in colour, it was incredible SLOW. Emphasis
on SLOW. Despite having the latest
hardware (and years later I tried it out on a
mac which was generations ahead of the
Hypercard era... with the same results), it
hardly ran any faster than the previous
versions. Infact, I preferred the previous
versions to the last one that shipped
because they launched faster, ran faster,
and generally... just fast.
Adobe/Macromedia Flash has now conquered
what was once Hypercard's area, and has
made animation/games/apps even simpler
to code.
Scott Harris · September 08, 2006 - 14:12
EST #12
Thanks for the great article! I had looked at
Sheepshaver and quickly put it aside
because I couldn't find anything like this, a
step-by-step how-to-set-it-up guide, and
didn't have the determination to figure it out
without one! Now I'll go back to it.
But I was wondering, since all three of these
emulators also are available under Windows,
if they would perform better or worse if you
had instead installed the Windows versions
under Parallels and/or Boot Camp? It would
be an interesting experiment!
John Rethorst · September 10, 2006 22:25 EST #13
I followed the SheepShaver instructions to
the letter, except that I took an installed OS
8.6 from an old Mac, putting that system
folder on the disk image before dismounting
folder on the disk image before dismounting
it. I used the Basilisk keycodes file and the
Mac OS ROM from the link in this article.
When I start SheepShaver, I get the floppy
disk icon with the blinking question mark.
This is on a MacBook Pro. What have I done
wrong?
John
Charles Ross · September 10, 2006 23:17 EST #14
John,
If I understand you correctly, you copied an
existing system folder to a disk image and
are atempting to boot from that.
If that's correct, then my first suggestion
would be to install from a CD. Hopefully you
have an 8.5 CD around that you could use.
When I was setting everything up, I inserted
my 8.5 CD into the drive and SheepShaver
booted the virtual machine off of it.
If you don't have a CD that you can boot off
of, then you might download the free
System 7.5.3 that Apple offers on their web
site, which will allegedly work with
SheepShaver, though I haven't tried it
myself.
Chuck
John Rethorst · September 11, 2006 00:23 EST #15
Chuck,
Thanks, but the article says "Although on
Thanks, but the article says "Although on
some platforms SheepShaver can run any
OS from 7.5.2 through 9.0.4, under Mac OS
X, the earliest supported OS is 8.5."
I have a 7.6 CD and would be just as happy
to use that version. Has anyone tried
SheepShaver with 7.6?
John
Charles Ross · September 11, 2006 00:44 EST #16
I had forgotten that. Sorry.
If you have a 7.6 CD, then I suggest trying
Basilisk II instead. I was successful getting
7.6 to run under it on my MacBook Pro.
Chuck
Henry Ritchie · September 11, 2006 18:29 EST #17
I thought that I would by a new Mac Book
Pro. I have the money. I'd like to spend it
(smile). But I'll just keep my 3 G4
powerbooks going. Apple really should
provide an emulater. Do you think that they
will? Maybe under Leapord?
Hank The Cowdog
John Rethorst · September 20, 2006 17:17 EST #18
I'd rather go with SheepShaver than
Basilisk, since SS is a PPC emulator. I
burned OS 8.6 onto a CD, but SS won't boot
from it. I did a web search about making a
CD bootable; found bunches of stuff relating
to Jaguar and Panther, but nothing about
to Jaguar and Panther, but nothing about
Tiger. The third-party utility "BootCD" is
incompatible with Tiger. Disk Utility and its
help file have nothing about bootable CDs.
This 8.6 system folder is blessed on its
original machine. How can I bless it on the
CD, if that's the issue?
Pam Kester · September 20, 2006 - 21:05
EST #19
I used the ROM from Mac OS ROM update
1.0 and a system 8.6 install CD. It installed
with no problems. My problem is when I try
to boot without the CD, I only get the
flashing ? I would love to get this to work.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Tom · September 24, 2006 - 21:25 EST
#20
After a deep tries the conclusion is:
SheepShaver is not an option to use under
Mac OSx86. I try in my MacBook Pro 2.16
ghz and is unstable, can't communicate both
worlds (classic and mac OS X) because the
unix hard drive destroy the resource fork of
the files and can't transfer it in an easy way.
AppleShare doesn't works also. The only
solution is to wait a better version of
SheepShaver. :((((((
Can't have a solution for backward use of
classic under mac OSX86 and this is a great
disadvantage.
Eric Marshall · September 25, 2006 15:53 EST #21
Hi,
I followed the SheepShaver instructions to
I followed the SheepShaver instructions to
the letter, except that I used a disk image
that I downloaded somewhere, which is
definitely a legitimate cd of Mac OS 9.
I used the Basilisk keycodes file and the Mac
OS ROM from the link in this article. When I
start SheepShaver, I get the floppy disk icon
with the blinking question mark. This is on a
MacBook. What have I done wrong?
The ROM file may not be right, I'm not sure
- I might have the wrong one - I need one,
in any case, that's for Mac OS 9.
Shane W · September 29, 2006 - 12:39
EST #22
Hi, I am trying to get Sheep Shaver
working.. and have got as far as the ROM
file.. The real issue is that I simply don't
have any OS9 CDs floating about. How can I
get a copy of one? I have an old Power Mac
Software restore disc but that doesn't seem
to work.. if I point Sheep Shaver to it, it
simply disappears/crashes.
Nothing happens. Frustrating to get thsi far
and be stumped. I also read that I will need
at least OS 8.6 or similar.
Help would be appreciated, thanks. :)
John Rethorst · October 07, 2006 - 20:47
EST #23
I get SS running fine, booting from an OS
8.6 CD. I can't get it to boot from the
system folder on the designated SS .dmg.
The instructions say not to mount the image
in OSX; I've tried both mounted and
unmounted. I tried putting OS 8.6 on a flash
drive, thinking that a physically separate
drive, thinking that a physically separate
volume might help, but it wouldn't boot from
that either.
John Rethorst · October 15, 2006 - 15:49
EST #24
I tried installing OS 8.6 on the SheepShaver
volume by running the installer from the
Apple CD, rather than manually placing the
system folder on the volume. And it now
works fine!
Comparing speed by a spellcheck of a
48,000 word WordPerfect document with
footnotes, my 1.25 Ghz PPC G4 iMac took 16
seconds, and SS on a 2 Ghz MacBook Pro
with an Intel core duo chip took 20 seconds.
I will post more (as I learn more) at
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wordperfectmac.
Thanks to everyone for this article and
discussion!
John Rethorst · October 29, 2006 - 14:13
EST #25
I'm stumped about printing. Gwenole
Beauchesne's Wiki has config files for most
platforms but not OSX. In SS GUI, I don't
know what to put in the printer port entry
box in the serial/network tab.
Isaac Wingfield · October 29, 2006 16:37 EST #26
Using SheepShaver on a MacBook, I tried to
do an install from a PowerBook OS 9 install
CD. Booted on the CD, but got a message
that the installer would not work on my Mac.
Copied a working OS 9.0.4 System folder
Copied a working OS 9.0.4 System folder
from another Mac, but SS gave me a
blinking "?"
So here's what worked: With the 9.0.4
folder on the virtual disk, boot from the CD.
Using the CD's OS, bless the 9.0.4 folder
(open the folder, double-click the system
file. When it opens, close it, then close the
folder, which should now have the smiling
faces on it). Use the CD OS's "Startup Disk"
CP to select the 9.0.4 folder. Reboot.
Hey, Presto!
Pam Rosenberg · November 02, 2006 12:36 EST #27
I'm having trouble with TomeViewer - I
downloaded it thru VersionTracker (the link
above didn't work), unstuffed it, also
downloaded ROM Update 1.0 and doubleclicked it.
When I run TomeViewer and choose the
ROM Update and Archive>Expand, I get an
error "There was a problem decrompressing
the file "Mac OS ROM". (-43)"
Please help
Pam
Jim Nayzium · November 04, 2006 11:31 EST #28
I have 7 macs. 5 came with os9 discs. I
have so many os 9 licenses I drown in them.
BUT, I currently have no machine with os 9
installed at all...When Tiger came out I
finally just bit the bullet. The only reason I
finally just bit the bullet. The only reason I
wanted os 9 was so my kids could run their
games in classic mode.
Well two months ago, my imac g3 400
died....(sad day)_
Now, in order to reinstall everything, i need
classic somehwere......
It sounds to me like I need classic to extract
certain tome files and what not....but
ultimately I am going to need the os9 discs
to make it all work.
Well I have those...
It seems like you make the 'other' pre-install
disc files available for download without
breaking copyrights, as they would indeed
prove useless to the person that doesn't
have discs to begin with??
Right now, I am trying to get all this up and
running on my new imac-intelmac...
Sheepsaver won't run...the tomeviewer
won't run...it all downloads and appears to
install...but the icons just dont work or do
anything....
I am stuck. I woudl love a downloadable
version of a disc image that would then
allow me to pop in the discs I do have and
boot up.
None of my computers will boot from any of
the os9 discs I have...holding the c button
does nothing....
does nothing....
Jim Nayzium · November 04, 2006 13:29 EST #29
OK...got sheepsaver up and running...got
the rom downloaded from my brother in
california that is still in os9....
i have 5 restore discs here, and I know two
of them were os9.02 or earlier....but
sheepsaver keeps telling me that it is not
compatible with this configuration...
I get all the way to the end and then cannot
install the os from the cd.....
It is maddening....
Jim Nayzium · November 04, 2006 13:42 EST #30
OK...with my original imac, i had 9.0
I know this because inside of the sheepsaver
os9 boot up, I selected system profiler...it
says clear as day 9.0...
but it never lets me click the restore
button...
nor the install button...
Going crazy~!!!!!!
Isaac Wingfield · November 04, 2006 13:58 EST #31
I had exactly the same problem (couldn't
install from Install CD). You might try what I
did to get it working. Already posted, but
here it is again:
1) Get your brother to make a drag copy of
his system folder onto a CD and send it to
you.
2) Drag that copy onto your "OS 9 disk".
3) Boot sheepshaver and let it load an OS
from the Install CD (the one you can't install
from).
4) Using the OS 9 that loaded from the
Install CD, tweak the OS 9 system folder
you dragged there to bless it (open the
system folder, open the system file, close
file, close folder; folder should have smiley
faces).
5) Use the Startup Disk CP to select your
newly blessed OS to boot from.
6) Reboot.
Jim Nayzium · November 04, 2006 14:10 EST #32
But my brother is running 9.2.2
I thought I would need 9.04??
Can I just drag my system folder from the
install discs..????
Jim Nayzium · November 04, 2006 14:19 EST #33
Tried copying my system folder from the
install discs...they all already had the smiley
faces btw...
and then whenever I double click the startup
and then whenever I double click the startup
disk control panel icon...sheepsaver
crashes...and blips off...no error
message....happened four times in a row....
Isaac Wingfield · November 04, 2006 15:00 EST #34
Well, the 9.2.2. thing is a problem, I think.
SheepShaver says you need 9.0.4 or earlier,
and 9.0.4 is the one I drag-installed.
I believe the OS on the CD is "special" in
order to boot from a read-only device. I'm
not surprised that it won't boot after you
dragged it.
You can get some version of OS 7 from the
Apple site; why not try that, while you look
for a way to get a newer version. Once you
get any version of the OS running, you
might be able to install "Wish I Were" (not
sure of the name) or one of the other hacks
that make your Mac appear to be a different
model than it really is. At that point you
might be able to trick your install CD into
thinking it's on the proper kind of Mac.
Larry · November 06, 2006 - 03:32 EST
#35
When I launch Sheepshaver 2.3, under Mac
OS 10.3.9 I immediately get an error
message that the application has
unexpectedly quit. I neeed to do a force
quit. However, I can see the window for the
emulator. Any suggestions?
Jerry Levine · December 02, 2006 - 16:57
EST #36
I am trying to get SheepShaver 2.3 running
on my MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo/OSX
on my MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo/OSX
10.4.8). I followed all the steps in the
article; it boots fine from the CD (OS8.5
installer from a G3 Desktop) and goes
through the install OK. The system folder in
the target disk has the "blessed" icon.
However, when I try to restart without the
CD, I just get the blinking "?" as if it can't
find a valid system.
At that point, SheepShaver won't quit and I
need to do a Force Quit.
Any help would be appreciated.
J-F · December 05, 2006 - 21:04 EST #37
I have exactly the same problem than Larry
(immediately get an error message that the
GUI application has unexpectedly quit, have
the GUI to Force Quit). Fortunalty, the
emulator itself seems to work well...
I tried SheepShaver on my PowerBook Ti
and on my iMac G4 Flat panel. Behavior is
the same on the 2 macs.
Chuck Ross · December 06, 2006 - 16:13
EST #38
Given the number of people having trouble
with the installation of SheepShaver, I would
like to apologize that I'm not able to be of
more assistance. The above article was
meant to report the success I did have in
getting SheepShaver working on my
MacBook Pro, but I'm nowhere near an
expert with the software. When I had
trouble, I went to the forums for assistance,
which is what I would recommend for others
reporting trouble here. You can find the
reporting trouble here. You can find the
forums at
http://www.emaculation.com/forum/, where
there's a SheepShaver category. I would
suggest that anyone having trouble with the
software post their questions there, as that
is where you'll find the experts with
answers.
Thanks,
Chuck
Tim Selander · December 31, 2006 00:04 EST #39
Encouraged by this original article, took the
plunge and got an Intel iMac. Installed OS
8.5 from an original install CD. Had some
extensions conflict that would crash SS upon
most boots, but was able to download and
install the 8.6 upgrade. Seems quite stable
now. Installed the Japanese language kit.
Mostly works as expected, though it quickly
loses network connections to file sharing
Macs.
Very, very helpful piece of software! I'm not
holding my breath, but Apple really ought to
revive old OS support on Intel Macs. Gotta
be at least as many people wanting to run
Classic on Intel as there are who want to
run Windows!
Thanks for the original article!
Laurel Lemarie · January 02, 2007 - 18:55
EST #40
I have followed your instructions, using my
old PowerMac G4, up to the part about
installing the OS. I must have thrown away
installing the OS. I must have thrown away
my OS versions prior to 9.2.2. Is there any
way that SheepShaver will work on my new
Intel Mac if I install OS 9.2.2, or do I have
to locate a copy of OS 9.0.4?
David Knopfler · January 03, 2007 - 21:10
EST #41
c/o the well documented problem with the
ibookG4 logicboards (which Apple won't
endorse, asserting incorrectly that the
problem was only with the ibookG3 boards)
my ibook died even though i'd had it less
than 2 years and looked after it with kid
gloves - - so I was forced to getting an intel
based macbook - which doesn't support OS9
- the whole situation is something Apple
really shouldn't shrug off in my view.
noorazli · January 10, 2007 - 22:51 EST
#42
im succesful install mac os 9.0.4 on intel
mac with sheep shaver but why it cannot
start up with HD it still startup from mac os
9 intaller CD. any suggestion???
Mauricio Junqueira · January 23, 2007 12:00 EST #43
Hello all!
What would be the latest version of
hypercard to run in an old Mac SE FDHD
running System 6 ? Is there possible to
program/create apps using hypertalk using
system 6??
Jim Davis · January 24, 2007 - 14:48 EST
#44
Regarding the -43 error when trying to
expand the Mac ROM update file via
expand the Mac ROM update file via
TomeViewer: I ran into the same problem
when trying to extract it to my desktop, but
was able to extract it to a mounted share
volume -- so maybe the problem has
something to do w/ the 9.x OS filesystem
Jim Davis · January 24, 2007 - 18:47 EST
#45
Here are a couple of other things I learned
trying to get this to work:
-- I found a posting on the Emaculation
forums
(http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?
p=22957) that said not to use the Disk
Utility to create the Mac drive image -instead use the Create option in the
SheepShaver GUI app. This fixed the
problem of not being able to boot off of the
hard drive after installing the System
Software. I installed 8.5. During installation
I was prompted to initialize the "drive", and
all was okay.
-- Also, per the same thread, don't use the
Startup Disk control panel to set the startup
disk. I found that it wasn;t necessary after
using a drive image created by
SheepShaver.
-- For transferring files from the Mac OS X
(I'm running 10.4.8 on an Intel Macbook), I
created a second disk image, this time using
the Disk Utility, and per the instructions
above: I have the second, Disk Utility
created partition in the SS list (AFTER the
Sheepshaver created image!). I shut down
the SS emulator; mount the Disk Utility disk
the SS emulator; mount the Disk Utility disk
image, and copy files from my old G4 to
that mounted image in OS X. The I unmount
the image, and start up the emulator. Both
the SS-created image and the Disk Util
created image appear on the Mac classic
desktop, and I can copy files btwn the
images.
John Rethorst · January 24, 2007 - 20:25
EST #46
What's the advantage of the second disk
image, rather than shutting down SS,
opening its disk image in OSX and copying
files?
John Rethorst · January 26, 2007 - 00:10
EST #47
I have built a disk image containing the OS,
WordPerfect and several utilities, all ready to
go. Download it, set SheepShaver prefs, and
run. Link (and support for it) at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wordperfectmac/
in Links > SheepShaver and Basilisk >
SheepShaver-WordPerfect Install (2).
Kevin Anderson · February 14, 2007 11:36 EST #48
After about a week fiddling with
Sheepshaver on my MacBook Pro, I have it
running. There are some small glitches, but
it is doing OK. However, I know need to load
a couple programs that run under system 9.
With SheepShaver running, I've inserted the
CD and it isn't recognized by SS. I can't drag
it from the OS X desktop to SS, either. How
do I get my old programs installed? Help
would be appreciated!
Bryan Bortz · March 06, 2007 - 03:24 EST
#49
Thank you for this detailed guide. It helped
me a lot trying to get some old games
running.
-Owl
John Runde · March 15, 2007 - 14:41 EST
#50
I'd love to run HyperCard on my intel mac. I
have a "2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo"
Whatever that means, I am totally not
technical, but can program HyperCard like a
breeze.
I also have an old iBook running 9.0
So, can I get this working???
I'm totally lost in reading through all this.
Can someone walk me through this like I'm
a 6 year old?
Thanks,
John
Andrew Williams · June 04, 2007 - 14:26
EST #51
I have got Sheep Saver working quite well
on an intel based apple. It seems to be OK
on ethernet with other OS9 macs too but the
links to volumes seems very fragile. You can
see files for a time but then the link is
broken when you try to access them.
Any one got any answers to this?
Suresh Gopalan · July 30, 2007 - 11:33
EST #52
ok my performa cd drive just died. I'm
trying to mount the cd off a macbook intel
latest version. All file shares mount off the
macbook on the performa but it does not
show any cd share in the mount window.
Tried 20 pages of google search.Any help
would be appreciated. TIA
Peter Whalley · August 06, 2007 - 06:52
EST #53
Can you access the seial ports- via a
Keyspan USB adaptor- with these
emulators?
Ed Richardson · September 06, 2007 11:03 EST #54
Been searching for weeks for some way to
run my old software on this MacBook.
THANKS! You explained this better than any
of the dozen or so other webpages I've
visited. It's still all Greek to me at the
moment and I'd rather pay someone to set
this up then to consume all of this
information necessary for me to do it
myself. I got stuck with one of those ibooks
that had the bad logic board! Apple kept
repairing it and it kept breaking! Now I need
to get Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver, and
several other programs running again! Apple
should have created something to support
this!
Are there any shops in the Philadelphia area
that will do this?
Adrian Zeda · September 28, 2007 11:11 EST #55
I finally get sheepshaver to boot up from the
installation disk. But when i go to install os 9
icon, i get this message, "this program
cannot run on your computer. See
documentation for more info." I have done
everything that has to do with Sheepshaver
like, made a disk image (500mb), got the
ROM, transfer file. Can someone help me
with this problem..
Thomas Bender · October 13, 2007 21:58 EST #56
i have it working but it when doesnt
respond. i use the rom image from the
actual disk because i do not have a classic to
run tomeviewer :(
wat is the unix root? is tat why it is not
working? hey chuck, email when you can the
direct steps because i despreatly need
claasic and i have a mac v. 10.4.10
im upgrading it to leopard soon!
anyway, please email me when u can, sry
for the bad spelling, im in a rush
[email protected]
i will block any spam or ads from other
people viewing this comment so ha ha
weze · November 15, 2007 - 01:24 EST
#57
i just got a mac pro and i was encouraged to
buy parallels, but a friend says it is
ridiculous to do so. she also claims that i do
not want to be running rosetta, and that i'll
mess up my new machine. i would like to try
mess up my new machine. i would like to try
this, as i still have my mac classic and i
could run mac paint and superpaint(i loved
those programs) as well as os 9.1 programs,
like Kai Power Tools on my G4, that would
be terrific-but do they run r-e-a-l-l-y slow?
and will this work on a mac pro/266 ghz? or
does it only work on your mac book pro from
last year?
Michael Ojaste · November 17, 2007 01:54 EST #58
Hi all, I am about to setup my first Intel mac
for the office network I am the Admin for. I
have been desperate to get this problem of
Classic on Intel solved. SheepShaver
appeared to be the key since no one has
hacked the Classic.app or Classic.prefPane.
(There is really no reason Apple can't make
these work through Rosetta) As to the
previous user Rosetta had some issues but
since 10.4.9 all has been good except for
some really obscure problems.
Notes on Problems with Setup. (New 20"
iMac 10.4.10 pre-installed using ROM from
ROM Update 1.0)
1. I was unable to create a disk image from
OS X Disk Utility that would work with
SheepShaver. Got a -8812 or -8816 error in
OS 9.0 install CD. If i tried to create an
Image in Disk Copy OS9 from CD I could
only make a 200MB image. Any larger would
also give an Error.
Solution: Used SheepShaverGUI built-in
Create which so far appears fine. Made a
595MB image file that the CD could install
on to. (This file is not readable in OS X in
anyway I have figured out, yet. It is a Disk
image of some kind I think but OS X can not
image of some kind I think but OS X can not
mount it.)
I have since installed all updates I felt I
needed (i.e. Carbon-Lib 1.5, QT6, AS-client
3.8.8, etc.) making a very clean install of
9.0.4.
Problems I need Help with:
1. Networking is Dead, I have setup SSGUI
with "slirp" but it appears to not be working
as it should. I get nothing and if I do
anything to goto the network OS 9 SS will
lock -up.
2. Copying of any Files to the UNIX Dir.
which I have at /Users/Shared/MacOS/
results in file that are unusable by any Apps
or the System. The .smi update files I DL
from Apple or even a simple Quark doc
Copied from my server shows with a blank
icon and can not be read. The only
Workaround I had was to use that 200MB
image I made in Disk Copy OS9. It can be
mounted on Both sides in SS OS9 and in
OSX. I Copy all files I need to move to it in
OS X unmount and mount in OS 9. Files
appear to have NO Type/Creator code look
but even a .qxd on the Quark file and no go.
I can't even get it to work if I copy .qxd file
to startup Volume from UNIX Dir..
I would like a better solution and I'll post it
if I find one.
Thats about it for now. The Networking thing
is Key since if I could Mount my OS X Server
Shares I would have no issues really.
BTW I have checked the Permissions on all
file and Dir. in use by SS and 90% sure
thats not the issue.
thats not the issue.
mail: qchrontech AT qchron DOT com
Evidane · December 22, 2007 - 10:29 EST
#59
Charles Ross, thank you for posting this
story of your experiences! I knew about
SheepShaver but finding and reading this set
me on the right track on how to approach
the whole thing - you saved me days of
work. :)
- Bootable disks
For me, SheepShaver cannot boot from a
disk formatted as "Extended", it needs to be
the old (pre OS 8.5?) "Standard" format.
Hence the need for Creating the startup disk
with SS GUI I guess, formatting it as
Standard at the OS 9 prompt.
- Unix folder
The "Unix" shared folder seemed to work
just fine at first. However, as it turned out,
transferring files that way made some
characters get substituted and some files
were not found by OS 9.0.4.
I created several disk images with OS X Disk
Utility, as the Extended format works fine
for Classic to use other than booting from.
Then Add the images under SheepShaver
GUI. This way, OS 9 has the SS boot disk,
the Unix disk/folder aswell as a couple of
disks usable by both OS 9 and X.
- Crashing
SheepShaver and OS 9 crashed severly on
me at one point, leaving the OS X images
me at one point, leaving the OS X images
unreadable by OS 9. I made new images
under X, transferred the files, and set SS
GUI to the new ones. Fixed.
I also chose a higher refresh rate to get OS
9 to run faster, which seems to work great!
Again, thank you.
David Nethery · January 01, 2008 - 13:58
EST #60
I have a MacBook Pro running OS 10.4.11
I followed the instructions above step-bystep.
However, when I insert the OS 8.5 software
install disc and click on the installer I get
this message:
"This Program cannot run on your computer.
See the documentation for more
information."
Does anyone know why this would happen ?
Michael Ojaste · January 02, 2008 - 19:48
EST #61
To David Nethery:
Most likly the 8.5 disk you have was
provided to you with the purchase of a new
Mac. Mac OS install disks are sometimes
encoded to work on ONLY the series of Macs
it ships with. The installer will not let you
install the OS on an iMac lets say if the OS
disk shipped with a Blue and White G3.
You need a clean store bought full install of
the OS or a disk installer that does not have
that limitation.
that limitation.
Dan Baeckström · January 13, 2008 18:43 EST #62
This excellent article does not cover file
transfer in Basilisk II. I found that creating a
transfer disk image from scratch in Disk
Utility did not work - the 68k system in
Basilisk did not recognize it and wanted to
reformat it. The trick that worked for me
was to take an "old" Mac volume (ie
recognizable by the 68 k file system), in my
case a System 8 installation CD, making a
disk image copy of it (format
read/writeable), empty it of its contents and
then use that as the container for the
transfer folder pointed to in the "Unix root"
field (the disk image has to be added in the
Volumes list too) in the Basilisk II GUI or
preferences. File import into Basilisk II will
work nicely through this folder. Export of
files can be done via the "Unix" disk on the
Basilisk desktop.
Michael Ojaste - file transfer from/to
SheepShaver is described very instructively
in this document:
http://www.svpproductions.com/os9onxintelmac.html
For changes in the transfer folder to be
seen, it must be updated. This is done in SS
by restarting the PPC system, in MacOS X by
unmounting and remounting the disk image
holding the transfer folder. Good luck.
Peter Stepnowski · January 20, 2008 15:13 EST #63
Followed the directions and got the OS 8.6
CD installation disk booted on a Intel Mac
Mini. The only thing that came up was to
format the drive and Uniex was the only
drive available. How do I get it to recognize
the disk image that I created in disk Utilities
and stored in the SS folder?
I cancelled the installation and the CD
window opened with Uniex up and no other
drive.
Richard Wilmot · February 06, 2008 10:00 EST #64
Can Basillisk II be set to run in 24-bit
addressing mode?
So far, whenever I set 24-bit addressing in
the Memory Control Panel - close it and reopen it - the setting has not "stuck."
Restarting the emulator from the point of
just clicking 24-bit addressing does not work
either.
I am running Basillisk II on a PowerBook 12
(G4) using a Quadra ROM and System 7.5.5.
d hocquard · March 15, 2008 - 11:54 EST
#65
just downloaded sheepsaver to try to play
the old myst and star trek (25th ann.)
games on my macbook pro..
i dont have any old OS discs or anything like
that, the sheepsaver i downloaded came
with OS 9 and 3 blank HD's 400meg
800meg and 1.2meg.
i am very new to mac, just got my laptop in
i am very new to mac, just got my laptop in
january, but im trying to make these games
work i copied them into the users/shared
folder so i can pick them up in sheepsaver,
they are .dmg files, does this make a
difference, when they are activated i get an
error:
the document could not be opened b/c the
app program that created it could not be
found.
could not find translation extension with
appropriate translators.
what does this mean? and how do i fix this?
Also, i am having a hard time finding the
sheepsaver settings menu you've got on the
site, its not in the drop down menu on my
osx background so i dont knwo where else it
would be. im sure this is a stupid question,
but i dont know any mac users to lend a
hand..
Thanks for any help you can provide
Christopher Walters · March 18, 2008 20:17 EST #66
I've read that SheepShaver will run the
classic Mac OS on a Windows machine.
While running OS emulation on a Tablet PC,
would tablet digitizer functionality be
present?
Julia · March 27, 2008 - 18:10 EST #67
i followed the instuctioons on this site and
SS seemed to boot with a small computer in
the center with a smiley face. then a pop up
comes up that says "this startup disk will not
comes up that says "this startup disk will not
work on this macintosh model. use the latest
installer to update this disk for this model" i
dont know what this means. im using the
classic installer disc for a Power Mac G4 and
installing it on an imac5,1 intelcore 2 duo.
please help me iv tried countless other sites
and ways to install classic. this is the
farthest iv gotten so far. i was so happy to
see the little computer smiley and then the
pop up ruined it all. i just want to install
classic please help me
-Julia
Carmelo Scarpignato MD, DSc, PharmD,
FRCP, FCP, FACG · May 03, 2008 - 12:05
EST #68
Dear Sir,
I found your article of vital importance to
me since I still have some old medical
programs only running under Mac 0S 9.
However, I also found it a little complicated,
especially finding out and manipulating the
files needed for SheepShaver to work. Would
it be possible to get them from you, let's
say, as a disk image? Thank you for your
help.
Kind regards
CS
John Rethorst · May 03, 2008 - 21:25 EST
#69
There's a disk image for download at the
WordPerfect Mac Yahoo group, with
everything you need to run SheepShaver.
Ludo · May 12, 2008 - 14:09 EST #70
The Command -Key ist not working in
SheepSaver with the Keycodes from
BasiliskII. Is there any work around.iam
working on Powerbook under System 10.4.9
and The SheepSaver runs in 9.04.
Thank for all answer
Ludo
WM · October 26, 2008 - 18:38 EST #71
In Response to: Julia · March 27, 2008 18:10 EST #67
What version of MacOS 9 are you trying to
use? The most modern version Sheepshaver
can use is MacOS 9.0.4. Don't try to use an
install disk for a later version.
VaughanJones · November 02, 2008 04:24 EST #72
Wow, what a lot you've done.
I have thousands of Resolve spreadsheets
I'd like to be able to open in iMac Intel, just
to read, if required.
Help to do this would be appreciated please.
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