SS and OS 7.5.x
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SS and OS 7.5.x
Alright guys and gals. After finally buying a new Mac - Black MacBook - I've learned the same thing everyone else has; no Classic. Yes, I, like a lot of other users, have a few old applications that I just can't do without.
I've managed to get vMac (mini) working with 7.0.1; not that I really need anything that old, but, wanted to prove that I do know what I'm doing.
Trying to get SS running is proving to be more of a pain. To verify I have at least some valid files, I setup Basilisk II and that works with my Quadra650 ROM and a 7.5.5 startup disk image (.dmg). When I try to use the Mac OS ROM and the same image (not at the same time) on SS, I get the message that it's not compatible with this machine. I'm guessing it's the ROM that it's seeing and figureing it can't run 7.5.5. Since I don't have my old CD's or floppies, I'm stuck with just the images. I thought SS could handle 7.5?
Also, is there a way to get out of SS without having to force quit? Quit doesn't work
I've managed to get vMac (mini) working with 7.0.1; not that I really need anything that old, but, wanted to prove that I do know what I'm doing.
Trying to get SS running is proving to be more of a pain. To verify I have at least some valid files, I setup Basilisk II and that works with my Quadra650 ROM and a 7.5.5 startup disk image (.dmg). When I try to use the Mac OS ROM and the same image (not at the same time) on SS, I get the message that it's not compatible with this machine. I'm guessing it's the ROM that it's seeing and figureing it can't run 7.5.5. Since I don't have my old CD's or floppies, I'm stuck with just the images. I thought SS could handle 7.5?
Also, is there a way to get out of SS without having to force quit? Quit doesn't work
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SheepShaver emulates a PPC Mac and needs a different ROM file than BasisliskII that emulates a 68k Mac. A Quadra ROM file will not work.
A ROM file that will work is the one that can be extracted from "Mac OS ROM Update 1.0" using Tomeviewer.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60408
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4561
SheepShaver will run MacOS 8.5 through 9.0.4
A ROM file that will work is the one that can be extracted from "Mac OS ROM Update 1.0" using Tomeviewer.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60408
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4561
SheepShaver will run MacOS 8.5 through 9.0.4
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That should be the ROM that I'm using but I'll double check. As for the OS versions, according to the site (http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/sheepshaver/):
"SheepShaver runs MacOS 7.5.2 thru MacOS 9.0.4"
So I'm not sure why you say it's only 8.x and up.
Thanks!!!!
"SheepShaver runs MacOS 7.5.2 thru MacOS 9.0.4"
So I'm not sure why you say it's only 8.x and up.
Thanks!!!!
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To Stephen
(maybe my post is a little outdated - sorry if so...)
thanks to your great site i started to look for ways to get my old (beloved?) sys 753 from years ago onto my also quite old ibook G3 -
because i am thinking about buying an intel mac soon.
os 9 was easy to run. in order to run 7.5.3 i had to "acquire" a beige (PPC9500) ROM.
but now the old 7.5.3 runs along. i won't use it to do heavy work, so an occasional crash doesn't matter too much to me.
sheepshaver with me will only run in a window, and i had to select "ignore illegal memory access" (or a similar formulation i don't remember...).
(maybe my post is a little outdated - sorry if so...)
thanks to your great site i started to look for ways to get my old (beloved?) sys 753 from years ago onto my also quite old ibook G3 -
because i am thinking about buying an intel mac soon.
os 9 was easy to run. in order to run 7.5.3 i had to "acquire" a beige (PPC9500) ROM.
but now the old 7.5.3 runs along. i won't use it to do heavy work, so an occasional crash doesn't matter too much to me.
sheepshaver with me will only run in a window, and i had to select "ignore illegal memory access" (or a similar formulation i don't remember...).
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