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SheepShaver for Windows

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:06 pm
by Cat_7
NOTE: Read the guide:
https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_setup

Most recent build:
SheepShaver for Windows (25-02-2024)
https://surfdrive.surf.nl/files/index.p ... K/download

Note: If you use any other than a US-English keyboard, use this keycodes file: https://ronaldpr.home.xs4all.nl/keycode ... y_2022.zip

Cumulative fixes and enhancements
Fixes:
-Should fix the "cannot map RAM:No Error" error.
-Screen garbage when running "Dark Forces" in Windows full screen.
-Scaling when switching to full screen
-Selecting an OpenVPN tap device in the GUI and running tap based networking.
-cdrom entry reset at reboot.
-A possible issue with the startup.wav not playing at the correct speed.
-Fixes full screen issue
-Uninitialized value causing Quicktime image rendering to sometimes fail after mode changes.
-Gamma ramp patch to allow running certain Ambrosia (and possibly other) games.

Enhancements:
-Drag and drop of one disk image onto the SheepShaver window. CD, HD, and floppy images show up on the desktop as read-only CDs. Dragging the CD icon to the trash or choosing "Special/Eject" (Mac OS 8 and above) unmounts the image (when selected). Image formats that were already not supported can show up as Audio CDs. You cannot a have a real CD mounted and use this option at the same time. You cannot mount more than one disk image this way.
-Now also plays startup sound upon reboot
-Can now read a preferences file from the command line with --config filename
-Prevents Windows key press to open Windows start menu, see option Reserve Windows Key in the Keyboard/Mouse tab in the GUI.
-Selectable Render driver on the Graphics/Sound tab of the GUI: Software, OpenGL, Direct3D, giving access to hardware acceleration. If selection doesn't work SDL falls back to software renderer.
-Changed old GUI behavior of refresh rate/frameskip setting being forced to 60hz when video mode fullscreen is selected. Refresh rate setting now stays accessible and also doesn't save to settings as 60hz.
-An additional pref item "sound_buffer" is introduced that sets the size of the sound buffer. Size 0 uses the original size, higher numbers shorten the buffer but increase CPU load.
Manual editing of the prefs file is needed to enable this function.
-An additional pref item "title" is introduced that lets the main window have a specific title. Manual editing of the prefs file is needed to enable this function.
-It is now possible to redirect a tcp/ip port from the guest to the host. Manual editing of the prefs file is needed for this.
-Will now play a sound file named "startup.wav" in the SheepShaver folder at boot.
-Build with msys2, contains a working GUI with the required libraries. Both booting and reading CDs in 64bit Windows are supported.
-Contains a readme explaining how the included keycodes file will map keys on a Windows keyboard to Mac modifier keys in the emulator.
-You can now again boot from and access real CD's in 64 bit Windows hosts, and the cdenable.sys driver is no longer needed in 32 bit hosts (but can still be used).
-Changing CD's is supported (use the polling option in the GUI)
-You can now switch between windowed and full screen modes by using the Ctrl+Enter key combination. All thanks go to our member vasi.

Best,
Cat_7

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:31 am
by kikkoman
sEXCELLENT!!!!!

I'm trying it right now... but it would be nice to know what are some of the major changes you've made to this update, that way we can all skip right ahead to trying those aspects out.

So far:

1) ZOMG!!!!! FREAKING HELL YEAH!!! Choosing a color from the swatches in Photoshop actually works correctly now! The color I want is the color I get (and not the color underneath it, as in previous builds)! I LOVE YOU!

2) Doing a Mac OS restart from within SheepShaver causes the emulator to abort (Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit)

Image

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:12 am
by Cat_7
Kikkoman,

Please try the latest build linked to in the first post and see if there is any improvement related to the restart error.

Cat_7

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:57 am
by boyanml
Well, everything works so far. There was just-in-time error when I tried to shutdown with Pause/Break keyboard key (which is set as Mac "Power" key in my keycodes.txt), but I found it's a SDL.dll (1.2.13) issue. Changing sdl.dll back to 1.2.10 resolved this problem.

Windows XP SP3
Sheepshaver in fullscreen mode (1280/1024)
MacOS 9.0.4

Thank you Cat_7 for this new Windows release! There was no such thing in last two years.

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:47 am
by kikkoman
Cat_7 wrote:Kikkoman,

Please try the latest build linked to in the first post and see if there is any improvement related to the restart error.

Cat_7
Sorry Cat_7, the error is still there :(

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:18 am
by Cat_7
I have now included SDL.dll 1.2.10 in the download package.

Best wishes,
Cat_7

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:29 pm
by Binder
I have swapped the old sdl and exe files from my current install. Mac OS 9.0.4 starts to boot but as soon as the Mac background appears, right before the desktop icons appear, Sheepshaver just quits with no error message at all. I have tried starting without extensions, zap pram, 256 to millions of color, no change. I even called up my backup fresh install of Mac OS 9.0.4 still same issue. This is happening on Vista sp1 and XP sp2.

If I put the old sdl and exe files back, it boots fine.

Is there anything else I should try :?:

Thanks,
Bill.

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:32 pm
by Cat_7
Yes

That is the same error I had before, but only when restarting (also in Vista SP1). It was fixed using the correct SDL.dll.
I don't believe the error is in the pram file or your mac os install.

You might try some different versions of SDL.dll.

Best wishes,
Cat_7

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:58 pm
by Binder
Hi Cat_7,

I have tried many sdl versions, same thing. I put back to the one in your download. After some testing, I was able to finally boot by one of these two options:

1. Disable JIT. This works but emulation becomes too slow.

2. Set memory to 512 or above. It now boots up but cannot restart within Mac OS (Sheepshaver just quits).

BTW Thank you again for working on the new builds :P
Bill

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:09 am
by Mac Emu
Cool! Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) works under Mac OS 9.0.4. I can create and save documents.

But I have to turn JIT off to get SS to go all the way to the desktop without crashing.

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:42 pm
by rscaboyke
Hey there,

Me too I get the same bug ! I've tried using differend SDL packages ! But I am obliged to disable JIT to get OS9 booting !
Without JIT SS is useless as it is too slow ! Maybe there's still another version of SDL that bypasses this bug, but none I tried were succesfull !
Pitty though, cause would be terrific ss running stable on windows !
Oh and framemaker used to work early version sheep, now i get an Visual C++ error at startup !

Keep up good works anyway Thanks

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:00 pm
by Cat_7
Hi,

have you tried setting memory to 512 Mb? It should allow booting and restart with JIT enabled.

Best wishes,
Cat_7

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:32 am
by rscaboyke
Thx Cat, setting memory to 512 did the trick even with JIT enabled, but as said before when I try running framemaker 7.0 it gives me a microsoft visaul c++ error en sheep quits, the application worked with the earlier sheep version though!

But thx again for your reply

Best regards

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:18 pm
by yksoft1
My screenshots for the new 0808 SSWin, all using a rom from a 8500.
Using Mac OS ROM from 8.6 or Mac OS ROM Update 1.0 with 9.0 or 9.0.4 will crash SS when starting Finder.

System 7.5.3
Image
Mac OS 8.1s
Image
Mac OS 8.6
Image
Mac OS 9.0.4
Image
however If you try to start 9.0.4 with Mac OS ROM.... Bang! What a terrible crash to have Jobs' curse!
Image

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:36 pm
by Ambassador
I had a similar problem mentioned above about SS closing for no reason during boot-up.

Using Basilisk II, I created a boot 7.6 image (no extensions, no control panels, etc., which I use with SS to install OS 7.6 to another image. I am able to boot to the boot image no problem, and install 7.6 no problem.

However, when booting from the image where I fully installed 7.6, Mac OS loads about third/half way with the extensions before closing for no reason and with no error message. The same occured for both the previous SS build and this one.

And no, I can't switch to 512 MB of RAM, since I only have 512 MB of RAM on my computer.

Any other ideas?

Emulator error

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:03 am
by captainvincent
I need help with my emulator. I know alot about computers, but have never seen this nessage before. I needed to download a bunch of DLL's for it to come up with the error. It comes up saying "The procedure entry point gtk_file_selection_get_filename_utf8 could not be located in the dynamic link library libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll." Please help. :x :x :x

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:16 am
by ClockWise
Did you install the GTK +2 runtime:

http://www.emaculation.com/sheepshaver/ ... -setup.exe

There are further setup notes here:

http://emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_setup

That will tell you what you need to install to make the emulator work.

If you have further questions, maybe start a new thread (so that members in the future can learn from your questions!)

Emulator Help

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:44 am
by captainvincent
Thanks. It was missing.

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:35 pm
by Cat_7
Hi,

I have linked a new build (of 17-09-2008 :oops: ) to the first post in this thread. It possibly solves the restart/memory problem with Mac OS 9.0.4 in Windows

Happy New Year,
Cat_7

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:30 am
by sbouju
Can I use this latest version, even if I am under MacOS 8.6 in SheepShaver?

In the archive, with the new version of SS, there is two other files:

- a 258048 octets "SDL.dll" file; this one is intended to replace the 1702125 one I already have in my Sheepshaver folder?

- a "Mac OS ROM_iMAC" file; is it a Macintosh ROM file I must use with this version of SS, in replacement of the ROM file I currently use?

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:55 am
by Cat_7
Yes,

You can use all files in the download. But please keep a backup of the old ones in case things go wrong...

Cat_7

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:00 am
by sbouju
OK, thank you, all has booted fine with no problem detected, just after renaming the ROM file "ROM" like in my SS folder, and replacing those 3 files:-)

Under is my current System Info, now, for those able to point me out anything being potentially wrong...

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Machine Type:
PM 9500
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Is Present
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Are Present
Edition Manager:
Is Present
Apple Events:
Is Present
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Is Present
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Standard NBP:
Is Present
Notification Manager:
Is Present
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Launch Control Support
Temp Memory Supprt
Real Temp Memory Handles
Tracked Temp Memory Handles
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System Debugger Support
PPC Toolbox:
Supports Real-Time Delivery
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Has Color Quickdraw
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PixMaps Direct (16 or 32 bit)
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Is Present
Resource Manager:
Partial Resources Exist
Serial:
GPIa Connected to DCDa
GPIa Connected to RTxCa Clock Input
GPIb Connected to DCDb
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Built-in Input Hardware Present
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Is Present
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Is Present
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Is Present
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Exists
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Exists

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Normal
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:31 pm
by somniferous
I downloaded this build and tried to use it on the MacBook. I renamed the ".exe" ".dmg" but that didn't work. The finder tells me that there is no volume to mount.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:11 pm
by Ronald P. Regensburg
See the subject of this thread. This is SheepShaver for Windows, not SheepShaver for MacOSX.

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:32 am
by Galane
I'm using XP Pro SP3. Having the same problem with SheepShaver as others.

It launches, gets to the Welcome to Macintosh splash then quits.

I'm using the latest build from the post at the top of this thread with the iMac ROM and the SDL dll from the older release.

I have the GTX setup from here http://emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_setup installed. I've also tried this one gtk2-runtime-2.16.5-2009-08-06-ash.exe

Prior to this I tried the old 'official' build from 2006, same exact launch and die issue.

If I don't have any disk images selected, it *doesn't die*. It just sits there with the blinking ? on a floppy. It won't quit, I have to use Task Manager to kill it. It doesn't respond to the close button or Alt+F4 or rightclicking its taskbar button then clicking Close. (Looks like a bit of a bug, eh?)

Does it just not work at all with a System for any Mac install of 8.1? I don't have a PPC bootable CD for any versions other than 9.1 and various versions of OS X, so I used my Apple Legacy Recovery CD-ROM to install a FAT 8.1 to an HFS+ image using Basilisk II.

Both the old Lauri Pesonen build and the JIT builds of Basilisk II run just fine. I could try using that to update the GigaSheep (it's a 1 gig HFV) image to Mac OS 8.6.