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Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:33 pm
by dukeradiologist
I am pulling my hair out. I perused the forum, but don't see my problem discussed.

I am trying to SheepShaver on a MacBook Pro running 10.13.6.

I am using newworld86, and have renamed it Mac OS ROM. When I run sheepshaver, I get the screen with the questionmark disk. I go to preferences and add OS 9.0.4.toast, and click CD-ROM. I have set up a shared folder. I created a 100mb partition. I think...

When I control-escape out of the program and try to relaunch, it quits immediately just like it does when you haven't renamed the newworld86 ROM

I have a screenshot of the preferences page selections, but don't know how to load it to show you. In the screenshot, you can also see the contents of my sheepshaver folder and a copy of newworld86 so you can maybe see what I am missing.

So I guess could you start by telling me how to post the screenshot here?

Re: Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:08 pm
by adespoton
You need to post it to an image hosting service and reference it here. The forums don't host images themselves.

Are you using the default preferences location?

Re: Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:23 pm
by dukeradiologist
Thanks

https://flic.kr/p/2gdHQBK

I have set up the Sheepshaver folder in my downloads folder, didn't work. Then on the desktop, didn't work. Then in the applications folder. Didn't work.

Re: Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:30 pm
by adespoton
The issue wouldn't be with where the application is, but with what's going on in the preferences file.

Go to Terminal.app and type

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open ~/.sheepshaver_prefs
and your configuration will pop up (likely in TextEdit). Looking at your configuration there will likely pinpoint your problem.

Re: Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:32 pm
by dukeradiologist
disk New.dsk
cdrom /dev/poll/cdrom
cdrom Mac_OS_9.0.4.toast
extfs /Users/Jeff/Desktop/Shared
screen win/1024/768
windowmodes 0
screenmodes 0
seriala
serialb /dev/null
rom Mac_OS_9.0.4.toast
bootdrive 0
bootdriver 0
ramsize 134217728
frameskip 0
gfxaccel true
nocdrom false
nonet false
nosound false
nogui false
noclipconversion false
ignoresegv false
ignoreillegal false
jit true
jit68k false
keyboardtype 5
hardcursor false
hotkey 0
scale_nearest false
scale_integer false
cpuclock 0
yearofs 0
dayofs 0
ether
keycodes false
keycodefile
mousewheelmode 0
mousewheellines 1
dsp /dev/dsp
mixer /dev/mixer
ignoresegv false
idlewait true

Re: Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:54 am
by adespoton
Gere's your problem:
rom Mac_OS_9.0.4.toast
Change that back to Mac OS ROM and you should be good to go!

Re: Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 1:05 am
by dukeradiologist
Unfortunately that did not work. :cry:

Re: Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:14 am
by adespoton
It should get you your flashing disk back.

You'll also want to fix these:

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ignoresegv false
ignoreillegal false
They need to be set to true.

Re: Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 8:43 am
by Ronald P. Regensburg
Editing the prefs file directly is not advisable, unless you know what you are doing.

When using the built-in SheepShaver Preferences (Virtual Machine Settings window), make the settings like this:

In the Setup tab (the one with the volumes list):
For "ROM File": Browse to and choose your "Mac OS ROM" file.

In the Miscellaneous tab:
Enable at least "Ignore Illegal Memory Accesses" (essential)
You can also enable "Ignore Illegal Instructions" (usually not needed)

Re: Problems with sheepshaver

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:57 pm
by dukeradiologist
That did it! Thank you! I had the OS9 ROM as the ROM file, but I needed the newworld86 ROM there instead!