The reasons why the PowerPC versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape crash SheepShaver could be many mysteries forever. Out of those mysteries, I think I've only solved one. It doesn't seem like Netscape itself begins with some esoteric code which crashes SheepShaver on launch, it seems like some lower-level code which it attempts to load at launch (but doesn't depend on) is responsible, and if there's any esoteric code right in the Netscape PowerPC binary, it's somewhere in the middle. The same might also be true for Internet Explorer (who knows?)
Right now, I have configured SheepShaver with an Old World ROM, 256 MB RAM emulated, the "Basilisk II Slirp" Ethernet emulation, the JIT Compiler and built-in 68k DR Emulator enabled, and the following Custom Mac OS 9 installation:
- Mac OS 9 - Customized Installation:
- Core System Software
- Network & Connectivity: ONLY Open Transport
- Internet Access - Recommended Installation
In SheepShaver with this configuration, Netscape worked to the point where I could send it to
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Su ... te.smi.bin and download files right in the emulated Mac OS 9 (but not actually browse the web for more than a minute; maybe for now we can just use it just to install Classilla without futzing around with HFVExplorer, priorly making sure our OS 9 system is connected to the Internet, by pointing Netscape directly to the Classilla .sit file). The PowerPC version of Internet Explorer, however, still didn't work at all.