Hi,
We currently do not have guides detailing options in experimental builds. But I do see some of the current guide needs updating. Oh well, it is all a labour of love
Can the clipboard be shared between the guest and host operating systems?
-No.
Can the guest operating system print to at least one printer available to the host OS?
-Yes, but it requires setting up tap networking or equivalent to access the host network.
Can the guest operating system access devices connected to at least one USB port of the host?
-Yes, you can access e.g., -device usb-audio but also other pass-through devices.
I had somehow believed that causing en emulated Qemu OS (such as OS 9.2.2) to recognise an "Exchange" virtual disk that can also be opened on the host would allow easy transfer of files between the host and the guest, but I tried that last night and the guest couldn't see what I had copied from the host end. Is there a better way to do this?
-The shared disk functionality depends on the maturity of other qemu parts. Currently you can only exchange stuff that is already in the shared folder at start-up.
Dragging and dropping files/folders between the guest and the host would be a terrific achievement. Are there any plans to implement this in the foreseeable future?
-No idea. Development specific for PPC Mac emulation depends on a limited number of people. And I guess there are more pressing matters: reliable booting, usb/adb and sound.
And two more questions:
Are there any plans to bring virtual hardware acceleration to the guest operating systems, such as Tiger?
-There is currently some development in supporting a specific Mac host graphics card, but it hasn't been fruitful as of yet. Perhaps it results in more generic support for host hardware.
Is it now safe to install Classic in a Qemu Tiger machine, or would it render the emulated disk unbootable?
-That I do not know, I haven't tried lately. But I believe there has been no change in the boot process, so the issue might very well still be present. A solution is to have two partitions.
You can check out the OSX MacQemu tool developed by ProgrammingKid for solutions to the sharing problem.
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Best,
Cat_7