Play a old cd rom

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KelleyM
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Play a old cd rom

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Hi,

I want to know if you can play an old cd rom in this program and how to do it.

The cd rom is a Better Homes and Gardens recipes software and supports the Mac System 7.1 or older and Quicktime 2.0 or higher.

Thanks
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Depends mostly on on your host system.

Which is your host sytem?
Which BasiliskII build do you run?
Which System/MacOS version did you install in BasiliskII?
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The best route to playing the CD ROM (that particular one, anyways) would be to create a CD image of it and add it to the list in the prefs file, then run the emulator.

But it really does depend on your answers to Ronald's questions.
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how do I create a cd image?
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To be able to answer that question, we need your answers to the questions I asked above:

- Which is your host system?
- Which BasiliskII build do you run?
- Which System/MacOS version did you install in BasiliskII?
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I did sent a reply to your first question this morning, but for some reason, did not go through

Basilisk version: Basilisk II 1.0, SDL2 port

System: Sys761

Do not know what a host is (new to this program) Except I am on MacOS Mojave 10.14
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macOS Mojave 10.14 is your host system.

In macOS Mojave you can still use Disk Utility to create A disk image from the CD-ROM:

- Mount the CD in macOS
- Start Disk Utility (in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder))
- Select the CD volume (not the drive) in the list on the left
- Choose New Image from the File menu
- Choose DVD/CD master for the format
- Save the image file. It will take some time. The file will have a .cdr extension.

Best lock the image file in macOS Finder Info.
Use the BasiliskII GUI to add the image file to the volumes list.
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Okay, I had done everything down to adding the image file to the volumes list.
the file now has a .cdr extension

When I click "file" , everything is grayed out except for the "find" button
new folder is grayed out.

so, what now?? :?:
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You seem to be trying to add the CDR when you are running BasiliskII and you are using the top-line menu in the emulated Mac.
Close down BasiliskII and use the BasiliskII GUI application, which you can get from this site.

(Since you mention "Sys761" I wonder if you might be using an application called "System761". If you are in fact using that, then the procedure is entirely different.)
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Okay, so yes, just noticed that yes, it is the Sys761 and not Basilisk

This is the download link I got it from : www.columbia.edu/.../macos9osx.html
Scroll down to " similar system that runs System 7.6.1 in BasiliskII". I had downloaded that zip file.

yeah.

:?:
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I understand that you managed to create the disk image file.

You use the "System761" application, not a regular BasiliskII setup. Better start a new topic in the "Other SheepShaver configurations" subforum asking how to add the disk image in the "System761" application.
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KelleyM wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:56 am Okay, so yes, just noticed that yes, it is the Sys761 and not Basilisk

This is the download link I got it from : www.columbia.edu/.../macos9osx.html
Scroll down to " similar system that runs System 7.6.1 in BasiliskII". I had downloaded that zip file.
Please read the instructions on that page. They will give you the answer you want far more quickly than anyone here can provide it.
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