Re: Fwd: Possible Solutions to Classic Apps on Intel-Based Macs

In the message "[MAGNet] [LBNL-MUG]Fwd: Possible Solutions to Classic
Apps ", dated 2/8/06, Marilyn Saarni wrote:

>>Although the new Intel-based Macs don't include a Classic
>>environment, there are open source solutions available which have
>>already been ported to Intel-based Macs:
>>
>>http://www.gibix.net/projects/basilisk2/
>>http://www.gibix.net/projects/sheepshaver/
>>
>>I hope this helps those who still need to run Classic applications or code.
>>
>> Ron [Ustach, LBNL's Apple systems engineer]

   A MacInTouch reader report, below, provides detailed instructions
for setting up the Classic environment running Mac OS 9.0.4 on an
Intel-based iMac using SheepShaver, an open source "PowerPC MacOS
run-time environment," which is one of the two products mentioned by
Ron Ustach in Marilyn's posting yesterday.

Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group

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MacInTouch Reader Reports
Macs on Intel: Classic
http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/macsonintel/topic1944.html#feb09
James Bailey
I've been experimenting with the PPC version of SheepShaver--version 
2.3 available from here:
http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:sheepshaver
The software is non-trivial to set up but once you've gone through 
that chore it is excellent. I've been able to run many different 
Classic MacOS applications without a single problem.
As Kevin Lepard posted, the iMac 1.1 update available from Apple 
works [as a source of a Macintosh ROM image, required by SheepShaver 
- Aron]. You can get it from Apple here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58178
Also as Kevin noted, to get the ROM you need a piece of software 
called TomeViewer which does run under the OS X Classic environment. 
You can get a copy of TomeViewer from Version Tracker here:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4561
The final piece of the puzzle is a version of OS 9. I had an old OS 9 
CD that I updated to 9.0.4 which seems to be the recommended version 
for SheepShaver. You can get the OS 9.0.4 update from MacUpdate here:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/4374
There is also an update to Mac OS 9.1 on Apple's download pages here:
http://www.info.apple.com/export
Choose OS 9.1 and after you agree with the license you can download 
the file(s). You can also download 9.2.1 from the same location. I 
haven't tried either of these yet but I plan to.
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