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15-06-2005, 10:57 PM
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[Mega-Merge] Sheepshaver: Run Ppc Os 7/8/9 On Your Pc
SheepShaver is a G4 emulator that runs Classic OSes such as OS 7, 8.x and up to 9.04. Performance is roughly 1/8th of native speeds.
I tested the program on an Althon XP @ 2650Mhz running Win XP. Googling for "sheepshaver windows" gave me easy access to all the files I needed to get the software to boot OS 9 
Performance is definately around the 300 - 400Mhz mark for FPU and integer operations, perhaps much faster for some, but video refresh/redraw speed is sluggish. The Linux version apparently improves upon this, and is more stable than the Windows build (I had a problem doing anything with Quicktime - it exited the whole program). It was quite cool and usable running the software, and will come in handy for any PPC games I need to run.
Attached is a blurry screenshot - when were attachments reduced to 100K Disko?
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15-06-2005, 11:03 PM
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SheepShaver booting OS 9:
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15-06-2005, 11:22 PM
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Ahh, good ol' Mac OS 9.  (Yes, i'm one of those weirdos who thought that OS 9 was actually pretty good, even though it still can't hold a candle against OS X :P)
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16-06-2005, 11:04 AM
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OS 9 (or rather 9.1) is great on Older Macs (100 - 200Mhz) with a decent amount of RAM (128MB+, pref 256MB). Have installed it on many an old machine not good enough for OS X.
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16-06-2005, 11:09 AM
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What would be cool would be a version of SheepShaver for OS X. I'd love to run a proper version of OS 8 or 9 on my current mac, instead of having to use my older power macs.
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16-06-2005, 11:19 AM
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16-06-2005, 11:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by tranp@Jun 16 2005, 11:09 AM
What would be cool would be a version of SheepShaver for OS X.
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Well errr .... Scroll down a bit for some OS X goodness.
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16-06-2005, 07:37 PM
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Sorry, I haven't checked out SS in a while and I recall at that time I could not get it to work, so I gave up.
Tell me if you get it working.
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17-06-2005, 12:06 PM
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I can't seem to make MacOnMac work OR SheepShaver. Is it because I am on Tiger?
EDIT: http://maconmac.bastix.net/dev.html
MacOnMac IS broken under Tiger. Fixing it is on the todo list. |
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17-06-2005, 12:12 PM
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MacOnMac dosnt work on Tiger, and I couldnt get SheepShaver to run either. MOM isnt Tiger compatible yet, but I dont know about SS.
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17-06-2005, 12:13 PM
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macintoshrules, yep, it appears thats the prob at least according to the MacOnMac site.
edit: ahh! Ya beat me too it hsvguy... heh heh, by about all of a minute... Gotta be quick!
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17-06-2005, 12:17 PM
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Someone who has it working on Tiger, tell me!
Edit: It's broken.
SheepShaver V2.2 by Christian Bauer and Mar"c" Hellwig
Paranoia checks...
FATAL: sc->regs->gpr[2] in signal handler (00000040) doesn't have expected value (affebad5)
Maybe you need a different kernel?
I will see if I can remove those checks then build from source...
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17-06-2005, 12:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by -neon-@Jun 17 2005, 11:43 AM
macintoshrules, yep, it appears thats the prob at least according to the MacOnMac site.
edit: ahh! Ya beat me too it hsvguy... heh heh, by about all of a minute... Gotta be quick!
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22-06-2006, 06:49 PM
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Ok dont get all excited as this is not native classic environment but its a great attempt at it and it runs successfully without any hassle.
SheepShaver http://sheepshaver.cebix.net/
My findings of this application is very stable and sound output is worth the while
I suggest all intel macs who miss playing 68k games download this.
Its a must!
there are some pictures at
www.danamania.com/wally
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22-06-2006, 06:59 PM
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Looks interesting. Have you got any tips on obtaining a ROM image? Can I get a ROM image from one of my other PowerPC Macs?
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