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Just remember to move any application to your 'Macintosh HD' disk folder (NOT just the desktop) before you attempt to run it, to ensure optimal operation. If you then open the 'Unix' folder, it will be there. We now have the final product!Īnything you want to run in SS, just drop in the 'Shared' folder. SS will boot and the desktop should look the same, sans the removed OS9 disk image. Now quit SS (shutdown from the 'Special' tab in the emulated toolbar does the same thing) then reopen it. Double check that it successfully copied, then go to the SS preferences (on the OSX toolbar, not the emulated one) and remove the OS9.img from the volumes list. Opening the OS9 disk, we should see a 'System Folder' that we can then drag n' drop into our newly named volume. You should see your boot disc (the OS9 image), the volume you just named, 'unix,' the trashcan, and a little extra toolbar near the bottom (you can click the tab on the end of it to minimize). You should get a warning prompt about volume erasure that you just hit 'continue' on.

Sheepshaver gui mac os#

You'll want the Mac OS Extended format from that drop down bar. I just named mine the classic 'Macintosh HD' but its whatever floats your boat here. When we reopen SS, you'll boot up and get a 'disk is unreadable…' message, that prompts us to format/initialize the volume we created ('OS9' if you followed my example). Serial/Network can be left alone, with Ethernet Interface just being filled in with 'slirp' for some reason that I don't know.Īll that done, just hit save! You'll need to force quit SS now (shortcut of cmd+opt+esc), since it is not functioning at this point. I like Mouse Wheel Function set to Page up/down (those of you on MacBooks will be able to use the two finger slide scroll with this option). The Mouse/Keyboard shouldn't have Raw Keycodes checked, unless you need to use a non-qwerty key set. The Miscellaneous tab should have all CPU Options, except that experimental one at the bottom checked. I haven't messed with the audio, so I left Output and Mixer devices as /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer respectively. The Audio/Video tab will have the video mostly up to you, but my video setup is Window - Dynamic - 1024 - 678 and enable quickdraw checked. All of our file work is done, so we just need to finish up the preferences. Name it OS9 (or whatever suits your fancy), and give it an appropriate size (I only have a few games I run, so 600mb gave me more than enough wiggle-room) then save it in the SS folder. Now we want to create our hard disk with the 'Create…' button. This is what SS will boot off of when we reopen it. We then want to use the 'Add…' button to select the OS9.img file.

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I've never fiddled much with it, but I recommend giving it a RAM zip a machine back then could have expected, like 256 or 512. You should also see an option for RAM size below that. Use the Browse button by that Unix Root row to select this 'Shared' folder. In this case, it is the 'Shared' folder we created. The Unix Root is our middleman folder that lets us move stuff from our main machine to the disk we are going to create. The ROM file should already be filled in, since SS booted off of it and all. Now go to the toolbar and open preferences in the SS menu. SS should now open and give a grey screen with a floppy disk that has a blinking '?'. The boot image we downloaded can stay as 'OS9.img' but we're going to want to select it and do Get Info so we can check 'Locked' (sometimes SS won't accept it as a disk if it isn't *shrug*) then drop it in the SS folder, too. Go ahead and create a new folder titled 'Shared' and drop it in there, too. To move forward, we need to rename the ROM file we downloaded to 'MAC OS ROM' so SS will recognize it, and drop it in the SS folder with the actual application.

When you open the Sheepshaver (SS) folder and try to run the program for the first time, it will fizzle and immediately auto quit. Scroll down on the redundant robot link and find the New World PPC ROM and the MAC OS 9 Boot Image.

Sheepshaver has its own support community and commensurate site where you can get the latest version, and some altruistic soul has provided the other needed files here: click me I'm a link! which is a godsend since the old Apple ROM and OS files are otherwise a pain to find. The three things you'll need are the program itself (duh), an old Mac ROM, and the actual system files. Fun fact: Exile II-III and Realmz even have some shared graphics and sprites).

Sheepshaver gui software#

Sheepshaver is my preferred emulator because it is a standalone program with its own GUI, is fairly easy to set up, and it also happens to be the best one I've found for running Realmz (which some of you might be familiar with from the days when Spiderweb Software was associated with Fantasoft.