... would you believe, that on reading this, I really wish I had: 1. Readable disk images of ANY version of Mac Os X that could still run NextStep programs, and 2. My old Lotus Improv.
Sadly, the last time I had anything like this was either on an optical, or a floppy backup of a now long-gone harddrive. (Lotus Improv was really good. Why, why did they just let it die without support/promotion/improvement?) On 2017-07-09, at 9:37 AM, Ken Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: > [Apologies if this is off-topic for the users’ list, but I hoped this might > be of interest to both users of MacPorts and the interests of the members of > this list, so I thought I would share it.] > > It is reported qemu-system-ppc can run MacOS 8.5 to MacOSX 10.4 PPC. Here is > how to make it run MacOS 9.2.1 in 10 minutes or less. > > > 1. Install qemu from MacPorts with the ppc variant: > sudo port -v install qemu +target_ppc > > 2. Make an iso image of your MacOS9 installer CD using MacOS's Disk Utility > -- mine was called macos-921-uni.iso > > 3. Create a hard disk in the same folder as your CD image: > qemu-img create -f raw -o size=2G MacOS9.2.img > > 4. Start qemu. The order of the two listed drives is important. > qemu-system-ppc -boot d -L pc-bios -M mac99 -m 512 -prom-env > 'auto-boot?=true' -drive file=macos-921-uni.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive > file=MacOS9.2.img,format=raw,media=disk > > 5. Once it is booted, initialize the hard drive using "Drive Setup" in the > Utilities Folder, then install MacOS 9.2.1 onto the hard Drive. Shut down the > system using the Special Menu. > > Thereafter, to run qemu use the following command: > qemu-system-ppc -boot c -L pc-bios -M mac99 -m 512 -prom-env > 'auto-boot?=true' -drive file=MacOS9.2.img,format=raw,media=disk > > > To move files into and out of the emulator: > > Use "Disk Utility" From MacOSX (any version probably, I used Sierra) to make > a "New Image", 6 GB works, format Mac OS Extended, no encryption, single > partition - apple partition map, read/write disk image. > When it's made, you can mount in on the MacOS desktop, and add files to it > (SIT format, or similar, to preserve MacOS information). > Eject the disk when done. You can mount and unmount this disk from within > qemu using the menus. > > > To enable networking: > > Download the RealTek RTL8139x Driver for MacOS 9 from here: > <http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=6&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false> > > Move it onto the emulator's hard drive, decompress it with stuffit, place it > on the desktop, and install it. > > Once that's done, you can do this to enable slirp networking, and mount AFP > over TCP filesystems from suitable servers (10.4): > qemu-system-ppc -boot c -L pc-bios -M mac99 -m 512 -prom-env > 'auto-boot?=true' -drive file=MacOS9.2.img,format=raw,media=disk -net user > -net nic,model=rtl8139 > > > (Some of this info is helpfully culled from > <http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/ppc-osx-on-qemu-for-osx>, and there is > more info there.) --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce
