![]() I have created a guide for using editing and using my CD-ROM image file. Steps: Download, write (burn) to a CD-R/RW disk.įor Windows systems I suggest using MacDisk for windows if your software of choice doesn’t recognize bootable HFS images. HD1.hda or CD3.iso), then copy to an exFAT or FAT32 formatted SD card The following table maps my image files to various devices that can be used with your 68k or PPC system, this is not a complete list, so please feel free to leave comment on this page if you would like me to add an image for a device that you use. You can also install non-english versions from the Mac OS Anthology CD, or install from the restoration CD for you system if one exists. Which image you need will depend on what device you plan to use it with.Īfter you’ve done your tests with my initial images I also provide guides describing how you can use emulators such Basilisk II, mini vMac or SoftMac on modern machines to edit my images, with detailed instructions on how you can use Basilisk II (the emulator I use the most) to replace the minimal versions of the System Software on my image files with the full (English) versions of systems: 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 6.0.3, 6.0.5, 6.0.8, 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 7.5.5, 7.6, 7.6.1, 8, and 8.1 from an ISO image file created from Apple’s Legacy Software Recovery CD. To help you get started, I am providing Drive, Volume/Partition, Floppy, CD-ROM and other files that contain minimal versions of Systems: 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 6.0.8, 6.0.8L, 6.0.8P, and 7.5.5 that you can use to test out your 68k or PPC system and hardware without investing too much time. For my other 68k systems, I typically use 7.5.5. For myself, for systems with 68000 CPUs such as the Plus, SE, or Classic I use system 6.0.8 or 7.1.2. Once you know what System Software versions your system can support, it’s really a personal preference for which one of those you want to use, typically based on a balance between features, memory usage, and stability. I’ve written a separate blog entry that lists all of the different Macintosh 68k systems and which System versions they support. ![]() When setting up your real or emulated 68k Macintosh or PPC system you need to first select the System Software (operation system) version that will work on your system. Transfer files files to your running system.Creating a drive image using an emulator, or from a physical disk.Copy (Volume/Partition image) or Write (Drive image) to your target media.Add or remove content from my images using an emulator or some other tool.Review the contents of my images (last updated 1).Determine which type of image file you need to/want to use, drive, volume, floppy, or CD?.Choose what System software you want, you can read my blog entry for which System versions can be run on which Macintosh Computers.Real drives such as: Zipdrives, Jaz Drives, Floppy drives and CD-ROM drives.Floppy drive emulators such as FloppyEMU,.SCSI drive emulators such as SCSI2SD, MacSD, ZuluSCSI, BlueSCSI, RaSCSI.Emulators such as Basilisk II, mini vMac, or SoftMac.I know BasiliskII has kind of a steep learning curve to get started and it can be a pain to find a stable build but it's really a much more capable emulator.This page contains a list of all the files that can be downloaded from my site for use with 68k and PPC Macintosh systems, specifically the bootable image files I’ve created for use with: If you want gigantic true-color visuals in a 68k Mac emulator BasiliskII is probably your best bet unless there's some specific piece of software you're trying to use that works better under vMac. (I see the "Variations" service does allow high/true color screens, and technically since it's an emulator it might potentially be able to assign up to 6MB into a linear framebuffer, but that would seem to be pointless if you can only have up to 8MB of system RAM.) I'm not *100%* sure of that, but if I am that would seem to preclude using resolutions much in excess of color. I've been looking at the Mini vMac mailing archives and the variations service, and it looks to me like vMac II still only supports 24 bit addressing? (IE, Mac II 68020 with up to 8MB of RAM) With only 24 bit addressing I *think* it becomes difficult to use more than 1MB of video RAM because of limitations in how the slot manager divvies up RAM address spaces.
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