Old Emulator For Os X Software From The

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Is it possible to set up some kind of emulation I have an Intel Mac, a Macbook with the Core Duo 2 GHZ and 1 gig of RAM.

Old Emulator For Os X Software From The

If there isnt a way to run an old OS, is there any way to run old mac software from the 90s, such as games, etc Thanks for any help.

Will run up to Mac OS 8.1.

SheepShaver - a PowerPC Macintosh emulator.

Sheepshaver will require a ROM from a PowerPC Mac while Basilisk II will require one from a 68K Macintosh.

Basilisk II I think might run under Rosetta, but it will be running any operating system that a 68K Mac can run much faster than an actual 68K Mac.

Its only available with the Intel Macs as the PowerPC Macs dont have to emulate a PowerPC environment to run those PowerPC based apps.

Its basically the same thing that the Classic environment was for those people switching from Mac OS 9 and below to Mac OS X.

It allowed them to still use their old Classic applications until newer, native Mac OS X versions of the same software were made available.

Classic and Rosetta are two different things, as you can conclude from my examples in the above paragraph.

If you have an Intel Mac and you still have the need to run software for Mac OS 9 and below, the emulators mentioned above are the only ways to run them.

Of course, you would be emulating a PowerPC Mac that was capable of running Mac OS 9 and below (in the case of Sheepshaver), or you would be emulating a pre-PowerPC Macintosh that would be able to run Mac OS 8.1 and below (in the case of Basilisk II).

Because youre emulating the computer as a whole, you would not only need a legal copy of the operating system but also a legal ROM image from an actual PowerPC or 68K Mac depending on the emulator used.

In order to do this, you would need to actuall own a Mac and extract the ROM image from the actual ROM itself on the Mac otherwise its illegal (theres software that can do this if you own a particular Macintosh.a quick Google search for Macintosh ROM should come up with some results).

I have a way to get a ROM from an old 68k so I think I will try that.

Also remember that the ROM image needs to be extracted with Extensions Disabled, otherwise the ROM image can become corrupted.

Old Mac Emulator For Os X