Basilisk Ii (running Mac Os 8)

[Bob Loblaw]

Want to run "Classic" Mac programs? You can, with the Mac OS X port of Basilisk II, a suitable Mac ROM (I used a 1MB image from a Quadra), and an HFS image.

 

The trick is to create a disk volume in Basilisk II, and then substitute a bootable volume with the same name. (The "Add > disk images to mount" feature currently doesn't work.)

 

Substituting a bootable volume solves this problem -- and System 7.5.x is freely downloadable. Basilisk runs System 8 nicely, too.

 

(Set the system for 68040 for System 8; system 7 runs best with the 68030+FPU setting.)

 

Here are the exact steps I used.

1) Copy the 1MB Mac ROM file to your Os X drive

2) Copy a bootable Basilisk or Gemulator HFS volume to the drive

3) Browse and open the ROM file

4) Create a dummy HFS volume

5) Set the memory size and screen res

6) Rename your bootable volume to the name you gave the dummy volume

7) Enjoy that nostalgic Mac-ish goodness!

[dit]

Thanks for that

Trying it tonight, I feel like stepping back to the good old days.

[jchowland]

Or you can use sheepshaver - it will run OS 9.04 (Not 9.1 though)