This emulator allows you to run the Windows OS on any Mac and also allows you emulate Linux and Unix applications. Parallels Desktop This emulator allows you to use Windows apps like they are Mac applications. Mac OS 9 shipped in 1999, and absolutely connected to the internet for everyone who used it. The OS came pre-installed with Internet Explorer, and Netscape 6 and I-Cab 2 ran on it natively as well. In fact, the original iMac, (so named because it was a mac that was 'designed for the internet') shipped with Mac OS 8.
What's in this How-To? In this how-to, you be guided through the full process of setting up MacOS 7.5.3 and optionally the 7.5.5 update on Basilisk II, the freeware Mac II emulator designed by Christian Bauer, from scratch using only freeware, downloadable items.
The end result will be a fully working MacOS system. Locate the file you downloaded earlier called 'NetworkAccessDisk7.5.sea.bin', and drag it into the StuffIt Expander Window. This will decompress the file and create a new directory below the one in which 'NetworkAccessDisk7.5.sea.bin' was stored.
This will be called 'Network Access', and contains The Network Access Disk Readme and a file called Network Access.Image. It is the latter which we shall concern ourselves with. 2 a) Writing the Boot floppy; To physically write a boot floppy for Basilisk II then use WinImage Trial Edition that you downloaded earlier. From the 'File' Menu, select 'Open'.
Select to show all files in the dialogue at the base of the window. Open the newly made Network Access folder, and Select to open the 'Network Access.Image' file. From the disk menu, select to write a disk. Insert a blank 1.44Mb floppy disk into the disk drive you gave ticked under the 'Disk' menu. You have created your startup disk for a Macintosh Computer!
3) Preparing Hard Files for Basilisk II: Open the program HFV Explorer from the folder you installed it to. Now, to format a new Hard Drive File for use in Basilisk II. For a start, lets format a 500 Megabyte Apple HFS Hard Drive. In the 'File' Menu in the HFV Explorer Window, select the option to 'Format New Volume'. The Options selected in the Picture above will create a new 'Hard Disk' for use in the Emulated Macintosh. The 'Mac' will see this as a 500Mb Hard Disk Partition named System7, whereas it is really a file, stored in D: system7.hfv.
Get the picture? (NOTE: The volume names and file names do not have to match, I merely do this for the sake of consistency.
For example, if you name the file the same as the volume name in the emulated environment, it is easier to keep yourself right when opening volumes in HFV Explorer.). Locate all 19 parts of the System 7.5.3 Install CD Image you downloaded earlier. Copy all these items to your Macintosh Disk volume (System7 in this example by dragging them to it).
It is a good idea to create folders from within HFV Explorer in the same way as you would in Windows Explorer, just to keep track of all the files. Copy all the Macintosh files you will be using later on at this point as well. I downloaded HFVExplorer and they won't copy for me, I just drag them into the disk but nothing happens, if anyone knows how to correct this e-mail me at [email protected]. When the above dialogue is shown, always select 'Automatic; let the program decide' and 'OK to All' as is shown above. 4) Configuring the Basilisk II Emulator: Once you have unzipped Basilisk II to your chosen folder, open the program ' BasiliskIIGUI.exe'. This is the configuration utility for Basilisk II.
Since Basilisk II emulates a a Macintosh system with a 68020, 30 or 40 Central Processing Unit, you will need a ROM file from one of these computers. You are only allowed to use a ROM from the computer you legally own. There are detailed instructions in the Basilisk Installation regarding dumping a rom from a real 68k Mac. There is a Quadra ROM available from the Downloads Section for Quadra owners only, and is provided for convenience only. In the 'General' Tab: set the Boot Driver to '0: Boot from first bootable volume' Set the Model ID to '14 (Mac Quadra 900)' (No matter what ROM you are using, the Windows port of BII is optimized to use this model ID. Set the CPU to 68040, and check the use of FPU Emulation.
In the 'Memory' Tab: Set the RAM size to something that won't cripple your PC, but won't leave the Mac short either. 64 Mb is fine for most 68k work. Click browse at the 'ROM file path' section to find your ROM file. Information about the ROM will be displayed in the box at the base of the Window, if you 'Corrupt' or 'Unsupported', then you have incorrectly obtained the ROM from your Macintosh. In the 'Screen' Tab: Completely your preference. I always like to set the 'Colors' value to 16 bit or 32 bit though.
Next, move to the 'Disk' Tab: Firstly, click on browse, enable all files in the file types field, and find the file 'Network Access.image'. Next, find the Hard Disk File you created earlier. Set the Network Install Image to hive higher boot priority by putting it up the list.
Your end result should appear similar to this. NOTE: You can again, create update disks to use on a real Mac or for reference. Format three floppies to Mac 1.44Mb and simply copy the contents of the three images shown above to the three diskettes. Open up the 'disk' Update - 1' and double click on the installer. This will automatically update the system to 7.5.5 CONGRATULATIONS: The groundwork is now done for making your Macintosh System. The OS is set up and you have a number of Applications installed. Please visit the download section of OldOS for more high quality Macintosh freeware and abandonware programs updated regularly.:).
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Head on over to. Make it mobile: Waste even more time. Nowadays you can click on a menu and it will drop down and stay down while you cursor down to the item you want and click again to select it. In the old days you'd have to hold down the mouse button the whole time (click and drag), move it down to the item you want and release the button to select it. The old mechanic still works in modern OSes but it's entirely optional. And since some modern menus are crazy huge, it's a lot easier to be able to move the mouse without having to hold the button down the whole time.
This was well reported when it first came out in OS 8, if you followed the Mac press. It was, believe it or not, a controversial change. I guess a large part of the backlash was from people who felt Apple was just changing it to be more like Windows (almost never a good idea). It's really a silly thing to care about, but it bothered me at first, too.
There was an extension to add sticky menus before it was standard, and an extension to remove it after. Back then you could customize EVERYTHING with system extensions. Except for the crashing.
I don't miss that part.