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Macintosh Emulation Guides

Emulator Setup Guides

Here is how to get started with some popular Macintosh emulators:

SheepShaver Setup Guide (for the OS X port)
SheepShaver Setup Guide (for the Windows port)
SheepShaver Setup Guide (for Linux)
PearPC Setup Guide (emulate a PPC Macintosh running OS X)
Kegs32 Setup Guide (emulate an Apple IIgs)
Basilisk II Setup Guide (for the Windows port)
Basilisk II Setup Guide (for Linux)
Basilisk II Setup Guide (for the OS X port)
Mini vMac Setup Guide (for the Windows port)
Executor Setup Guide (simulate a Macintosh running System 7)
SoftMac Setup Guide (emulate a 68K Macintosh in Windows)
FUSION Setup Guide (emulate a 68K Macintosh in DOS)
PCE/macplus Setup Guide (emulate a 68K Macintosh in Windows)
Extracting Stuffit 5 Files in Windows (preserve resource forks when unpacking these archives in Windows)

We've also written a few guides dealing with specific issues:

Guide to extracting a ROM for SheepShaver while using Basilisk II
Capturing a Mac ROM Image (capture a ROM image from a real Mac)
Getting online in Basilisk II for Windows
Getting online in SheepShaver for Windows
Printing from SheepShaver and Basilisk II (Windows and OSX)
AppleTalk for SheepShaver/Basilisk II for Windows 7/Vista/XP (32-bit)
AppleTalk for SheepShaver/Basilisk II for OS X
Wireless AppleTalk Networking with SheepShaver/Basilisk II for OS X
SheepShaver as virtual print server for AppleTalk-only printers (OSX)
Convert .DMG to .ISO (helpful for PearPC users)
PearPC Control Panel (download and information)
Setting up an AppleTalk file- and printserver for Classic Mac OS and OS X

Miscellaneous Help

And a few miscellaneous articles:

Bridged OpenVPN Server Setup (Needed for getting AppleTalk going over wireless and over the Internet)
An Instant Messaging solution for the 68K Macintosh
Benchmarks of the major emulators
Guide to helpful 68K Mac software
System 6 Hell (disk images for Mini vMac)
HFVExplorer (download and information)
Escape Velocity (a few notes about playing Escape Velocity on a PC)
A Macintosh emulation compatibility chart
Mac Abandonware Notes (I wrote this!)

Interviews

We did some interviews back in the day. I think they date from mid-2000:

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