I meant running something like this(I haven't tried it yet, but the basic elements are there): set get_device to "diskutil list | awk '/^\// { device=$1 } $1 == "0:" && $2 == "CD_partition_scheme" { print device }" set device to do shell script get_device set fo...

I'm trying to port instructions & functionality from PearPC to SheepShaver, as well as applying several patches. Anyone who wants to help, it's at https://github.com/JustinCB/macemu on github.

Maybe an applescript/automator utility that makes a disk image would do(of course pre-el capitan versions of OS X can use disk utility, but more recent versions need to use hdiutil or diskutil from the terminal[it's been a while since I've done that]). It could create ISO's for future use.

The dolphin tests look promising, and I know about the sheepshaver regression test. The sheepshaver test is tangled up with cruft like everything else relating to sheepshaver, though. I think the dolphin tests would be easier to use(relatively). I think just using a PowerPC compiler that compiles OS...

I'm trying to test a fork of SheepShaver with the old CPU core, & am having trouble getting the tests to work because they're written for the QEMU core. Does anyone know of a more universal tester for a PowerPC emulator? For anyone who wants for to see it, the source of my fork is at https://git...

I haven't done much on it. I am really trying to get other people who want to work on it, but I haven't gotten much interest. I also have tried to start off a pearpc based user mode emulator(the thread I started is at http://emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=9207 ). It would be possible...

I have begun writing something like softpear with the pearpc code, but it isn't very far along, and won't get very far without other people working on it. It is available at https://github.com/JustinCB/pearpc-based_powerpc_emulator for anybody who wants to look at the code. post here, email me at Ju...

It looks like it hasn't been maintained for at least 8 years and was removed from the code base 4 years ago. I think modernizing can be done, but it would have to start with version QEMU 0.90 or 1.0 because that looks like the last time darwin usermode was enabled. I forked a QEMU 0.90 repository in...

There are BSD usermode QEMU, but they are just x86 and SPARC. I think that at some point there was either a Darwin usermode QEMU, or an offshoot of QEMU that had a Darwin usermode. I don't know what happened to it, though.

Is there a special target for usermode emulation on OS X or some extra patches you need to install? It says you can have usermode emulation on linux or BSD, but it doesn't say anything about OS X. I know code for it exists, but I don't know how to enable it. I'm just trying to build the existing cod...

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http://softpear.sourceforge.net/ Maybe this project can help. But it seems that this project is no longer under development. And has more bugs than I can handle right now, but it is the kind of thing I was talking about. Something more like this then, which means not having to bother with the OS an...

I have to admit that my focus is more on preserving old operating system environments than in making old software run natively on new OSes, but there are definitely some titles out there that could benefit from this. ...And if completed, the only thing left to do that can make a huge amount of soft...

Ahh... but userland qemu is only like the WINE core; it doesn't know about APIs, so you need to install all the support libraries as well. The wine core takes windows format executables and creates host OS formatted executables. The APIs that are not part of the host OS are then added with the full...

adespoton wrote:Right now we're still working on improving the virtual machine builds.

I think that user-mode emulation is more promising that virtual machine as far as "double click to run" app bundles are(like winebottler packages windows .exe files into mac .app bundles).

Aren't application bundles somewhat(or mostly) version-agnostic. Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.6 can run on OS X 10.2-OS X 10.11(the only errors are that you need a legacy JRE, and that's about as much of a problem as X11). Well-written apps usually don't stop working after an update, since apple's backw...

Cat_7 wrote:You mean compiling qemu for ppc on ppc OSX?

That's not what I meant at all. I meant the processor-only emulation(running powerpc apps on intel or vice versa, like rosetta).

I heard that QEMU has some support for user-mode emulation on OS X. I also heard that it is very buggy. Has anyone tried to use it? Is there any place to download betas? Are there any apps that work?

Mini vMac also supports 128k through Mac II systems (see the variations page), and does a better job these days than BII for Mac II emulation. BII is still the only game in town for Quadra emulation, and provides Ethernet support that Mini vMac lacks. The main iffy support on qemu appears to be in ...

The reason that I'm using PCE is that it supports the Macintosh classic on down to the 128k Macintosh. Mini vMac might have better emulation of later systems, but once you get to 7.x, it's better to use Basilisk II. QEMU support is still iffy, but it's better than PearPC for 10.0 and 10.5 PowerPC. I...

For 10.0 and 10.5, you need to be folllowing the huge qemu thread on here... it now supports Mac OS 9.0.4 through Mac OS X 10.5.8 -- WITH networking via sungem that doesn't require the realtek drivers to be installed. The 2.8wip install from mid-August in the Qemu thread works, but can have some in...

What emulator did you use for os x 10.0? I can't seem to find one that works(I used 10.2 in pearpc to install it, though). What emulator did you use for os x 10.5 powerpc? I have done almost that with windows(up to XP) and mac ( up to 10.4[with an issue with 10.0]).