Ah, well done, my friend. To code it from scratch. Really cool. :cool: I didn't know Mac OS required a desktop file. Is it that invisible alias that holds anything you might move to the desktop? Does anyone know how does a read-only media like a CD handle this desktop file? It could be possible to s...

Hey! doesn't FuseHFS do that!?

I can think of two good ways to move this forward... one is to stay OSX-only and make it a filesystem plugin, which would mean that hdiutil would inherit its features and images could be easily mounted read/write in the Finder. Mmmmm like paragon's NTFS support and OpenZFS? Where to start? I made a...

I was indeed not aware of your app, I knew the HFS Disk Maker by CharlesS that this topic is about. HFS Disk Maker creates HFS disk images from a file or from a folder with files. It makes it easy to transfer files from OSX to a 68k emulator. Your app works fine here (in Yosemite) to create a new e...

I made a small app a while ago that I'm quite sure might work on recent OSX systems to create HFS image files, please try it: http://hfsutilsgui.mariot.me.uk/ I only released one version. I didn't get much feedback, perhaps it was badly published? It doesn't do much, I simply imitated the "Disk...

Could it be a machine-specific disk?

One last thing for Alex/Cormac and company: as SoC winds down, is there someone in place that could dole out specific issues to investigate/fix? I personally don't have the time to spend on running the project, but if there was a list somewhere of outstanding issues/roadblocks, I could definitely c...

No, OpenBIOS attempt to find the "Mac OS ROM" file in system folder that is blessed , and runs the code contained, which then boot Mac OS 9. Hey, that's what I meant by "New World ROM file saved on disk". xD That's interesting, is it correct to assume OpenBIOS has some code to r...

Quick question on the ongoing Mac OS 9.X work: there's no need to use ROM files, I assume? And out of curiosity: I never really read about how it works, but I assume QEMU uses OpenBios and whenever necessary OS9 uses the New World ROM file saved on disk. Is this correct? How did the real machines wo...

Hey adespoton, where have you got all those icons? =D I'd like to see a walkthrough, it looks amazing! By the way, I think you should have Rhapsody in your list! And since we have Shoebill now, you could add A/UX too! It could even get expanded to include Apple ][ and Lisa, creating an "Apple O...

And from Mavericks onward seem to break if ran in 64-bit; SheepShaver runs fine in 64-bit mode in Mavericks, but not in Yosemite. Just a thought about the problem with Medusa: In a discussion elsewhere about unrelated software, it appeared that Apple changed the alias format in Yosemite and as a re...

Renegade, please update to build 3. This bug was already fixed. Mac8a, it will take some time for me to get an updated OSX to test it properly, could you please check the logs? In case you don't know how, you will probably find the application called "Console" in the "/Applications/Ut...

Hello,

I never tested in Yosemite.. that looks bad..

I was thinking at least the button should work fine; probably something changed in Yosemite that prevents the file to be added.

I'll look into it, no panic!

Thanks for the feedback!

You could try nesting a sheepvm file within the bundle. I am doing this with my editor Medusa. It saves the prefs file in a sheepvm file and executes SheepShaver using the path as an argument. So while in basilisk you execute this line: ./BasiliskII --config "../Resources/Config" In SheepS...

Hi, I was wondering.. how does the open firmware work in a PPC mac? I mean, it looks like PearPC has everything to run a Mac OS 9.2 setup, except the open firmware, correct? But how is this implemented in a real mac? Where are the instructions stored? In a ROM? Is OF documented anywhere? How hard wo...

I should send you one of my PearPC bundles so you can add support for that too :D Hey, I actually thought of that! :mrgreen: Thing is, I don't like Basilisk II and SheepShaver messing my environment and creating invisible files everywhere (Linux-like) and I really hate those multi-platform ugly GUI...

In my tests on OSX, I realised SheepShaver may respond better/worse depending on the combination of ROM file and system. For example, I always use "Mac OS ROM 1.4" with Mac OS 8.6. I am guessing it is because this rom was taken from an 8.6 system. If I try using other versions like 1.6 (fr...

Hello, Renegade, I think you must have tried the build 1, this bug was reported by emendelson some days ago and fixed in build 2. I just finished build 3, which adds support for SheepShaver! It also adds an option to import the default prefs files. A few keys will be ignored, they are reported in th...

In other development, may I suggest we have a sticky post in this forum with Shoebill's setup and link to the necessary tools?
I think that even in this early stage it earns a space there. =D

It is really surprising to me that Apple didn't hold to this OS. I read it can make calls to the ROM and access the Toolbox and System functions, right? Why would they root for Mac OS? Was A/UX hardware demanding? By the way, how much dependent it is on the ROM? Would an incomplete-executor-like-ROM...

neozeed, I don't want to deviate too much from the subject, but I guess it would interest you. Take a look in the Mini vMac, if you didn't already, check this FAQ: http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/faq.html The author gives a few details about the differences between Mac II and later macs and how he i...

Mmmm also, if you have retina, it could happen that this 2009 compilation renders the screen very small. Recent versions work fine though.

Sorry, just double-checking.. this won't work in SheepShaver, will it?
I am trying to document SheepShaver preferences options and I realised the "ether" option is platform-specific, but maybe it shares code with Basilisk II (I didn't investigate), hence my doubt.

Thanks!

Hey, I'm glad you liked it! Took me two years of spare time to get to a mature code. Yes, the override is a legacy from an older version where I had a Basilisk II executable nested in the application. It will force-execute the chosen Basilisk instead of any chosen alternative. I think I will remove ...

Thanks again emendelson. The fixed version is here.

https://github.com/sentient06/Medusa/re ... g/v1.2.0b2

How embarrassing!

I re-factored the code for the app's data storage and I forgot the most simple part: to check if the data file exists at all. Now it should be fine.