A 13-year gap between this and your last post. Welcome back!

Jackalo wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:08 am That's actually quite interesting. Thanks for sharing it!

Lauri Pesonen actually wrote the original Windows port of Basilisk II. To do so, he used the same Basilisk .8 code that the author of Cockatrice III is using right now.

I bet Lauri would find this project interesting. It seems to be what he did twenty-two years ago, but now for more modern systems.

Someone should send him an email and ask. I think Darek has mellowed since the early 2000s. Maybe he'd be happy that people are still interested in his stuff and would release the code. He even sent me a nice message when I commented on one of his recent videos. But maybe he didn't know who I was. :)

Basilisk II can run Mac OS versions 7.x through 8.1. SheepShaver can run Mac OS 7.5.2 through 9.0.4.

They are both about the same, in terms of setup. You can check the guides in the wiki.

Check the requirements of the games. Basilisk II emulates 68K Macintosh computers, while SheepShaver emulates PPC Macintosh computers. Use the emulator that best matches your requirements.

Here is a report on the Darling Runtime Environment: https://ostechnix.com/run-macos-software-on-linux-using-darling/ It says: "Darling is a translation layer that allows us to run macOS applications on Linux. It emulates a complete Darwin environment, including Mach, dyld, launchd and everythi...

A couple of updates over on the Mini vMac page: October 4, 2020 - * The latest Development source snapshot fixes a bug where, if the ROM image file that Mini vMac finds is not the desired ROM, but a different valid Macintosh ROM that has been renamed, and the undesired ROM is larger than the desired...

Nice work. I look forward to reading the full report.

I think we stopped hosting images directly many years ago. Images on the forum are all hosted by third party sites.

Here is a revised setup guide for Basilisk II for Windows:

https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/basilisk_ii_setup

It is a work in progress, so if anyone has any suggestions please leave a comment here.

I'll make a suggestion on the Github page, as Cat_7 suggested. Maybe we can get that disabled by default once again.

I've always had some random crashes running B2 in Windows. They just happen when running some program or another. I think the emulator went down when I tried to load the "About" screen in iCab, and when I launched "Doom." I haven't been able to bring about a crash since disabling...

You might be interested in MpegDec, which can still be used to play MP3s on 68K Macs:

http://www.jwgdesign.com/mpegdec/download.htm

You can also listen to streams by downloading a PLS file. For example, all of these:

https://directory.shoutcast.com/

I'll write the same in the Basilisk II guide, and continue to randomly test. Since trying the new build, I haven't had any random crashes since disabling the JIT. I wonder if anyone who contributes to the code has the ability to slightly adjust some of the default settings in the GUI. Perhaps that c...

Would you say that Basilisk II in Windows is more stable with the JIT Compiler disabled? Or is that just my long-term imagination?

Oh, perfect. I guess that is really the ideal build now.

Does the Windows 22-09-2020 include the ability to boot from and access CDs in 64 bit hosts?

If ya want it, there is a new alpha version of Mini vMac: https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/alpha.html Paul Sez: "The latest Development source snapshot may fix a bug where, in Linux (and other ports using X11), if two keys on the keyboard are configured to act the same way (such as if the cap...

Well that's interesting. I always thought Emulators, Inc was a one-man shop after Ig Kolenko left (before the development of SoftMac).

You might just contact Ron Avitzur, above. As a "new user" he can't get private messages here, but he does have a web presence: http://www.nucalc.com/ron/

werdnaforever wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:07 pm I've also been looking for a copy of Milo; I haven't been able to find one uploaded anywhere.

Darek came to the Macintosh Garden? There are some SoftMac users over at the Macintosh Garden right now; one of the original developers even showed up recently to discuss issues some were having. You might find these links useful too: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wB2HnysPp63fezUzfgpk0JX_b...

Did you read this?

https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/start.html

Is it named "vMac.ROM"?

Can you just drag it onto the emulator?

Well, I haven't run SoftMac since about 2008. But maybe try experimenting with more ROM images. The Internet Archive has a massive collection you can download. And did you follow the instructions to select the ROM detailed in this guide - https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/softmac_setup ? I am not...

Uh... that's really weird. Can you supply more details about your setup?