Another question, SheepShaver, where did the name come from?
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Another question, SheepShaver, where did the name come from?
Hmmm? Just wondering.
Its not a joke actualy, Shapeshifter is an 68K Mac emulator for the Amiga, it runs all classic MacOS's till 8.1. Ive used this emu pretty much some years ago, it made my Amiga 1200 with 68040 run MacOS 8.1 faster than real Macs in those days. (Macs used to have the LC versions of the 68040+060 (without MMU) while Amiga's always used the full 68K (with MMU))
here is what it says on the official sheepshaver webpage
and for those who wonder whats a "pun"
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http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/SheepShaver.htmlWhat's with the silly name?
It's a pun on "ShapeShifter".
and for those who wonder whats a "pun"
pun pun, use of words, usually humorous, based on (a) the several meanings of one word, (b) a similarity of meaning between words that are pronounced the same, or (c) the difference in meanings between two words pronounced the same and spelled somewhat similarly, e.g., Thomas Hood's They went and told the sexton and the s...
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Actually, about a third of the '040 macs used the full 68040 cpu.Jack Hair wrote:(Macs used to have the LC versions of the 68040+060 (without MMU) while Amiga's always used the full 68K (with MMU))
It appears the website has been taken down....this isn't good.
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/SheepShaver.html
The name, as was clearly printed on the site when it was still up is that it came from the name "ShapeShifter", from and amiga emulator for the 68k macs.
EDIT: It appears that the Student's directories at uni-mainz.de as changed location. The new address is:
http://www.students.uni-mainz.de/bauec0 ... haver.html
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/SheepShaver.html
The name, as was clearly printed on the site when it was still up is that it came from the name "ShapeShifter", from and amiga emulator for the 68k macs.
EDIT: It appears that the Student's directories at uni-mainz.de as changed location. The new address is:
http://www.students.uni-mainz.de/bauec0 ... haver.html
http://www.students.uni-mainz.de/bauec0 ... haver.htmlDittoBox wrote:It appears the website has been taken down....this isn't good.
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