SheepShaver for Windows #3 -Test Build!

Mac Emu · Post by **Mac Emu** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:15 pm

Gwenole posted a test build of SheepShaver 2.2 (release #3) for Windows. For the first time, I have JIT working on my Athlon XP and it is 400%+ faster (see quick APD benchmarks on the OS Emulation forum). And it's responsive too!

Download the test beta here: http://gwenole.beauchesne.online.fr/she ... .win32.zip (edited to reflect newer binary)

Neospy · Post by **Neospy** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 10:23 pm

YES!!!! New sheepshaver edition with JIT that isn't buggy. It's like a dream come true. Too bad it isn't an official release yet... just a test

>neospy 8)

*rushes off to tinker with SheepShaver 3!

AZEnigma · Post by **AZEnigma** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:11 am

The random crashes have gone away on my Pentium-M laptop, and the speed is pretty good (although video is a bit laggy, even when skip set to 0).

Any one else having problems when using Quicktime. If I try to play the sample clip, or even use the quicktime picture application, sheepshaver closes without an error. Also CD's do not seem to load correctly if inserted after OS 8.6 boots, but mount fine if inserted before starting sheepshaver (It tells me the disc needs to be formated).

ataxy · Post by **ataxy** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:18 am

wow nice at last i can use jit with no bug havent tried QT so cant say yet if it bugs

AZEnigma · Post by **AZEnigma** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:41 am

Downgraded to quicktime 2.5 and that works fine.

I had the same CD issue with the old Basilisk II win32 ver. The solution was to enable the CD Rom as a SCSI device. No such option on Sheep Shaver though....

trexplorer · Post by **trexplorer** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:27 pm

Finally a stable build ... hasn't crash yet on my 3.2 Ghz P4.

Bench mark tests are about 4x faster than previous build using APD, but speedometer tests run about 3 times slower ... ?

However, GUI, scrolling and opening applications is significantly slowewr and less responsive (jit true and frameskip 0)

keep up the great work !

cheers ...

ivanhasyou · Post by **ivanhasyou** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:04 pm

wow, this works on an AMD too with JIT on

however, im getting a weird mouse issue where when i click anywhere, it can only click on the apple menu

Neospy · Post by **Neospy** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:37 pm

ivanhasyou wrote:however, im getting a weird mouse issue where when i click anywhere, it can only click on the apple menu

Ok, that is weird. I have not had this problem, but has anyone noticed the number 3 key is not mapped except on the number pad?

>neospy 8)

PPC_Digger · Post by **PPC_Digger** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:26 pm

trexplorer wrote:Bench mark tests are about 4x faster than previous build using APD ...

If only PearPC could get faster so fast ::dreams about pearpc 4x faster::

ivanhasyou · Post by **ivanhasyou** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:18 am

Neospy wrote:
ivanhasyou wrote:however, im getting a weird mouse issue where when i click anywhere, it can only click on the apple menu
Ok, that is weird. I have not had this problem, but has anyone noticed the number 3 key is not mapped except on the number pad?

>neospy 8)

well, i got rid of the problem by disabling unused extensions... wow, this speed is very usable

Post by **Cat_7** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:11 am

There is a new zip package available at gwenole's site with some basic information and a newly build executable.

Works great!

Cat_7

ataxy · Post by **ataxy** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:31 pm

wow cat that new build in the zip file shows some great improvement in speed now if only the was web support how by the way i havent tried the quick time player yet

ivanhasyou · Post by **ivanhasyou** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:44 pm

it doesnt seem to work with the mac os update rom or a PCI mac rom, on my computer it just runs for a second then disappears

ataxy · Post by **ataxy** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:12 pm

weird i have the rom from the mol site and it runs perfect

gb · Post by gb » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:00 pm

ivanhasyou wrote:it doesnt seem to work with the mac os update rom or a PCI mac rom, on my computer it just runs for a second then disappears

Is there anything worth mentioning from stdout.txt and stderr.txt files available in the same directory where you launched SheepShaver.exe?

BTW, I noticed a bug where if you have an invalid "disk" entry, with e.g. a path to an inexistent file, SheepShaver will silently exit.

gb · Post by gb » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:06 pm

ataxy wrote:wow cat that new build in the zip file shows some great improvement in speed now if only the was web support how by the way i havent tried the quick time player yet

Ethernet support in Windows is trickier because it requires significant changes to the native ethernet driver to get it clean. Besides, even under Linux I couldn't get it working fully for a long period of time yet. So, the plan is to first first under Linux and then Windows.

The advantage of Windows is that you have Lauri's NAT/Router which doesn't require any extra driver to install. That's equivalent to a user-space network stack implementation I was working on for Basilisk II (from QEMU's slirp) but it was sub-optimal, performance-wise.

BTW, does sound work within Windows? Under Linux? I can't test on the x86-64 system because it has no sound card.

Neospy · Post by **Neospy** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:16 pm

Sound is working for me just fine.

>neospy

ataxy · Post by **ataxy** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:38 am

gb wrote: Ethernet support in Windows is trickier because it requires significant changes to the native ethernet driver to get it clean. Besides, even under Linux I couldn't get it working fully for a long period of time yet. So, the plan is to first first under Linux and then Windows.

cool

ivanhasyou · Post by **ivanhasyou** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:30 am

gb wrote:
ivanhasyou wrote:it doesnt seem to work with the mac os update rom or a PCI mac rom, on my computer it just runs for a second then disappears
Is there anything worth mentioning from stdout.txt and stderr.txt files available in the same directory where you launched SheepShaver.exe?

BTW, I noticed a bug where if you have an invalid "disk" entry, with e.g. a path to an inexistent file, SheepShaver will silently exit.

oh, thanks, that was the problem...

btw, what will happen if i try to book os 9.2.2?

dragonfly · Post by **dragonfly** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:36 pm

This post in no longer valid since download link has been corrected above.

This download link you provided above is no longer working.
and I looked for SheepShaver-3.exe.bz2 .. here ..
Do you have a new download link?

p.s.

just found this link ..SheepShaver 2.2-20050321 which seems up to date. But still no link to version 3.0.

p.p.s

I have now used the above version of SheepShaver-2.2-20050321 to install Mac OS 8.5 on Win XP Pro for the first time. Earlier versions failed. Thanks.

ataxy · Post by **ataxy** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:44 pm

here is where you will get all official release from gb
http://gwenole.beauchesne.free.fr/sheep ... loads.html

khawkins98 · Post by **khawkins98** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:42 am

I take it the 3.0 release has been pulled for now? Can't seem to find it anywhere ...

yyyc186 · Post by **yyyc186** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:27 am

jit works!
stuff is smooth and fast!
seems to crash on exit (maybe because i didn't load cdenable.sys)

Hopefully Lauri's networking driver gets integrated next.

Fabulous stuff.

Thanks GB!!!

Post by **Cat_7** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:57 am

@khawkins

You should search for the win32.zip file in GB's directory.

Cat_7

CFran2 · Post by **CFran2** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:58 pm

"Downgraded to quicktime 2.5 and that works fine. "

lol, QuickTime 5 works too. by the way, there is many graphical bugs, mostly with QuickTime 5, and um, as for the sound, there's conflicting extension abd control panels that dont conflict on my performa and that make sheepshaver instantly shut down. btw, why is it now more stable with JIT on than off? good thing tho. i also got problems launching netscape 4.79, basically sheepshaver shuts down when i start it

SheepShaver for Windows #3 -Test Build!

SheepShaver for Windows #3 -Test Build!

SheepShaver-3.exe download gone ?

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