internet issues with qemu screamer

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FredAkbar
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internet issues with qemu screamer

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Hi, I'm running MacOS 9.2.2 in qemu-screamer (followed the instructions here). I got OS 9 to install and it looks great (lots of nostalgia already), but having a couple of issues with the Internet.

1) The Internet is slow. Like, really really slow. A google search took many seconds, and when I downloaded Netscape it went at like 50 KB/s. My TCP/IP control panel is set up like the instructions say (Ethernet, Using DHCP Server) (it was like that already, I didn't change anything). Is there something obvious I'm doing wrong?

2) I'm getting a lot of security-related errors when trying to visit websites in both IE5 and Netscape 7. In Netscape I see errors like "Netscape 7.0 and <site> cannot communicate securely because they have no common encryption algorithms" and if I try to use https it says "Could not establish an encrypted connection because certificate presented by <site> is invalid or corrupted. Error Code: -8182". In IE5, "Security failure. The server reply is invalid" or similar. Though I was able to access some sites via http. Is there a setting / update that would fix this sort of thing?

Command I'm using to run qemu:
./ppc-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc \
-L qemu-screamer/pc-bios \
-cpu "g4" \
-M mac99,via=pmu \
-m 512 \
-hda macos92.img \
-boot c \
-g 1024x768x32 \
-device usb-kbd \
-device usb-mouse

Host: MacOS 10.14.6 on an Intel iMac (late 2015).

Thanks!
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Re: internet issues with qemu screamer

Post by Cat_7 »

Hi,
Command I'm using to run qemu:
./ppc-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc \
-L qemu-screamer/pc-bios \
-cpu "g4" \
-M mac99,via=pmu \
-m 512 \
-hda macos92.img \
-boot c \
-g 1024x768x32 \
-device usb-kbd \
-device usb-mouse
By having -M mac99,via=pmu and -device usb-kbd -device usb-mouse you are passing additional mouse and kbd into Mac OS. You can remove these two lines. Also, with -M mac99 -cpu G4 is default, so it does not need to be mentioned.

Internet speed is indeed not fast. And the screamer builds are slower compared to the normal builds. You issues with https stem from the internet progressing while you browsers did not. You might want to try the Classilla browser. It should provide a bit more contemporary compatibility.

Best,
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FredAkbar
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Re: internet issues with qemu screamer

Post by FredAkbar »

Thanks for the quick reply! I'll try Classilla.
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