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SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator

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Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator

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Post by turnsout »

It’s too bad there isn’t more momentum in the Mac emulation scene. It seems like it stalled out with SheepShaver and Basilisk II. The only new thing is “make it run in JS.”

I would love to see an emulator that could run later OS versions like Tiger.

Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator

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Post by compton93 »

turnsout wrote: post #11

It’s too bad there isn’t more momentum in the Mac emulation scene. It seems like it stalled out with SheepShaver and Basilisk II. The only new thing is “make it run in JS.” I would love to see an emulator that could run later OS versions like Tiger.

PearPC?

Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator

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Post by cosmic_cheese »

turnsout wrote: post #11

It’s too bad there isn’t more momentum in the Mac emulation scene. It seems like it stalled out with SheepShaver and Basilisk II. The only new thing is “make it run in JS.” I would love to see an emulator that could run later OS versions like Tiger.

qemu-ppc can run PPC versions of OS X. This is a good place to get started: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/qemu

I’ve personally run as new as Tiger with it. Takes a little bit to start up but after that it’s reasonably responsive.

Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator

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Post by card_zero »

scarface_74 wrote: post #12

If I could find fully functioning versions of Ambrosia’s software, I would download this in a heartbeat. I bought every game the minute it became available back in the day. Andrew Welch use to post here occasionally

I was playing Ambrosia games on SheepShaver last year or so. Not sure where I got them from, but probably here:

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/e?page=7

Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator

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Post by tpmoney »

scarface_74 wrote: post #12

If I could find fully functioning versions of Ambrosia’s software, I would download this in a heartbeat. I bought every game the minute it became available back in the day. Andrew Welch use to post here occasionally

Grab the software from the Macintosh Repository and while you're there, grab the "DecoderRing": https://www.macintoshrepository.org/63637-ambrosia-software-.... The latter will require a modern(ish) mac rather than running in an older classic mac but it will generate valid license keys for any old Ambrosia software.

Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator

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Post by tengbretson »

turnsout wrote: post #11

It’s too bad there isn’t more momentum in the Mac emulation scene. It seems like it stalled out with SheepShaver and Basilisk II. The only new thing is “make it run in JS.” I would love to see an emulator that could run later OS versions like Tiger.

For Tiger and beyond wouldn't the hackintosh images in VirtualBox give you what youre looking for?

Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator

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Post by vintagedave »

deviantintegral wrote: post #18

Are there any ways to do some sort of upscaling for HiDPI displays? I’ve always wondered what MacOS 8 or 9 would feel like with 2x retina style rendering.

I’ve wondered the same for classic (pretty, ie Aqua) OS X. I wonder if GPU neural net upscaling as used in video games would be a good way to go.
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