Wow this takes me back, but not as far as you’d expect. I remember setting this up in the biology labs at UR some ten years ago to run some legacy phylogenetic software.
SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
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Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
#22If 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 tried setting up SheepShaver on a Steam Deck specifically to play Bubble Trouble (no modern-PC-compatible versions or even similar games seem to exist), but I never got it to work. The easiest way I have to play it is firing up an old iMac G3.
Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
#23If 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 tried setting up SheepShaver on a Steam Deck specifically to play Bubble Trouble (no modern-PC-compatible versions or even similar games seem to exist), but I never got it to work. The easiest way I have to play it is firing up an old iMac G3.
It looks like there was a version that worked on Classic OS and OS X.
Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
#24The name SheepShaver is a play on ShapeShifter, which was a Mac II emulator for Amiga. I remember running an Amiga Emulator (UAE) AND Shapeshifter on top of that since it was the best Macintosh Emulation at one point in the late 90s.
RIP to the other Mac ShapeShifter: https://web.archive.org/web/20060613064350/http://unsanity.c...
There was a whole community around theming OS X in the aughts, chock full of talented designers. It all depended on ShapeShifter. MacThemes2.net was bustling, along with self-important invite-only communities like macristocracy.com.
Good times.
Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
#25If 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
Google's special relationship with Reddit says the Ambrosia website disappeared only 6 years ago. Perhaps you could try emailing the guy?
Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
#26Somewhat related: Previous, an emulator of NeXT boxes. https://previous.unixdude.net/
Those are all really old builds. Strongly recommend one of the following alternatives:
- On Mac or Linux, building version 3.6 from the SourceForge repo (r1603 is a good revision): https://sourceforge.net/projects/previous/
- Using one of my Windows builds from here: http://rhetori.ca/next/
- If you just want to gawk, see the WASM port here: https://infinitemac.org/ (also WASM ports of Basilisk II, SheepShaver, Mini vMac, and PearPC)
Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
#27I use it to this day to run the "Best Books" accounting software (cut down MYOB) I bought in 1991 for the single-digit number of invoices I issue in a year. That's M68k software. Accounting doesn't change. The only thing I've had to do is change the GST rate from 12.5% to 15% in 2010.
I use print to PostScript for invoices and reports then copy them to the host machine (which these days can be anything) and PDF or print them.
In theory Basilisk II would do the job, but SheepShaver runs PowerPC software too, and a modern CPU emulating PowerPC emulating 68k is just fine.
I should try "II in a Mac" (from 1985) inside that.
Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
#28I love playing with SheepShaver (and BasiliskII and MinivMac).
I created disk images for the various 68K/PPC Mac emulators that have not just my early game sources but the compilers/tools to build them (if you're into that sort of thing).
The commercial games are here: https://github.com/EngineersNeedArt/SoftDorothy-CasadyGreene...
But I have a repo with the shareware games and two more repos of games that were never completed (and probably a third one coming when I get time to put it together). They're easy enough to find if you're interested with the above link as a starting point.
Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
#29The name SheepShaver is a play on ShapeShifter, which was a Mac II emulator for Amiga. I remember running an Amiga Emulator (UAE) AND Shapeshifter on top of that since it was the best Macintosh Emulation at one point in the late 90s.
Fun fact: ShapeShifter was virtualized, not emulated, so software ran at full speed. I used it to play Myst and other games on my Amiga. Its 68060 CPU was faster than any real Mac, so programs were screamingly fast on it.
Re: SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
#30Nice thing! I use it to let my kids play with the educational games I used to play when I was their age (mostly Sammy's Science House).