Re: [B2-devel] Thoughts on SheepShaver and Basilisk II

[Frank T. <fra...@gm...>]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Charles Srstka <
bas...@ch...> wrote:

> On Jun 15, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Frank Trampe wrote:
>
> SheepShaver is not a consumer tool for several reasons.
>
> One is that there are already good products for most of what it does. Most
> people can find Windows or 68K versions of the games or applications that
> they need, so SheepShaver is not necessary for them. Other applications run
> nicely in the classic environment for O.S. X, so one can put 10.4 in a
> PearPC wrapper and run the stuff there.
>
>
> Well, that’s not really true. The only other major Mac emulator is Mini
> vMac, and while it’s extremely good, it's mostly limited to very old
> applications from the 80s for the original black-and-white hardware. The
> support for Mac II, and color in general, was still quite unfinished the
> last time I looked at it, and there’s no support for the 68030 or 68040 at
> all. For a lot of early 90s Mac stuff, the only emulator that has a serious
> chance of working as it stands is Basilisk II/SheepShaver.
>
> Indeed, but the fact remains that not many people need the unique
SheepShaver functionality.

Last time I fiddled with Mini vMac, I was able to get Macintosh IIx stuff
but not color working, I think. Let me check on that.


> The other thing is that, as I understand it, the classic environment does
> not run in PearPC, so wrapping it in such a manner wouldn’t work.
>
> Sorry about that. I have always needed to keep a working SheepShaver
installation, so I have not had cause to try PearPC. I had assumed that
this was possible with the correct ROM file, but apparently not.


> Charles
>
>
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