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We'll concentrate on emulating 'old world' Power PC and Motorola 68k based Macs here. Today, both 68k and PowerPC Macs, as well as right up to the latest versions of OS X are all emulate-able, with varying degrees of ease. I used them to get a PowerMac 5400 back into action.

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There is a hack to alter the tool so it will, or the easier way out is to use the install diskettes from A/UX.Ī great resource for boot floppies can be found here. The SCSI partitioning tool that comes with all versions of MacOS will REFUSE to partition a NON Apple hard disk. it goes by a few names.Ī few notes for anyone trying to get an old Macintosh running. There were attempts at making them Prep/Chrp compliant however they never did run any 'standard' prep/chrp OS's.Ĭlassic 68k and PowerPC Macs are notable not so much for their hardware (though they tended to be more sophisticated and use higher-end components than other personal computers of their eras), but for their operating system, MacOS, Macintosh System Software. These were the first Macintoshes to feature a PowerPC CPU, starting with the PPC601, and going up to the 603. The first Quadras were the Quadra 700 and Quadra 900 which were released in 1991. These were the last models to feature the 68000 CISC CPU. The Quadras all featured 68040 CPUs and featured desktops, LC's and server models. Macintosh II's with an appropriate CPU/MMU combination can run NetBSD or A/UX. All models featured a SCSI bus, and they all had the ability to display color. The Mac II's were expandable unlike the first generation Macintoshes with NuBUS slots, and some models even had PDS (processor direct) slots. The front-end is built around System 7.1, and most programs are compatible (anything that relies on direct hardware access like disk utilities will not work nicely with the Unix kernel).The Macintosh II series all had a 68020 or better CPU and ran System 4 through 7.5 depending on model. A/UX can emulate most Mac programs just fine. Loading up System 7 Today in Netscape is a little weird. It's blurry here but is running ufetch, similar to neofetch. Also great for multi-tasking should the Macintosh GUI be busy with something else (gaming etc).

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The Apple //e Enhanced is mostly for looks, but having a simple terminal hooked up over serial means that I can perform maintenance if the Macintosh front-end hangs. The Portrait Display is running off a NuBus card. The main monitor is running off the fast onboard graphics with 2MB of VRAM, allowing it to go to 1152x870 at 256 colours. I started off with a Macintosh IIsi in a similar role but have 'upgraded' to the power of the '040 with the Quadra 700. This is a setup that I continue to tinker with.

Apple //e Enhanced connected via serial for terminal emulation.

640x870 resolution on the Macintosh Portrait Display.

1152x870 resolution on the main CRT (21 inch display).

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If you know more old software resources not listed, please share!

Mac quadra emulator archive#

CP/M: Don Maslin Vintage Computer Archive.TRS-80 MC-10: Jim and Charlie Gerrie's Software Page.TRS-80: Software for almost every model.Jul 1-31: BASIC Month 6: The Mandelbaum SetĬomplete list of past contests Need software for your old computer?.

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