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PPC750
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on: March 02, 2011, 03:11
Greetings. Although I currently have an all-Linux household (I converted from OS X in 2008), I'm interested in getting a couple hobby systems running System 7. My first machine ever was a Mac IIci running System 7.1 (later moving to 7.5.3, 7.6, and finally a Power Mac 7200 running OS 9) and although I eventually moved to the *nix world, I've recently become interested in re-living some of my vintage computing memories. At any rate, since I'm ready to start choosing hardware and getting back in to the (classic) Mac scene, I figured this forum would be a good place to start. |
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24bit
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64 MB Posts: 91
Reply #1 on: March 02, 2011, 14:28
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Hello, if you would like to set up Mandriva with Virtual Box, the package manager will offer you BasiliskII for emulating 68k Macs with system 7.01 to 8.0 and SheepShaver emulating a PPC9600 MPC604 with System 7.5 to 9.0.4. Many of your old apps will work with one of those, I think. Of course vintage Macs will be much cooler, but emulation will be pretty fast with anything as a dual core 2GHz or better. Best wishes!
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PPC750
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4 MB Posts: 7
Reply #2 on: March 02, 2011, 17:32
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Thanks for the tip, but I'm afraid I won't be emulating for a couple reasons. There are no binaries for Debian, and that's all I run. I could compile from source, but that doesn't skirt the bigger problem: that SheepShaver *really* doesn't seem to play nice with PaX/grsecurity-hardened kernels. I'm not in any rush to start using System 7, so I suppose I can wait until I get my hands on some real hardware. Besides, it's just not the same without a tinny, muffled boot chime. 
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