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lauland
512 MB  Posts: 674 Symtes 7 Mewconer! 
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Reply #15 on: May 08, 2025, 17:16
You got me curious about MacOS X on QEMU. I went back and found I had an odd 10.2 disk image with a batch file to run it on Windows. I figured I'd probably be able to run it on my apple silicon mbp using QEMU installed via macports. I'm actually typing this from inside that 10.2 using Internet Explorer 5.2 of all things. (Thanks to the fact that system7today works via just http!) I have no idea where I got the image from, as it is set to a British keyboard, so I know wherever it came from, I didn't create it. The speed is good and it runs fine, and I tried the various installed apps (including obviously the browser I'm using right now), and everything seems to work...with one glaring exception that Finder windows won't open, strangely. I don't know if this 10.2 install is even good and it may be damaged, so this may not be QEMU's fault. I think you could probably easily install a fresh PPC MacOS X using a cdrom image, the same way you can install MacOS 9 in QEMU. I'll probably do so at some point. I'm betting newer versions of MacOS X will work, but we'll see. This is the command I used to run it...it is the same command I use to run MacOS 9, just with a different disk name: qemu-system-ppc -M mac99 -m 512 -hda 10.2.img -netdev user,id=mynet -device sungem,netdev=mynet -device usb-mouse -device usb-kbd FYI this is what was in the windows .bat file I found with the image, no idea if it works, but including it for completeness: qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -M mac99 -cpu g4 -m 1028 -boot c -drive file=10.2.img,format=raw,media=disk |
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Last Edit: May 08, 2025, 17:24 by lauland
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snes1423
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256 MB Posts: 458 A Man born of Mechina
Reply #16 on: May 08, 2025, 18:01
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thats a crazy amount of symbols just to run a emulator it seems far simpler to use mini vmac or basilisk
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #17 on: May 08, 2025, 19:08
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That does seem like a lot. However when you setup Basilisk and miniVMac you enter a fair amount of information which the gui will endup translating into a configuration file to start the emulator. Qemu will also start from a configuration file avoiding the command line. The advantages of using a command line start are two fold. First you can startup a vm that is specific to what you are doing. For instance perhaps you have no need for networking, in which case you can simply leave that out. Or perhaps you have crafted one image specifically for games and another strictly to run productivity apps. Using the command line start allows you to start a machine specific to the task. The other thing gained is a chance to see and learn how the vm is started and ran. For instance the -device entries allow you to add or change input peripherals and other devices like the network device. These start commands can be saved to.a notebook file or plain text file, and then copied and pasted as needed, not needing to open or modify a configuration file. And of course if you do find that you have created the best possible configuration command set, you will have the information at hand needed to create a permanent configuration file.
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lauland
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512 MB Posts: 674 Symtes 7 Mewconer!
Reply #18 on: May 10, 2025, 08:54
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Exactly! I only ever typed those commands once, then saved them in .sh files and then start QEMU using them in the Terminal. I think maybe in MacOS X you can name the scripts with names ending in .command and double click on them in the Finder?
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #19 on: May 10, 2025, 12:57
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You are always learning something new in this forum. I had never heard of a ".command" file and had to look it up. @lauland is right a .command file can be executed directly from the Finder. A .sh file (with proper permissions) can be renamed with the .command extension, moved to the application folder and executed with a double click from the Finder. How neat is that?
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1179 System 7, today and forever
Reply #20 on: May 10, 2025, 18:33
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I know I created an icon that I could double click and place in my dock thanks to some online instructions after an equally frustrating setup with QEMU; I just never knew what that file actually was, thanks for that great insight and tip, Lauland! 
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