Re: Where can I d/l a Macintosh Classic ROM image?

[Dennis Jenkins <dennis@usb.com>]

Simon Biber wrote:
> 
> Just to make sure you're not going down a dead end, PC-based Mac emulators
> can't read or write 800k floppy disks - neither the HFS nor ProDOS format.
> They also can't do Localtalk through the serial port of the computer.
> 
> The only emulator I know which requires the Mac Classic's ROM is Basilisk
> for which there is no Windows port as far as I know.
> 
> Some versions of Basilisk II (of which there is a Windows port) also support
> Classic emulation but your mileage may vary.

Warning!  Mostly non Apple II stuff below.  If you hates Macs, then just
hit your next button now :)

I run BasiliskII on my NT5 box at work (ok, w2k.  names... whatever)  It
runs like a champ.  The same version compiled for Linux running on my
RedHat 7 box doesn't work very well.  It locks up right after drawing
the desktop for the first time after system boot.  Oh well.  XGS runs
nicely though... :)

Anyway, I have a Mac LC-II rom image and I can produce a MacOS 7.5.3
install onto any size image file.  (It is kind of weird.  The BasiliskII
emulator presents the HFS image files to the OS as floppies, so I boot
from a 100M floppy drive!)

If Marvin installs BasiliskII, he can mount /dev/sda1 (his HFS partition
that he told me about in a personal email), and mount his Linux file
system as a pseadu-network drive, and copy files using the Mac OS
Finder.

btw, If I tell BasiliskII that I have a Mac LC-II rom, the emulated box
won't boot.  I have to use a Mac LC-II ROM but tell the box that it is a
Mac IIci.  Wierd..

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