SheepShaver emulator for Classic on Apple Intel

All emulators have problems with the smooth running of some applications compared to real hardware designed for the system in question. I think that Sheep Shaver also requires a ROM from an old Mac.

An alternative is to purchase an older laptop just for the purpose of running classic Applications.

I had a Pismo (2000 PowerBook G3) for years which dual booted into OS 9.2.2 and OS X 10.4.11. When it finally died I purchased a iBook G4 in Dec 2012 for $150 which will run Classic environment enabling me to accesss MacDraw, Claris Works, and many other old programs.

This link lists the various PPC G3, G4, G5 based Macs that will Boot with and/or run Classic environment should you be interested.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_capability/macs-that-support-macos-9-classic. html

I've run the 2009 or earlier version on an intel mac running 10.4.11. It was a little buggie. It was difficult to aline the ram file with a version of Classic supported.

"SheepShaver is an Open Source PowerPC MacOS run-time environment. That is, it enables you to run PowerPC Classic MacOS software on your computer, even if you are using a different operating system. However, you still need a copy of MacOS and a PowerMacintosh ROM image to use this program. SheepShaver is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). "

http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/en/projects/sheepshaver

Installing Mac OS Classic on SheepShaver is a struggle. There is some instability once you have completed the installation.

More Info:

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9305653#9305653

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9305965#9305965

The Classic game Risk II running in Sheepshaver on my Lion Mac Mini:

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Here is a post I recently assembled for another similar question:

With the newer Intel Macs, you have to run a Classic emulator such as SheepShaver, which requires you to extract the Mac ROMs from your older Classic Mac and then install Mac OS 9.

A related program is Chubby Bunny, which comes bundled with all of that included (google the term "Classic-On-Intel v 4.0.1 chubby bunny").

More information on SheepShaver:

http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_mac_os_x_setup

and

http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/mac-os-9-classic-support-faq/run-macos-9-on- intel-macs.html

and more information about Chubby Bunny:

http://www.macwindows.com/OS9_on_Intel_Mac.html#092408b

and

http://hackthemac.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/chubby-bunny-old-virtual-machine.html

ALSO: FYI: Appleworks and Eudora running in Snow Leopard Server installed into Parallels 8 for use in Lion and Mt. Lion:

Apple is now selling Snow Leopard Server for $19.99 + sales tax & shipping costs at 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only).

Back to the future... 🙂

Patt: Check out this link:

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/

This is not Classic, but PowerPC which requires Snow Leopard Server installed into Parallels 8 on a Lion or Mt. Lion Mac to run.

My mistake: I was confusing Adobe Premiere with the other products contained in Adobe's Creative Suite; such as Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.

Sorry for the confusion about these updated products that, while more modern than Classic, only run on PowerPC.

REALLY!?!

Here is my latest invoice for Snow Leopard Server from Apple that arrived TODAY:

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Who is the brainless one now!?

If he foo-foo's emulation, what is HIS solution to running your software? Buy a PC? Hahahahahaha... 😁😁😁

To answer your question most simply: NO!

Call 1-800-MYAPPLE and order away!!

UPDATE: Be sure to get a minimum of 8GB of RAM in your Mac Mini and more if you can afford it!

I just bought the server software 10.6.3 server. Now, what did get? Is the a full install of the server software? Will I be able to run PPC programs on it?

The lady I talked to was very nice and not rushed. She wanted to make sure I was getting what I wanted . I was like no no, I just want to buy it.

How do I get around running the software on a newer machine than the software will support? Using parallels avoids this problem?

Robert

Robert:

Let's review the state of the art:

PowerPC software (PPC) was written to work on the PowerPC CPU platform that Apple utilized in their Macs from the mid-1990's through 2006, when they moved to the Intel CPU architecture.

In a brilliant move that allowed all of their current user base to continue to utilize their PPC software on the newer Intel Macs, Apple licensed technology which Apple included in Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.x for Intel which they named Rosetta. It transparently allowed the PPC software to continue to run on Intel Macs. This technology continued with Leopard and was optionally available in Snow Leopard.

Apple license to include Rosetta expired with their release of Lion and now Mountain Lion. Hence those platforms will not run PPC software.

For purchasers of new Macs that run Mountain Lion, PPC software owners only have three options:

1. Update their PPC software to an Intel version, if the software publisher makes such a version available;

2. Find another modern day (Intel) application that will open their PPC software data files, modify them and then save the modified data files for future use, if such modern day apps exist; or

3. Install Snow Leopard into a virtualization program such as Parallels 8. This combination will run in Mt. Lion and gives the user access to Rosetta in Snow Leopard.

With some work, Snow Leopard client can be made to install into programs such as Parallels 8, but the current best suggestion is to purchase Snow Leopard Server, whicn can be easily installed in Parallels 8. Snow Leopard Server also automatically installs Rosetta; it is not optional.

Yes, you purchased the full Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server Install DVD. Once installed into Parallels 8, I just ignore the "Server" applications, and to make matters more simple, I remove the Server apps from the SLS dock.

So to answer your last question, installing Snow Leopard Server into Parallels 8 (and then installing Parallels Tools, as described in the Parallels instruction manual) will give you full access to most of your PPC software library on your new Mt. Lion Mac.

Thanks for the detailed comments.

Snow Leopard Server for $25.43 with shipping and tax is a fantastic deal!

Wow. I got an email from Katie, the person who sold me the software, giving me her email and phone number in case I had any further questions about apple products.

Robert