Making an Autorun CD for MacOS 8.x

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Ok, new thread...

If I put the VNC application on a CD (with it configured to start up and allow any incoming connection) and a text file ( called AUTORUN.INF) that opens the application that should work?

Now does anyone here have an old Mac which which to test the theory and then create an ISO for me?

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Ok, found something called AutoStart which will auto run a program upon insertion of the disk... now I need someone to set up VNC in MacOS 8 for me :-)


For AutoStart:
http://www.macdisk.com/cdstarten.php3

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motorollin wrote:
I don't have an old Mac, but I can test it in ShapeShifter running Mac OS 8 if that helps.

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moto

Nice one, are you able to get VNC set up and configured on that and then zip it up and send it to me :-)

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motorollin wrote:
I was just about to post that very link ;-) I can try to get it working under an emu, but it would be 68k. Did OS 8 have 68k emulation?

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moto

Yes, totally invisible... like PPC in OSX :-)

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motorollin wrote:
Hmm actually I could never get TCP/IP to work in ShapeShifter. However, I've got a copy of Mac OS 8.0 upstairs so I could install that under Basilisk on my MacBook and try it there. Any good? :-)

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moto

Sounds like a winner!!! Come on!!!! lets see if we can actually do this!!! :-D

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niklasni1 wrote:
I don't think there's such a thing as an auto-running CD for Macs.

I think I might be able to help you, though, but I was just about to head out for a pint..

run to the Off license and then lets geek this evening away!!! :-)

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niklasni1 wrote:
The VNC servers all seem to need a system extension...

Don't you know anybody with an old mac that would let you borrow a keyboard? That would make everything so much easier...

Nope... Everyone I know either has an intel mac or a PC...

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niklasni1 wrote:
The VNC servers all seem to need a system extension...

This one does not require an extension.. but will work better with one:

http://www.redstonesoftware.com/downloads/

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motorollin wrote:

niklasni1 wrote:
The VNC servers all seem to need a system extension...

Does that mean there's no point me creating the autostart CD?

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moto

No... I've found one that doesn't need any extensions!!!

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motorollin wrote:

bloodline wrote:
This one does not require an extension.. but will work better with one:

http://www.redstonesoftware.com/downloads/

Is it 68k? I would set up a PPC emulator but I only have a 68k copy of the OS.

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moto

Can you set up both? even if you can't configure the PPC one it might work...

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motorollin wrote:
Not sure what you mean. I don't have a PPC version of the OS to set this up. I can install the 68k version of OS 8 and try to use it to create an autostart CD with the PPC version of that software, but I have no idea if it will work.

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moto

Sorry... I mean: make one as you would with the 68k program.. make the ISO... and then replace the 68 exe with the PPC one and make an ISO ... one of those has to work :-D

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motorollin wrote:
Blimey... I'll try!

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moto

HAHAHAHa, sorry... I just love finding solutions to problems :-)

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motorollin wrote:
Me too :-)
Getting there.

Erm, now what :lol:

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moto

hmmm... I'm trying to to get the MacImage program to work... but it doesn't preserve HFS file data :-(

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motorollin wrote:
I've found a 68k VNC server which runs without extensions. It complains that performance will suffer but it runs. Unfortunately I can't access the emulated Mac's network from my MacBook to test it, as it's on a different subnet (although it can get to the Internet...) Any ideas?

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moto

Just so long as it fires up I think we are onto a winner...

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motorollin wrote:
Ok.... so any ideas what I do with it?

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moto

no.