Making an Autorun CD for MacOS 8.x

bah. it sounds to me like the floppy drive in the mac isn't good anymore. I have tossed a few mac systems because of the drive going (without a cd-rom drive a floppy-less mac is kind of worthless). Does the drive make any sound at all after the disk clicks into place?

[edit] I just posted on top of you. If it's ejecting it that's a good sign, at least you know it works. Now all we have to do is figure out what needs to be on the floppy...

Hmm... this might help:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/Network_Access_Disk_7.5.sea.bin

I don't know if it will work on your model, but that is the most recent boot floppy Apple has made freely available. You're going to need Mac tools to write the image to disk, so this:
http://www.emulators.com/docs/StpByStp.htm
and a copy of a Mac ROM should get you started.

[edit2] You might need this, too:
http://welovemacs.com/adb1button.html

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pkillo wrote:
bah. it sounds to me like the floppy drive in the mac isn't good anymore. I have tossed a few mac systems because of the drive going (without a cd-rom drive a floppy-less mac is kind of worthless). Does the drive make any sound at all after the disk clicks into place?

[edit] I just posted on top of you. If it's ejecting it that's a good sign, at least you know it works. Now all we have to do is figure out what needs to be on the floppy...

Hmm... this might help:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/Network_Access_Disk_7.5.sea.bin

I don't know if it will work on your model, but that is the most recent boot floppy Apple has made freely available. You're going to need Mac tools to write the image to disk, so this:
http://www.emulators.com/docs/StpByStp.htm
and a copy of a Mac ROM should get you started.

[edit2] You might need this, too:
http://welovemacs.com/adb1button.html

Well... I think I'm going to put this to one side, and wait until I find a monitor and/or keyboard/mouse...

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Many Thanks to all who have offered assistance... it's a shame I couldn't get this thing up headless... but... well... it was a long shot.

In the end I was defeated by SCSI, ADB and Apple Video ports... at least with the Amiga it has a keyboard built in... You can output the video to a TV... and, in an unaccountable stroke of brilliance, Commodore saw fit to use IDE in their machines...

I really can't see much point to anyone wanting an old PowerMac :-)

I really can't see much point to anyone wanting an old PowerMac :-)

There really isn't any. The 68k Macs were fairly cool because they were easy to program for (assuming you were willing to ignore the bloated Pascal APIs and take apart the routines in the ROM and System file) but to my mind there's really no reason to bother with an old PPC model unless you're going to run something cooler than MacOS.

[amigadave]

Sorry to post off topic, but could all you Mac experts answer which MacOS version is the latest, or best to run emulated on a CSPPC using iFusion from Jim Drew and company distributed through BlitterSoft?

I bought it years ago, actually pre-ordered it before it was even released and think I ended up waiting many months to get it, buy I never tried to install and use it.  I got it at about the same time I packed up all my Amigas and moved, and never got back to trying to use it.

I have heard that some users might have been successful in getting different versions of MacOS9.x to run, but don't know if that is the best.  I don't want to buy a version of MacOS that I can't get to load with my iFusion emulation.

Any suggestions on which MacOS to use and where to find it besides eBay, would be greatly appreciated.

End Thread Jack:

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@niklasni1:

Ok, lets talk bits :-)

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amigadave wrote:
Sorry to post off topic, but could all you Mac experts answer which MacOS version is the latest, or best to run emulated on a CSPPC using iFusion from Jim Drew and company distributed through BlitterSoft?

I bought it years ago, actually pre-ordered it before it was even released and think I ended up waiting many months to get it, buy I never tried to install and use it.  I got it at about the same time I packed up all my Amigas and moved, and never got back to trying to use it.

I have heard that some users might have been successful in getting different versions of MacOS9.x to run, but don't know if that is the best.  I don't want to buy a version of MacOS that I can't get to load with my iFusion emulation.

Any suggestions on which MacOS to use and where to find it besides eBay, would be greatly appreciated.

End Thread Jack:

Last night I installed OS9 on Sheepshaver... it worked fine.

[amigadave]

iFusion is PPC to run MacOS for PPC, is "Sheepshaver" able to run via PPC?

Also I am reluctant to buy any MacOS, as I am afraid that it will only be able to install for a certain Mac model and won't install on my CSPPC.

Is that no longer a problem with MacOS9?

See if there's a compatible "system enabler" here:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_Enablers/
and then you don't have to buy it, just go up a directory and download it.

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amigadave wrote:
iFusion is PPC to run MacOS for PPC, is "Sheepshaver" able to run via PPC?

SheepShaver is the Intel Mac version of Shapeshifter... it emulates a PPC PowerMac... and I can run OS 9 on it very well.

Also I am reluctant to buy any MacOS, as I am afraid that it will only be able to install for a certain Mac model and won't install on my CSPPC.

Is that no longer a problem with MacOS9?

Well... I suggest you look for several classic mac OSs and then try them , if any work then go an buy the one one you like best :-)

[amigadave]

Sheepshaver is an Amiga program to emulate a Mac and run the Intel version of MacOS?  AND, it also emulates a PPC Mac so that older versions of the MacOS that were written only for PPC powered Mac computers, can also be run under it (in other words, an Amiga emulating an Intel Mac emulating a PPC Mac)?

Very strange, and probably slow too at 604e/233mHz speeds.

I wonder how it compares to iFusion?  I think I have read complaints that iFusion was never really finished the way it should have been.

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So I gave in and went to every single Computer junk shop in Central London... not single one had ADB keyboard or mouse.. most thought I was stupid and kept on trying to tell me I was wrong and needed "U" "S" "B"... idiots... :pissed:

[SteveSMS]

@ Bloodline
If you're handy with a soldering iron here's a pinout for the VGA adapter:
http://pinouts.ru/VideoCables/MacVideoToVGA_pinout.shtml


Also, for a keyboard, check eCrap.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-Macintosh-ADB-Design-Keyboard-Enhanced-MAC-105A_W0QQitemZ220245099859QQihZ012QQcategoryZ25444QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em122

-Steve