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    From Your Name@21:1/5 to Ant on Sat Jan 13 15:21:35 2018
    XPost: comp.sys.mac.vintage, comp.sys.mac.games.misc

    On 2018-01-13 01:10:25 +0000, Ant said:

    Hello.

    Do 80s' Mac emulators exist? I would love to try this 1986's Gemstone
    Warrior game that was ported for classic B&W Mac as shown in https://www.myabandonware.com/game/gemstone-warrior-3ki ... It even has
    the game in SIT format. I am trying http://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/start.html, but it requires a Mac ROM.
    Does anyone know where to get it?

    Thank you in advance. :)

    The three main options to emulate old Macs are:

    - Mini vMac (emulates 68K Macs, System 0 - 7.5)
    <http://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/>

    - Basilisk II (emulates 68K Macs, System 0 - 7.5)
    <https://basilisk.cebix.net/>

    and - Sheepshaver (emulates PowerPC Macs, OS 7.5 - 9)
    <https://sheepshaver.cebix.net/>
    Will also run early versions of Mac OS X, but that isn't supported.

    In all cases you do need a ROM image from the real Mac, as well as the
    system software install disk images, etc. Best to read the information
    and guides at Emaculation.com, https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php but
    even then it can be tricky to get it working properly.

    Emaculation.com gives the suggestion (not an actual link) of RedundantRobot.com, <http://www.redundantrobot.com/sheepshaver.html>
    which has various Mac ROM images.

    The best place for old Mac software (and help) is MacintoshGarden.org, <http://macintoshgarden.org> but there are other places too.

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Ant on Sat Jan 13 02:19:20 2018
    XPost: comp.sys.mac.vintage, comp.sys.mac.games.misc

    Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
    Hello.

    Do 80s' Mac emulators exist?

    80s Macs ran classic Mac OS. So:

    Sheepshaver, Basilisk II, mini vMac, etc, etc, etc...

    I would love to try this 1986's Gemstone
    Warrior game

    Some games run well, some don’t. Good luck.

    I am trying
    http://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/start.html, but it requires a Mac ROM.
    Does anyone know where to get it?

    I’d try Sheepshaver first:

    <https://emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver>

    I use one I pulled from one of my old Macs.

    You could try one of these:

    <http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/macintosh-rom-archive>

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