Performance with the current CPU emulator using basic just-in-time (JIT) translation techniques is roughly 1/8-th of native speeds.
On other systems, SheepShaver provides the first PowerPC G4 emulator, though without MMU, to enable the execution of Mac OS Classic. If you are using a PowerPC-based system, applications will run at native speeds (i.e., without any emulation involved). Networking: SheepShaver supports Internet and LAN networking via Ethernet and PPP with all Open Transport compatible MacOS applications.Native QuickDraw 2D acceleration for BitBlt and FillRect operations.Run-time depth switching from 1 bpp to current host depth settings.Color video display with support for run-time resolution switching.File exchange with the host OS via a Unix icon on the Mac desktop.Copy and paste of text between Mac OS and the host OS.
SheepShaver is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). However, you still need a copy of Mac OS and a PowerMac ROM image to use this program.
That is, it enables you to run PowerPC Classic Mac OS software on your computer, even if you are using a different operating system. ROM, see SheepShaver v2.SheepShaver is an Open Source PowerPC Mac OS run-time environment. Document Viewers / Players (Postscript, PDF, JPEG, sound files, etc.).Replacement hard drive icons from MacOS 8 and 9 for the default System 7 I prefer the sheep icon from "The Farm" because it works in Nice alternate sheep icons are available in Julia Nikolaeva's "The Farm" and "Aries" icon sets: Printer's IP address should now appear in the "LPR PrinterĬlick the "Create." button to create the printer.
If the printer has a specific queue enter it in the text boxĬlick the "Verify" button to verify that the printer and queue In the next dialog, entitled "Internet Printer," enter the IPĪddress of the printer in the text box labeled "Printer Address." Printer Description (PPD) File" box, keep the "Generic" In the next dialog, click the "Change." button in the boxĮntitled "LPR Printer Selection." In the "PostScript™ Select "LaserWriter 8" and "Printer (LPR)" for the printer type, Not appear, Select the "New" option from the "File" menu or pressĬmd-N to make the "New Desktop Printer" it appear. The "New Desktop Printer" window should appear. "Apple Extras:Apple LaserWriter Software" folder of the SheepShaver Launch the Desktop Printer Utility, which should be located in the Holding down Option-Command to rebuild the Desktop files, generally I prefer toĭelete the Desktop files using Trash Desktop 1.3.1 and then restarting.Įnable Printing to a LPR Printer (Optional) To delete the Desktopįiles, as mentioned in the preceding technical note, follow the instructions inĪnd icon recovery technical note. Not Find a Translation Extension" Message technical note. To fix this error,įollow the instructions in Apple's Mac OS: "Could (Optional) Sometimes, after installing MacOS, when clicking on particularįiles, an error message stating that MacOS "Could to find a translationĮxtension with appropriate translators" may appear.
Order to play games such as Master of Orion II.ĭownload and install the MacOS 8.6 Update:ĭownload and install the Font Manager Update 1.0: The "Allow Emulated CPU to Idle" option in SheepShaver's preferences in Such as Star Trek 25th Anniversary or Star Trek Judgment Rights. It may be necessary to enable the "Ignore Illegal MemoryĪccesses" option in SheepShaver's preferences in order to play games It may be best to create a sparse bundle and copy SheepShaver's volume To make SheepShaver's volume more Time Machine friendly, Alternatively, oneĬan make a small HFS volume on which to copy such images. Images (.smi) will not mount on HFS+ volumes.
Volume for SheepShaver's main hard drive because some self-mounting It is probably better to create a HFS volume
SheepShaver while holding down Shift to disable MacOS extensions and/or The Font Manager Update 1.0, or QuickTime 4.1.2 (see below), try starting If you have any problems installing the MacOS 8.6 Update, Carbon Lib 1.6, You will need a MacOS 8.5 CD from which to extract the Mac OS ROM. I have used following steps to install MacOS 8.6 on SheepShaver on MacOSġ0.6, 10.7, and 10.9 (Intel). SheepShaver on MacOS X SheepShaver on MacOS X