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Ignore Modem Device and Printer Port Device.įor Ethernet Interface enter 'slirp' (without the quotation marks).

Mouse Wheel Function and Lines to Scroll is a matter of taste. Check the box and enter the name of the keycodes file. 'Use Raw Keycodes' is only needed for non-US keyboard layouts. If you have installed a compatible ROM file, SheepShaver will launch and show in its window a grey floppy icon with blinking '?', indicating that the emulated Mac has not found a startup volume.ĬPU Options: Check only 'Allow Emulated CPU to Idle' and 'Enable JIT Compiler'. You can lock the file in Finder Info (command-I on the selected file and check the 'locked' checkbox).Ĭonfiguring SheepShaver 1. iso file) should be locked to make sure the system will be satisfied that it is running from a CD. Note: The CD disk image file (for instance a.

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A CD disk image file made from a Mac OS install CD (only needed when you will not install from a actual install CD) If you did not get a keycodes file with your SheepShaver application, you can download one from my site: 5. The keycodes file is not needed (but does no harm either) when only a US American QWERTY keyboard layout will be used. A folder inside the SheepShaver folder named 'shared' 4. (SheepShaver will recognise a ROM file with that name if it is in the same folder when no prefs file is yet configured.) 3. Note: When you have acquired a compatible ROM file, rename it 'Mac OS ROM' (without the quotation marks) if that is not yet its name.

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The ROM file from the 'Mac OS ROM Update 1.0' will certainly work, but for extracting the ROM file from the Mac OS ROM Update or from the Mac OS 8.6 update you will need 'TomeViewer' running in Mac OS or in Classic under Mac OS X.Īlthough distributing ROM files is considered illegal, when you search the web or file exchange communities, you will find downloadable ROM files ready for use. The 'Mac OS ROM' file from a Mac OS 8.6 CD or from the Mac OS 8.6 Update may work. ROM files collected from some PowerMacs may work. It may be difficult to get hold of a compatible ROM file as distributing bare ROM files violates Apple license agreements.

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On slow host machines the software cursor may move jerkily in SheepShaver, even to the extend of being unusable. The software cursor version displays all cursor images correctly, but cursors are switched between the Mac OS and the Mac OS X cursor when moving in and out of the SheepShaver window. The hardware cursor version uses one cursor inside and outside the SheepShaver window, but does not correctly display custom cursors of some applications inside SheepShaver. It will depend on the applications you use in SheepShaver. Whether you prefer the hardware cursor version or the software cursor version is mainly a matter of taste on fast host machines. With current builds you will find two versions of the SheepShaver application, one (H) using the hardware cursor and one (S) using the software cursor. Recent builds of SheepShaver for Mac OS X have the preferences editor built-in, so no separate SheepShaverGUI or SheepShaverPrefs application is needed anymore. The files you need in your SheepShaver folder 1. A system install CD provided with a new Mac will usually only install on that specific model.

and only generic install CDs for those Mac OS versions can be used. Note: With most compatible ROM files SheepShaver for Mac OS X can only run Mac OS 8.5, 8.6, 9.0 or 9.0.4. Note: Changed settings in preferences are saved when the preferences window is closed, but the changes will not take effect until the SheepShaver application is quit and launched again.

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(Files and folders can be renamed and/or moved to different locations afterwards, provided you make sure the new names and/or full paths to the files are entered in SheepShaver preferences.) If the needed files are in the same folder with SheepShaver, no full paths are required for configuration, just file names will work. That folder can be anywhere you like, for instance in your Home folder. To keep it simple, I will describe a setup with all files together in a folder 'SheepShaver'.

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SheepShaver Setup Manual for Mac OS X (Tiger or Leopard) More info about SheepShaver and links to the latest versions also on the E-Maculation site: The current version of this manual is regularly updated and can be found on the E-Maculation site: Ī SheepShaver support forum is among the Macintosh emulation support forums on the E-Maculation site: In fact, I forgot about its existence on the internet until someone recently told me that it is still there and even ranks high in web search results. The manual below is an early, and long outdated, version of my SheepShaver setup guide.