This PowerPoint is a quick guide to configuration of

SheepShaver (v 2.3)

for running Mac OS 8.5 to 9.0.2 on a Mac Intel under OS X, 10.4.9

This is a helper. In no case the author can be considered liable of bad issues on your computer…

Jean-Pascal CognéUniversité de Paris 7 - Denis DiderotIPG4 Place Jussieu75252 Paris Cedex 05France

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Before starting, you will need:

A Mac ROM, normally present on every Mac OS 8 or 9 install CD.

A generic Mac OS 8 or 9 install CD… Not an install dedicated to a given machine, as often distributed with machines in the past, but a general OS install…

OK, let’s go…!

Here is the content of SheepShaver folder, after download, and following the instructions of Gwenolé Beauchesne at: http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/en/projects/sheepshaver/help/installation

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

You will need an OS ROM from Mac..

This ROM can be found on any Mac OS 8 or 9 install CD; see also numerous forums on this subject..

See: http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:sheepshaver for more info…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Then… run SheepShaverGUI..

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Here is the first Tab of SheepShaverGUI:

The place where you define volumes and shared folders…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Here is the first Tab of SheepShaverGUI:

1. Create a disk image which will contain your Mac

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Here is the first Tab of SheepShaverGUI:

1. Create a disk image which will contain your MacHere I have created a 4GB disk in the SheepShaver Directory…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Here is the first Tab of SheepShaverGUI:

1. Create a disk image which will contain your MacHere I have created a 4GB disk in the SheepShaver Directory…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Here is the first Tab of SheepShaverGUI:

2. In principle, you should then define here the Unix path to a shared folder on your Mac OSX…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

3. However, personnaly, I found this shared folder did not work properly, and preferred to create a new (512Mb) disk image, using « Disk Utilities » of OSX, place it in SheepShaver folder, and add it in the above list using the Add button.

Here is the first Tab of SheepShaverGUI:

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Here is the first Tab of SheepShaverGUI:

4. Finally, select "Boot from CD-ROM", in order to load Mac OS 9 from the install disk at the 1st run of SheepShaver…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

At this stage, you should have your 2 hard disks in the SheepShaver folder…

Generated using the Create button of SheepShaveGUI

Generated using Mac OSX Disk Utilities (new disk image)

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

In the second Tab, you setup the size of your Mac window…

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Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Third Tab: define the link to keycodes.sdl file

Use the Browse button to define the path of this file which is normally situated in your SheepShaver folder

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Fourth Tab: defining serial ports…

I did not make anything here.. There are numerous forums on this subject, if needed…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Fifth Tab: one of the most important settings, memory..!

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Fifth Tab: one of the most important settings, memory..!

1. Define the size of the memory you wish to use in your Mac.. here set at 512 Mb

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Fifth Tab: one of the most important settings, memory..!

2. Use the Browse button to specify the path to Mac ROMI have renamed it Mac_OS_ROM, and placed it in the SheepShaver folder

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

And the final Tab…

Be sure to check the Enable JIT Compiler checkbox…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

And that’s all..! Just click on Start button, with the Mac OS install CD in the disk drive…

Important Notes:

        - Mac Install CD should be loaded in the disk drive before loading SheepShaverGUI (i.e. before the           first step of this tutorial…)        - SheepShaver should start on the CD, and you are ready to install MacOS (8.5 to 9.0.2           recommended) - and finally….

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

You will be fascinated by this wonderful PaleoMac application running under Mac OS 9 on your Mac Intel…!

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

A few tips… (1)

I have placed an alias of SheepShaver on OS X desktop, renamed it Mac OS9 HD, and changed its icon…NOTE: this is NOT an alias of the hard disk generated by SheepShaverGUI as explained in previous steps…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Installing SheepShaver under Windows XPA few tips… (2)

I have also placed an alias of the 2nd disk on OS X desktop…This is my way to exchange data between OS X and OS 9…

Installing SheepShaver on a Mac Intel

Any comment or suggestion? cogne@ipgp.jussieu.fr