SheepShaver
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SheepShaver is a Macintosh II emulator. The project homepage can be found here.
Platforms
SheepShaver can run on the following platforms:
- Linux (i386, ppc, x86_64)
- MacOS X (i386, ppc), Darwin
- NetBSD 2.0
- FreeBSD 5.
- Windows for x86
Featuers
- SheepShaver runs MacOS 7.5.2 thru MacOS 9.0.4
- PowerPC G4 emulation on non-PowerPC platforms, direct execution otherwise
- Basic but portable JIT engine (x86, x86_64, mips)
- Copy and paste of text between MacOS and the host OS
- File exchange with the host OS via a Unix icon on the Mac desktop
- Color video display with support for run-time resolution switching
- Run-time depth switching from 1 bpp to current host depth settings
- Native QuickDraw 2D acceleration for BitBlt and FillRect operations
- CD-quality stereo sound output
- Networking: SheepShaver supports Internet and LAN networking via Ethernet and PPP with all Open Transport compatible MacOS applications
- Note, you will need some kind of ROM from a PowerPC old world Macintosh.
