SheepShaver

SheepShaver is a Macintosh II emulator. The project homepage can be found here.

SheepShaver running Macintosh System 7.5.5

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

Features

• 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.