Mac OS 9 Lives

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Title: QEMU Mac OS 9.2.2 "Basic" Drive Image (qemu-system-ppc v5.2) PPC Emulation
Post by: MacOS9Lives.com on July 28, 2021, 11:48:35 PM
DieHard's Complete working QEMU v5.2 System
with Mac OS 9 Lives! 9.2.2 "Basic" Drive Image

The drive image contains: Mac OS9 Lives! Mac OS 9.2.2, Aladdin StuffIt Deluxe 7.0.3, Norton Utilities 6.0.3, FileType (File Association Repair, Creator Fix), Greg’s (File) Browser, USB Overdrive v1.4 (Use 2 Button Mouse w/ Right Mouse click), Mac Bench v3.0, QuickBench v1.5, Classilla 9.3.4b

NOTE: This pre-built qemu-system-ppc has been tested and created on High Sierra (Mac OS X 10.13.6)

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If you are running, Mac OS X 10.11 or 10.12, you can still use the Mac OS 9 Lives drive image and the command script, but you may need and older version of QEMU found here:
https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=8848&p=52102#p52102

Instructions:
Download this file, unzip it and double click the file "qemu.command" located at the root level of the expanded folder.
This will launch the qemu-system-ppc emulator with the settings in this command script via the Mac OS X terminal.
Please read this entire page for a full understanding of the download.

Important Notes:
1) The screen size can be changed via the standard monitor control panel in Mac OS 9
2) ISO / Toast images of CDs & DVDs can be mounted in Mac OS 9 via the QEMU Menu, "Machine" the "Change ide0-cd0" without having to modify the command script

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BLq9ziVcrAq29qR9fIX6SOikk0fnDCFW/view?usp=sharing)

(http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6042.0;attach=8896;image)

Background only for those who are interested...
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This is the command script (qemu.command) for the "Basic" Image

# Next Line tells OSX this is a bash script
#!/bin/bash

# Next Line sets the path for the executable to current folder
cd "$(dirname "$0")"

# Next Section of lines starts QEMU and passes the stated parameters
# L defines the location of bios files to be used
# M defines the mac model used
# m defines the amount of memory in MB
# boot c defines to boot from a drive entry marked as disk drive image
# drive file defines a hard disk image or CD ISO image
# netdev passes internet to the emulated PPC

./qemu-system-ppc \
-L pc-bios \
-M mac99,via=pmu \
-m 768 \
-boot c \
-drive file=MacOS922_Lives.img,format=raw,media=disk \
-netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01 \
-device VGA,edid=on \