Yes, the point is this is a nice GUI for creating + editing raw HFS disk images for modern macOS not that nothing like this already exists in the form of a command-line app or Windows app.

Not to rain on your parade, but Apple already provided tools for this with the first release of OSX.
See the documentation for hdiutil including its create -srcfolder verb.

Edit: upon further research, I see there isn't an easy way to do this after OSX 10.4.11 (the capability to initialize HFS volumes was removed).

Hi All,

I have just released a small Mac app called Sector for modern macOS to edit HFS disk images for emulators and virtual disk devices (Blue SCSI, Floppy Emu, etc.).

For this community, this is most relevant if you are running Mac OS 9 in an emulator like SheepShaver. You may have a HFS (note, it does not work with HFS+) disk image you want to edit before mounting it in SheepShaver. Sector is tool for that. It can also create HFS disk images (although not bootable ones).

Here's a link to learn more about it:

https://oaksnow.com/sector/

And here are 5 promo codes for a free copy on the Mac App Store for this community:

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Best,
David

What did this move involve?

I echo what the others have said, everything seems to have gone well! Thanks for your work here!

There was talk of hacking together an ndrv based on the one for the regular GF5200 but there were setbacks.

Me, I rescued this powerbook from the trash and it's in insane shape. It's size and relative durability vs older plastic-shell systems would make it an ideal PPC-era retro Mac gaming laptop if it wasn't for the OS9 problem. Tons of these machines are being passed over because of this and I'd happily contribute to some crowdfunding effort to get someone to take a look at doing a hack or two.

Granted, reproducing the build environment for stuff like this has gotta suck, and not many people would contribute so it's probably not happening. Damn shame. I'll hand this machine over free to anyone willing to try regardless.

"Last Updated : September 20, 2023
Products Affected : Media Composer, Media Composer Ultimate"

 "Beginning September 29, 2023, the only versions available for download from Avid directly will be 2023.8 (most recent) and forthcoming Long-Term Maintenance (LTM) versions of 2022.x and 2021.x series. All legacy versions from 2023.3.1 and older will be removed and will not be available from Avid. This also means that Avid's tech support staff will not have access to these legacy installers.

Why the change? These legacy versions contain code proprietary to Nexidia – the makers of the original ScriptSync and PhraseFind technology."

https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/Media-Composer-Versions-on-the-Download-Center

if Avid woudl have continued to host the legacy versions, they would be at risk of getting sued by Nexidia. It would be illegal for them to continue to host the installers.

so they say . ..

Hi there,

I might be needing to go into hotline upload dropbox of knezzen as seen on the protools for mac os X 10.4 topic, to download pro tools LE 7 which is for os x 10.4.11 PPC
for on my powerbook G4 1.25Ghz

but i can't seem to login as my forumname & pasword don't let me in ...
is there something special i must do ?

i use nostalgia & i can log in anonymously, but then i cannot enter the upload area, as it is forbidden

thnx

If the GPU doesn't have an ndrv built into it's PCI Option ROM, and there's no ndrv for the GPU in the OS, then you need to make your own.

Here's a crazy idea: create an ndrv that includes an implementation of Open Firmware. Then you can run the fcode of a Mac GPU in Mac OS 9. The fcode will have the ability to change colors. It may also include the ability to change resolutions.

Should be the EXIF "Orientation" attribute