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[ronaldrodgers8031]

Hello Everyone,
During the 1990’s I would use computer software to  enhance the curricular objectives of my classroom. I found some of the games I used in class, but more importantly I found the games I played at home. Now I am trying to find a way to play these games. Almost all of these programs were for Classic Mac (OS9). I am a newbie to emulation.

I am daily machine is operates on Linux Mint, in addition I have a Mac Mini (Late 2012) that I can reinstall a Mac OS to use. I am just learning to use the Terminal in Linux.

I want to use an emulation  on either my main machine or the Mac Mini to play the games. Does anyone have a recommendation of what programs, methods, or useful tips that would help me in this endeavor.

Thank you

[ronaldrodgers8031]

I have started my research on emulators and/or virtual machines. I have ruled out Sosumi. I have discovered UTM and will research UTM vs QEMU vs SheepShaver. My overall goal is to find the easiest way to install OS9 unto Linux, Mac (intel), or windows.

I will keep making updates.

[wove]

I have started my research on emulators and/or virtual machines. I have ruled out Sosumi. I have discovered UTM and will research UTM vs QEMU vs SheepShaver. My overall goal is to find the easiest way to install OS9 unto Linux, Mac (intel), or windows.

I will keep making updates.

On a new(er) I use UTM. Their website provides images for both 9.1 and 8. The images are just plain QEMU files and can be used with any QEMU setup on Linux. On Linux I use Gnome Boxes for its easy QEMU setup and use.

[ronaldrodgers8031]

Thank you, wove.
I will explore your advice tomorrow. I was planning to reinstall The initial Mac OS onto the Mac Mini (late 2012) and learn about gnome during that process.
Thanks again.

[ronaldrodgers8031]

Good morning,
I hope everyone had a good weekend and wish you a productive week. For me this weekend as a learning experience, which was good. Thank you for your assistance.

I reinstalled Lion on the 2012 Mac Mini using the mac restore process, but it was not functional. So I tried to install Catalina using “Ventoy” flash drive method, but it was not successful. I tried again using the more typical boot drive method, used the wrong keys, and started the restore process and then Catalina appeared as the last system. I made 2 partitions on the drive and installed Catalina in one partition and Linux in the other. Later I replaced Catalina with Windows (local account).

I most importantly learned that there are 2 “Mac on Linux “ sites. One is for PCC Macs to run Linux and the other is for Mac to run on Linux. I also discovered that Catalina doesn’t support UTM and that I why I replaced it. The reason I installed Windows because it seems the UTM process may be more graphical than the Linux QEMU process.  I don't plan to connect the Windows partition to the internet.