BasiliskII_src_ Source tarball, Release 0.On August 13th 2007, we started a public beta of the 9th generation of Gemulator and SoftMac, bringing Windows Vista compatibility and 64-bit Core 2. Basilisk II package for Solaris 10 SPARC, provided by Luc Pauwels More than five years before Apple made the switch to Intel in 2006, our SoftMac emulator was already running unmodified Mac OS on Dell, Sony, and Gateway PCs in the late 1990s.Other prepackaged versions of Basilisk II that I am aware of: Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k) real 68k processorĭownload Basilisk II Precompiled binariesįor announcements of prebuilt binaries for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows,.Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse.

Easy file exchange with the host OS via a 'Host Directory Tree' icon on the Mac desktop.

CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions.

Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles.

Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported).

Emulates either a Mac Classic (which runs MacOS 0.x thru 7.5) or a Mac II series machine (which runs MacOS 7.x, 8.0 and 8.1), depending on the ROM being used.

Unix with X11 (Linux i386/x86_64, Solaris 2.5, FreeBSD 3.x, IRIX 6.5) SheepShaver is not perfect (it cannot run MacOS 9.1 or 9.2), but enables users to run the vast majority of PPC software for Macintosh on their PC, which is all things considered, extraordinary, especially back in the year 1998.

If you are interested in learning how Basilisk II works internally, there isĪvailable (knowledge about programming and computer architecture is required).īasilisk II has been ported to the following systems: The terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).įor more information, see the README file.

However, you still need a copy of MacOS andĪ Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II. You to run 68k MacOS software on your computer, even if you are using aĭifferent operating system. In fact, you can load a built-in Mac OS 9 virtual machine Still better t.

Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. The Mac OS X Developer Previews include the development of the Classic Environment.

Mac os 9.1 windows emulator