Mac emulation on Raspberry Pi, Can't copy applications.

hd474 · 16 Oct 2018, 15:05

Ok, I installed Sheepshaver on my Mac, created a new, bigger image and now it works! The only downside is, Basilisk crashes when I change to 256 colors. Any idea how to fix this?

Many thanks for your support so far, it helped a lot!!

Jens

mediamogul · 16 Oct 2018, 15:22

@hd474 said in Mac emulation on Raspberry Pi, Can't copy applications.:

The only downside is, Basilisk crashes when I change to 256 colors. Any idea how to fix this?

It's a known issue. The problem can be alleviated, but not outright resolved. If you read *~~this on down to the end~~, you'll see me and a few others trying to work through it. Perhaps something there might help.

*Rather, see below.

edmaul69 · 16 Oct 2018, 16:55

@hd474 first you need to open up the file

/opt/retropie/configs/macintosh/basiliskii.cfg

and at the very top add this line:

displaycolordepth 8

Then in the emulator you need to set it to 16 colors b&w. Then you need to go into retropie setup i believe and look for dispmanx. Enable dispmanx for basilisk. Then go back into the emulator and change to 256 colors.

hd474 · 16 Oct 2018, 20:19

@edmaul69 : many thanks, I'll try tomorrow. It's so great to play all those old games.....:-)

Jens

edmaul69 · 17 Oct 2018, 13:53

@hd474 also on another note, you can use real mac cd’s on this emulator.

mediamogul · 17 Oct 2018, 15:08

@hd474

It's so great to play all those old games.

It is indeed. Myself, I'm emulating system 8.1, which was actually the very first Mac system I ever used. What blows my mind is that I'm now able to revisit those times with a computer the size of a credit card. I've always been a digital pack rat, so I happen to have all the software that I accumulated back then, including all the discs that came with my subscription to MacAddict.

Every now and again I break out random apps and games from the period to help remind me of my original enthusiasm for the platform and computers in general. I particularly find it interesting to revisit the various internet-enabled applications, such as the different contenders of the original browser wars. Paired up with the Wayback Machine and its earliest archives, it's as close as you can get to operating an actual time machine.

hd474 · 18 Oct 2018, 19:26

Many thanks for your help!! My first Mac was a Mac II with OS 6 back in 1989. I remember I spent days and night playing games on it. My favorite game of all times is Crystal Quest (great sound), but I also played other simple games like Solarien II, Eric's Solitaire, The Tinies and many others over the years. Now I have my own time machine and can play them again!!

@mediamogul: you're so right.....!

Those were the days and I was young..... :-) Let the toasters fly again......

mediamogul · 18 Oct 2018, 20:02

@hd474 said in Mac emulation on Raspberry Pi, Can't copy applications.:

Let the toasters fly again......

Right on my friend. It's also funny you say that. I've been messing around with an idea in my head about scripting a screensaver for my RetroPie setup that would launch 'Flying Toasters' in DOSBox after a period of inactivity and exit out with a button press or something. I love those chromed out little bread burners.

lazd · 18 Oct 2018, 22:13

@mediamogul said in Mac emulation on Raspberry Pi, Can't copy applications.:

chromed out little bread burners

I will refer to all toasters as chromed-out bread burners henceforth. According to Google, you're the first to utter that phrase.

mediamogul · 19 Oct 2018, 14:37

@lazd said in Mac emulation on Raspberry Pi, Can't copy applications.:

I will refer to all toasters as chromed-out bread burners henceforth.

Ha! Well, it'd make a nice name for a retrospective piece. As in; 'Chromed-out Bread Burners: The True Story of Flying Toasters'. However, knowing the internet, it'll likely be used to describe some shocking adult activity within a week.