Re: [q] Newbie to Mac world...

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Qang Martoq wrote:
Hi,
Hi.
Grab these:
http://www.geocities.com/game_master107/Starterdisk.zip
http://www.kearney.net/~mhoffman/basiliskII/manual/BasiliskII_Windows_Manual.exe
The Starterdisk is a drive image file which you can load into Basilisk 
to get you started. It has stuffit and other tools to help you decode 
bin, sit, hqx ect files onto a new larger hardfile.

The second link is the Basilisk manual, it might be handy but at 11mb 
its up to you.

When the emulator is running you can mount the pc drive and copy mac 
files from your win32 partition. This is the easist way but some files 
like the .sea files may not transfer correctly. This is why you often 
see .sea.bin or .sea.hqx. These files can be copied from pc to mac and 
dropped onto stuffit to unpack.

I could ramble on about emulation for ages. ;) but better not. That 
will get you started. You might try the Mac n Dos list for emulator 
questions also.

http://www.emaculation.com/basilisk.php
http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/index.php
are also very helpful. ;)
Good luck
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[q] Newbie to Mac world...

[Qang Martoq]

Hi,

I used to own a Mac Plus *long* ago (sadly, it was
stolen), and have been a Windoze user for several
years. Not by choice, mind you, just easy availability
of hardware on a shoestring budget.

Recently I downloaded a Mac emulator, Basilsk II, and
was sent the ROM files neccessary to run it as a Mac
Performa 630.

>From what I have read, this Mac is an excellent
machine to learn on, not too complex or slow.

I'm in the process of downloading the "System 7.5.3
Update 2.0 Net Install" (one huge file, versus many
small ones) from Apple's site, but my question is
thus:

How do I go about installing it onto the emulator? The
emulator functions just as a real Mac would, startup
chord, happy Mac face, searching drives for a System
disk, so no extreme steps should be neccessary,
hopefully. (I had an old System 6.0.8 disk, but it
didn't like that one..)

The file appears to be compressed with StuffIt, from
what I can tell from the files extension (/bin) and
also ".sea" preceding that, so from what I can tell,
it's a compressed self-extracting archive that's been
recompressed.

I have the Windoe version of StuffIt Expander, and can
burn the file to a CD if needed for the emulator to
boot from it, but something tlls me I may need to do
more than that.

If memory serves, the Mac searches a boot disk for a
System folder. If it doesn't find one, you get the
disk icon with a question mark. This archive, not
having a readily accessible System folder, would most
likly be a waste of a CD.

So how can I get the System software to install? I'm
at a loss - My old Mac Plus never confronted me with
this, and my extensive knowledge of MS-DOZE/Windoze
isn't worth squat, lol.

Also, of note.. If I like how the emulation goes, I
may get myself another Mac. I'll be starting a new job
June 1st, and will soon have the money (and reason) to
treat myself - We shall see!





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