Classic mac fun (and some questions) (continued...again...) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

9 Jul 2009

Use BasiliskII to emulate a Mac under XP.  The version that I've found 
works best for me is at:
http://gwenole.beauchesne.info//en/projects/basilisk2
All you need is a copy of your Mac's ROM and an image of a HDD with a Mac OS.
Be warned though, once you see how fast a 680x0 Mac runs under emulation on 
a fast machine it's hard to go back to the real Macs.  Recently I pulled my 
MacIIvx out of storeage and was shocked at how slowly it ran.  It was nice, 
however, to see again how much functionality could be crammed into a 
program << 1 Mb in size

Boris Gimbarzevsky

...
 I have but one obstacle left... being able to unpack an
apple floppy
image file from a PC.  I have a bin file containing the files I need
to get the quadra going.  I got the floppy drive working on the
quadra.  I can read and write mac floppies from my windows machine.
But I can't get the files out of the bin file.  And I can't write the
bin file directly to the disk and make the quadra read it.  So i need
either a mac emulator I can run on XP, or a windows utility to unpack
the mac bin file and produce individual files which I can write to the
floppy.  Anyone have any ideas?

I also picked up a rare and elusive kung-fu black terminator for the
IIfx.  So I should be able to attach the 600e to that machine and get
it going.  That hard drive would hopefully be recognized by the
install CD.  Then I would only need to find an AUI to RJ-45 doodad
which is skinny enough to fit into the recessed ports on the IIfx.  I
have an AUI thingy now, but it's too fat to reach the db-15 connector
on the network card.

brian 