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πŸ‘πŸ’Ύ Ah, the thrilling world of #emulation, where you can spend countless hours setting up #SheepShaver just to relive the glory days of OS 9. Meanwhile, your actual #Mac sits neglected, wondering why it wasn’t good enough. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ But don't worry, the #EMaculation wiki is here to provide an endless maze of instructions, ensuring you're never lost while doing absolutely nothing. πŸ™ƒ
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Show threadMorgan AldridgeOct 17, 2023

And here's @gingerbeardman's non-X copy of the post, including a link to the same #Emaculation thread I had found:

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@gingerbeardman/111243930003380450

matt sephton (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image @[email protected] these days it's probably easier to use "BasiliskII-rootless" that allows System 7 windows to coexist with macOS windows https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10472

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Morgan AldridgeOct 17, 2023

The biggest surprise in my feed today was a screenshot of #BasiliskII running #rootless!

This I have to try with a some #NewtonScript development using #NTK! Of course, I'm on #OpenBSD and I believe the BasiliskII port is outdated, so will probably require extra tinkering. I'm not sure of the best/correct way of doing this, but I found this #Emaculation thread that discusses it:

https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10472

Also, shameless plug of my utility to run multiple configs/images:

https://github.com/morgant/basiliskiivm

System 7 coexisting with macOS X - E-Maculation