Mihai ParparitaMar 28, 2023

For #MARCHintosh this year I’m launching https://infinitemac.org. It features runnable versions of almost every classic System Software/Mac OS release, from 1984’s System 1.0 to 2000’s Mac OS 9.0.4.

This involved porting another emulator to the web (Mini vMac), tracking down 35 install disks, and the usual fighting with file systems. The blog post at https://blog.persistent.info/2023/03/infinitemac-dot-org.html has more details.

Infinite Mac

A classic Mac loaded with everything you'd want.

Show threadZperrettaMar 28, 2023
@mihaip Do you think there's any risk in Apple taking it down?
Show threadMihai ParparitaMar 28, 2023
@zperretta 🤷‍♂️ thus far they haven't.
Show threadZperretta
@mihaip also how hard do you think it would be to do Mac OS X ?
Mar 28, 2023 at 9:05pmWeb
Show threadMihai ParparitaMar 28, 2023
@zperretta That would most likely involve getting QEMU running (https://github.com/mihaip/infinite-mac/issues/72), which is quite a bit more complex than the other emulators I've ported. Some day.
Investigate QEMU · Issue #72 · mihaip/infinite-mac

Would allow Mac OS X 10-10.5 to run (guide for native build). https://github.com/atrosinenko/qemujs is a port from a few years ago, https://github.com/garrysmith-forks/browservm.js claims to be ano...

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