Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)The best-kept retro-mac secret is that the following web sites exist:
https://system6.app/
https://system7.app/
https://macos8.app/
https://macos9.app/
If you ever wanted to play with an old MacOS, this is the least effort to get started.
Rev. GothAlice@uliwitness See also: UTM (boxed-up QEMU) with pre-built images available: https://mac.getutm.app/gallery/mac-os-9-2-1 (PPC MacOS 9.2.1)
It's a valuable part of my archivist tool belt. Wish someone'd port SPICE tools to it, though! :glares at self not having sufficient free time:
@alice What's a SPICE?
@uliwitness "Guest tools" for virtualized operating systems. Provides things like file sharing, clipboard sharing, improved cursor integration (QEMU PPC is a bit rough without it; "cursor lock" and all that jazz) better I/O, possibly even including a "balloon" memory implementation? (Not sure about that last.)
@alice Ah, interesting. Been wishing for something like that in many Classic emus.