A/UX 3.x

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A/UX 3.x

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DPlex64

I tried to use the Shoebill emulator for this, but I can't figure out how to use it. It displays a cmd prompt for a moment and then closes it.

jonirob

@DPlex64

A setup guide for Windows can be found here:
https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8483

DPlex64

That's what I was looking at, but couldn't make it to work.

jonirob

@DPlex64

These quick and easy steps work for me in Windows 10:

First download Shoebill v0.0.4 from
https://github.com/pruten/shoebill/releases/tag/0.0.4

Go to the folder win64, there will be 3 files in there:

Place your MacII.ROM and your Apple-AUX-3.0.0.iso in the win64 folder

Next open notepad and type:

shoebill.exe rom=macii.rom disk0=Apple-AUX-3.0.0.iso ram=64

Save it as "start.bat" (without the commas) to your win64 folder.

Double click on your start Windows Batch File, login as root (no password) and that's it.

DPlex64

Everything works, but now the mouse is janky and slides a bit too much. Is there a way to fix this?

jonirob

The glitchy mouse is just something you'll have to learn to live with unfortunately.

DPlex64

Ok. At least it now works
By the way, my A/UX looks gray and the one in the screenshot has color. Is this because of the rom or something like that?

jonirob

You need to open control panel, Monitors, click colours. 256 colours, then go to General Controls to select your desktop pattern.

DPlex64

It looks pretty nice now that it has colors. Thanks @jonirob. You really helped out with this.

jonirob

@DPlex64
You're welcome.

Lucas21a

Hello, so I had problems with installing A/UX via Shoebill on a virtual hard drive. Help?

Becatto

hehe this OS became useless when Mac OS X started existing

jonirob

A/UX 3.0.1 and 3.1 now install and run well in Qemu-system-m68k, without the glitchy mouse experienced with the Shoebill emulator.

dosbox

nice, is there a guide

jonirob

@dosbox

There's full instructions over at the E-Maculation wiki.

dosbox

@jonirob

thanks

dungeonseeker

For users on Linux that guide isn't quite accurate (the difference is Linux specific so its not really the guides fault), anywho you should change -display from "cocoa" to "sdl,gl=on" and there's zero need to grab the prebuilt binary from the guide, assuming you have QEMU Desktop or QEMU Full install you already have everything you need on your FS so you can change the script to remove the relative annotation (change ./qemu-system-m68k to just qemu-system-m68k). Just tried 3.0.1 and the 3.1 upgrade on QEMU 8.2.0 and they work flawlessly. Now if I could only get software into the VM.....

Helluwye

can someone help me give a link to MacROM.bin or .ROM? i really need it.

jonirob

@Helluwye

Which emulator are you trying to use? If it's Shoebill you need a MacII rom, if it's Qemu-system-m68k you need a Quadra800 rom.

Helluwye

yes im talking about that. MacROM.bin/.ROM or that Type of ROM

Helluwye

QEMU is what im using.

jonirob

@Helluwye

Google search "cockatrice iii emulator" download the SourceForge file, unzip it and you'll find what you're looking for there.

Helluwye

I'm returning back. how do I install A/UX in qemu-system-m68k?

LMB222

@Helluwye apparently qemu-system-m88k DOES run A/UX 3.x - I have not yet installed, but here's the documentation: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/m68k-qemu-on-osx#pre