Mac OS 8 8.0

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Mac OS 8 8.0

Apple Mac OS 8 was another major overhaul of the OS from the earlier Mac OS 7. It added a new Platinum visual theme, a multi threaded Finder, better virtual memory, and many customization options. 8.5 and later require a PPC CPU. It was followed up by Mac OS 9.

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Harry Owen

I've had this issue with all the Mac OS 8 iso files I have tried. Upon burning to a CD and installing on both an emulator and a Power Macintosh 6100, the control strip is missing. I've read that the control strip was introduced for all Mac's in 7.5.3, so I don't see why it's missing? I might be wrong, but any information would be appreciated!

jonirob

I have Mac OS 8.0 installed in Basilisk II (m68k) with no control strip, but I also have Mac OS 8.0 (British English) installed in Sheepshaver (PPC) fully displaying the control strip.

Harry Owen

I haven't tried the British English CD (though I am in Britain). I'll see if that makes a difference, my Mac is of course PPC.

Harry Owen

After using the British English CD and the Install Mac OS 8.0 (UK) executable the control strip is still not installed. Confusing and irritating.

jonirob

@Harry Owen
Have you tried installing it in Sheepshaver?

Harry Owen

@jonirob
No I haven't, the whole point was to get it running on my Power Mac 6100... If I install it in sheepshaver is there some way I could get the disk image over?

Harry Owen

@jonirob
Also, what ROM are you using with sheepshaver? I wonder if the Macintosh model makes a difference.

jonirob

Full instructions for Sheepshaver including where to source the correct ROM are available here https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php

helloisthispizzahut

I tried to install it in QEMU but it just shows me a white blank screen.

Here is my line:
qemu-system-m68k.exe ^
-L pc-bios ^
-M q800 ^
-bios Quadra800.ROM ^
-boot d ^
-drive file=pram-macos.img,format=raw,if=mtd ^
-device scsi-hd,scsi-id=0,drive=hd0,vendor="SEAGATE",product="ST225N",ver="1.0" ^
-drive file=MacOS8.0.img,media=disk,format=raw,if=none,id=hd0 ^
-device scsi-cd,scsi-id=3,drive=cd0,vendor="MATSHITA",product="CD-ROM CR-8005",ver="1.0k" ^
-drive file=MacOS80_UK.iso,media=cdrom,if=none,id=cd0

jonirob

@helloisthispizzahut

This command line works for me in Qemu-system-m68k-Win64-18-09-2022 on Windows 10:

qemu-system-m68k.exe ^
-M q800 ^
-m 128 ^
-display sdl ^
-bios Quadra800.rom ^
-drive file=pram-macos.img,format=raw,if=mtd ^
-device scsi-hd,scsi-id=0,drive=hd0 ^
-drive file=MacOS8.0.img,media=disk,format=raw,if=none,id=hd0 ^
-device scsi-cd,scsi-id=3,drive=cd0 ^
-drive file=MacOS80_UK.iso,media=cdrom,if=none,id=cd0

helloisthispizzahut

I do not know where to find the Macintosh Quadra 800 at.

helloisthispizzahut

I found it, I tried the command you did and it still shows the same thing. Idk what to do anymore.

jonirob

@helloisthispizzahut
It sounds to me that its the wrong Quadra800.rom.
Google "cockatrice iii emulator", download and unzip the file, you'll find what you're looking for there.

helloisthispizzahut

I downloaded it from sourceforge and used the Qemu-system-m68k-Win64-18-08-2022 but it gives me an error. I tried the same thing in QEMU (not the other one) and it still gives me the same white screen.

jonirob

@helloisthispizzahut
Did you use this command to create the HD:

qemu-img.exe create -f raw -o size=2G MacOS8.0.img
qemu-img.exe create -f raw pram-macos.img 256b

helloisthispizzahut

Yes, both of them.

yoelhgo2008

it works to run qemu as 8.1 on m68k

youdontknowwhoami233

"Apple Mac OS 8.0 (ISO)" is just an audio cd with an audio in it.(who did that!?)

jonirob

@youdontknowwhoami233
I've just tested Apple Mac OS 8.0 (ISO) in Basilisk II and it works fine.

EDIT:
It also runs fine in SheepShaver.