![]() The package comes with the following bundled applications:ĭescription: Assign hotkeys to applications, documents, control panels, etc.Authors: piratemoo/azuleonyx/sh4na/whateverwally If you don’t feel like creating your own Mac-on-Stick from scratch, you can download a prebuild package via BitTorrent: Launch Mini vMac, drag the new disk image onto it, press the Initialize button when prompted, and give the new disk a name. Before you can mount it using the SetFType utility, you must format it in Mini vMac. This creates a 52MB disk image, named hfs52M.dsk, in the current directory (count is the number of 512 byte blocks). If you need a larger disk image for use with Mini vMac, you can create your own using the terminal of Mac OS X or Linux with the following command:ĭd if=/dev/zero of=hfs52M.dsk count=106496 To mount the disk image on Windows, you need the HFVExplorer utility (it’s also bundled with the Mac-on-Stick 0.2 package). Restart Mini vMac by dragging the hfs24M.DSK disk onto the Mini vMac icon. Unmount the disk by throwing it into the Trash. While you are at it, you might want to rename the disk to something meaningful like ‘Mini vMac’. This mounts it on the Desktop, and you can copy the software you want onto it. Once you see the confirmation message, double-click on the hfs24M.DSK image. Unpack it, and drag the hfs24M.DSK image onto the SetFType.dmg icon (make sure that Mini vMac is not running). To do this, you need the SetFType utility. To install additional software on your “Mac”, you must make the disk image mountable. Once everything works properly, copy the Mac-on-Stick folder onto the USB key.When the installation is finished, press the Restart button, and drag the hfs24M.DSK disk onto the emulator.Proceed with the installation as normal, and drag the appropriate disk images onto the emulator’s window when the Installer asks for them. ![]() When the Installer asks you to choose a destination disk, drag the hfs24M.DSK disk onto the emulator’s windows.This launches Mini vMac and starts the installation procedure. Drag the Install 1.image onto the Mini vMac icon.Unpack the System_7.0.1.smi.bin archive and move the image files into the Mac-on-Stick folder.Copy the hfs24M.DSK file into the Mac-on-Stick folder.To be on the safe side, you might want to choose the largest disk image, which is in the hfs24M.zip archive. Unpack the blanks-x.x.x.zip archive and unzip the disk image you want.Unpack the Mini vMac archive and the vmac.rom file, and copy them into the Mac-on-Stick folder.Create a new folder called Mac-on-Stick.The following description assumes that you are using Mac OS X, but for the most part the described procedure will work on Windows as well. With all the ingredients in place, you are ready to start. A USB key (even an older 32MB USB key will do the job).For starters, you might want to check out a list of older Mac software at Mini vMac’s website. Luckily, Apple offers older versions of its software, including Mac OS up to version 7.5.5, at the Older Software Downloads page. A blank disk image that acts as the emulator’s hard disk (available from ).Alternatively, you can download a ROM image from. If you own Macintosh Plus, 128K, or SE, you can copy the ROM using the CopyRoms utility. The emulator is available for both Mac OS (Classic and OS X), Windows, Linux, and even Pocket PC. Impress your friends, or show others what the older Mac system looks like.įor this project, you need the following components:.Play with old system software and applications without dusting off your old Mac.How about a Mac 128K or Plus on a USB key? You may think of it as a curiosity, but a “portable” Mac system has a few practical uses: Running Linux, Windows or applications like Firefox, Thunderbird, and AbiWord from a USB flash memory device is old hat. Although this is related to the Mac OS, I am posting this under the ‘Ubuntu Linux’ category as we all (must) have heard of Linux-on-Stick (PenDriveLinux) and more because once you have created this, you can run it under Linux too!
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