Sure, if you try it, you'll see files extracted, but they will all be corrupted once you move them to Mac OS, since they will all lack the resource fork. sit archive containing Mac files under Windows, ever. Unlike any other platform (Windows, Mac OS X, etc.) the files on earlier Mac OS versions contained a resource fork that *COULD NOT* be stored/transfered on anything else but a Macintosh file system, except when compressed with Stuffit or BinHex. What most people get confused with is how old Macintosh files were stored. So, depending on which version of Mac OS (and/or CPU) you'd like to emulate, you need to choose the above emulator accordingly. └─── BEST FOR: 19 B&W software that runs on a Lisa 2 computer LisaEm, a Lisa 2 emulator, runs Lisa software. └─── EXPERIMENTAL / summer 2016: unreliable sound, very slow, but boots Mac OS 9.2.2 and early Mac OS X versions QEMU with PPC OpenBIOS, an emulator capable of running Mac OS 9.1, 9.2 and early Mac OS X (10.0 to 10.5)

└─── BEST FOR: 80's B&W software that typically runs on a 9 inch screen Mini vMac, a B&W Mac Plus (68k) emulator, runs Mac OS 7.5.5 down to the original Mac OS 1.0 from 1984 └─── BEST FOR: 90's 68K software and making backups of your old floppy disks before it's too late! └─── BEST FOR: 1995 to 2001-ish PPC softwareīasilisk II, a color 68K emulator, runs Mac OS 8.1 down to Mac OS 7.0 (can read/write on 1.4MB floppy disks!) SheepShaver, a PowerPC emulator runs Mac OS 9.0.4 down to Mac OS 7.5.2 Here is the best selection of emulators that will allow you to run every single classic Mac OS version ever released: Out of luck for a real Mac and only got emulation to try? It's OK, that's how most people do nowadays anyway. To do this, you will need a floppy drive and MacDisk (or Basilisk II) to help you copy files on a floppy disk that you will insert into the old Mac. Hi enthousiasts or nostalgics from the not too far future! Ready to undust some of the 80's, 90's or early 2000's Macintosh Software treasures and feel what it was like in those earlier computer days but you're afraid it will be too difficult or obscure to do that by yourself? Fear no more, here's a small guide that will get you started!įirst of all, if you've got your hands on real original 80's or 90's Macintosh hardware and want to try on it, then you diserve a handful of internets my friend! That's awesome! The challenge you will face is how to input files you get from the internet into the old Mac.

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