SheepShaver

SheepShaver
DevelopersChristian Bauer,
Gwenole Beauchesne
Release1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Final release
2.5 / September 13, 2022; 4 years ago (2022-09-13)
Preview release
2.5
Operating systemBeOS, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
TypeEmulator
LicenseGPL
Websitehttps://sheepshaver.cebix.net/
Repository

SheepShaver is an open-source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator originally designed for BeOS and Linux. The name is a play on ShapeShifter, a Macintosh II emulator for AmigaOS (made obsolete by Basilisk II). The ShapeShifter and SheepShaver projects were originally conceived and programmed by Christian Bauer and are now developed by Gwenolé Beauchesne.

History

History

SheepShaver was originally commercial software when first released in 1998, but after the demise of Be Inc., the maker of BeOS, it became open source in 2002. It can be run on both PowerPC and x86 systems; however, it runs more slowly on an x86 system than on a PowerPC system, because of the translation between the PowerPC and Intel x86 instruction sets. SheepShaver has been ported to both Microsoft Windows and Linux.

As free software, a few variants exist to simplify the installation process on Intel-based Macs:

SheepShaver was "incredibly popular within the vintage Macintosh software community" according to Wiley's 2016 Companion to Digital Art.

Features

A settings menu showing tabs for volume information (the open tab) as well as other tabs such as "graphics/audio" and "JIT Compiler"
SheepShaver setup menu on Linux

SheepShaver is capable of running Mac OS 7.5.2 through 9.0.4 (though it needs the image of an Old World ROM to run Mac OS 8.1 or below), and can be run inside a window so that the user can run classic Mac OS and either BeOS, Intel-based Mac OS X, Linux, or Windows applications at the same time.

Although SheepShaver has Ethernet support and CD-quality sound output, it does not emulate the memory management unit. Because of this, Mac OS 9.1 through 9.2.2, the final release, are not supported. While the adding of this functionality through emulation has been discussed, it has not been added because of the time and effort required in implementing it.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rizzo, John (1999). "Emulators on UNIX and Other OSes". Macintosh Windows integration: integrating your Macintosh with Windows 95/98 and Windows NT environments. pp. 518–521. ISBN 0125893256. LCCN 99-63440. OCLC 41979365. p. 518: SheepShaver is not an emulator, but a run-time environment that runs Mac OS natively in BeOS for PowerPC.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Official SheepShaver Homepage". Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Seibold, Chris (April 2008). "Hack 73: Run Classic Mac Applications with Sheepshaver and Basilisk II". Big Book of Apple Hacks. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media Inc. pp. 310–319. ISBN 9780596529826. OCLC 230767830. p. 310: Relive the glory (or gory) days of the Classic Mac operating systems on your Leopard or Intel-based Mac.
  4. 1 2 "SheepShaver". Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Gomes, Daniel; Demidova, Elena; Winters, Jane; Risse, Thomas, eds. (June 30, 2021). The Past Web: Exploring Web Archives. Springer. p. 265. ISBN 9783030632915 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ 小島範幸; 北浦訓行 (2008). VMwareによる仮想マシンの構築・活用 (in Japanese). オーム社. p. 41. ISBN 9784274067396 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "The SheepShaver Wrapper for OS X". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Another Solution for the Appleworks Conundrum-it's called Chubby Bunny". 28 September 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  9. ↑ Paul, Christian, ed. (5 March 2016). A Companion to Digital Art. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 529. doi:10.1002/9781118475249. ISBN 9781118475201. OCLC 925410932. Sheepshaver is incredibly popular within the vintage Macintosh software community, and is a useful tool, but it is most certainly a hackulator.
  10. ↑ "Setting up SheepShaver for Windows". Retrieved 15 December 2012.