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#31

Virtualization / Re: OpenStep on VirtualPC 7

Last post by Protocol 7 - Nov 09, 2025, 06:13 PM

It had at one point as I was using VPC on Mac to run Rhapsody. But that was VPC 4 or maybe 5. I can't find any images online that show this option. I just remember it was a checkbox probably in the IDE controller setup.

I did find this guide for installing OS4.2 in VPC6. Might work for you.

#32

General Discussion / 40 NeXT computers sold for Ger...

Last post by ZombiePhysicist - Nov 09, 2025, 05:29 PM

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mAbCakE5C5U

Nice job Rob!

#33

Virtualization / Re: OpenStep on VirtualPC 7

Last post by jeffburg - Nov 09, 2025, 03:07 PM

Yeah, dang. This all sounds likely, but as far as I can tell VPC for Mac has no options for this stuff. I will post a screenshot of the machine settings tomorrow. But it has no options for the CD at all and it has 3 hard drive options fixed in place with no settings except to choose a disk image for them :-/

#34

Virtualization / Re: OpenStep on VirtualPC 7

Last post by Protocol 7 - Nov 09, 2025, 02:45 PM

I remember for Rhapsody it was necessary to have the CD as primary slave (there's a checkbox somewhere in VPC related to this) and then to use the dual-channel EIDE driver. Maybe it's the same for OS?

#35

Virtualization / Re: OpenStep on VirtualPC 7

Last post by Rhetorica - Nov 09, 2025, 02:36 PM

I have never gotten NS3.3 to work with an IDE driver; the simple solution for me was to just use SCSI for that VM. There's no practical difference between the two bus types as far as I can tell. Is any sort of SCSI an option under VirtualPC?

#36

Virtualization / OpenStep on VirtualPC 7

Last post by jeffburg - Nov 09, 2025, 01:50 PM

Hey folks, I feel like I am abusing this channel at this point, but I thought I would throw out a question for peeps that are experienced with OpenStep/NextStep running in VM's.

I am trying to use Virtual PC 7 on my iMac G4 to install OpenStep. I am running into the traditional issue of IDE Controller issues... Whether I load the basic Primary/Secondary controller drivers or the more advanced PIIX IDE drivers, the system sees the drives and can read the label from the CD Drive, but fails to boot with error ATAPI Command Error.

I am consulting these two guides, but both say these drivers should work:

https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/computing/nextstep-openstep/FAQ-OpenStepOnEmulators.pdf
https://kjt.stir.ac.uk/software/nextstep/openstep-win.html

I have attached screenshots. Including shots of windows XP device manager showing all the hardware it sees.

Thanks so much as always for your help!

#37

Virtualization / Re: Previous JIT Compiler

Last post by jeffburg - Nov 09, 2025, 01:45 PM

@andreas_g thanks for the response!

#38

Virtualization / Re: Previous running on PowerP...

Last post by andreas_g - Nov 09, 2025, 11:07 AM

@andreas_g When I ran sudo make install it looks like it relinks the binary and packages the dependencies right in the bundle... is that the case? If so I will zip it up and upload it here if anyone is curious.

Yes, that should work. You can check the linkage using ditool -L on the binary inside the application bundle.

#39

Virtualization / Re: Previous JIT Compiler

Last post by andreas_g - Nov 09, 2025, 11:05 AM

The JIT code is part of WinUAE. Hatari does not use it. I just removed the unused code.

#40

Virtualization / Re: Previous for Mac OS X 10.1...

Last post by kd - Nov 09, 2025, 05:16 AM

wget -m -r -np -c -e robots=off http://143.198.135.172:80

It will save to a directory named `143.198.135.172'