![]() Phase Three: Copying the ROM File to the PC's Drive. You now have the ROM image on a floppy disk.įigure 3: The Newly Created ROMImage File This is circled in red inFigure 3 below.Įject the floppy from your Mac's drive (by dragging the floppy disk iconto the Mac's trash can). When the process is complete, you willsee a newly created file called "ROM". This will extract the information from the Macintosh'sROM and save it to the floppy disk. Locate the program named "GetRom",and double-click it. Place the GetROM disk in the Mac's floppy drive. This phase of the tutorialwill cover the process of extracting the real ROM image from the Mac.īoot your Macintosh as you normally would. You now have the GetROM program on a Macintosh disk, in Macintosh format.You're ready to run it on a real Macintosh. Phase Two: Getting the ROM From Your Mac. Then, click "OK"and exit HFV Explorer.įigure 1: The Write Image to FloppyDisk Iconįigure 2: Write the Disk Image toa Mac Formatted Disk First, eject the floppy from the PC's drive. When the process is complete (it may take several minutes), you will seea warning message that states that you now have two volumes with the samename. This will write the contents of the GetROM disk imageto the floppy in your PC's floppy drive, in Macintosh HFS Standardformat. In the example in Figure2 below, the path to the filedisk is on the Windows Desktop (c:\windows\desktop\get_rom.hfv).Ĭlick "OK". If need be, click the browse button (the button that hastwo greater-than symbols on it) to navigate to the disk image. In the "Volume File Path" field, make sure thatthe path points to the Macintosh disk image that you downloaded and decompressedin step 1 above. Make sure that the box next to "Floppy Drive"reads "A:". Put a blank floppy disk into your Windows PC's drive, and launch HFVExplorer.Ĭlick the "Write Floppy" icon across the top of the screen, circledin red in Figure 1 below.Ī new screen will pop up. Thefile is in ZIP format, and will need to be decompressed by using a utilitysuch as WinZip (),and is about 124k in size. If you haven't already done so, downloadthe Macintosh disk image containing the GetROM application. Due to theway that the Macintosh stores information on disks, we need to get thisprogram onto a Macintosh formatted disk in order for the program to workcorrectly. This special program allows you to extract the informationfrom a real Macintosh's ROM and save it to a file on the disk. When downloading Basilisk II, a program called "GetROM" is includedin the package. Phase One: Creating the Macintosh ROM Disk. I havea disk image that we will use to create such a disk here. HFV Explorer, a utilitythat allows Macintosh disks and file disks to be read on Windows and UNIX.Ī Mac-formatted disk that contains the "GetROM" utility. This does not includethe computer at work or at school :-) These includemost of the color Macintoshes (again, excluding the PowerMacs) such asthe Mac II line and the Quadra models.īefore getting started, here's a list of some utilities that you'llneed.Ī real 68k Macintosh, that you own. Youare safe with Macintosh systems that use a 512k or 1mb ROM. Also, ROMs from especially old Macintoshes(such as the black and white Macs) will not work with Basilisk II. These are the Macs that run onthe Motorola 680x0 line of processors. ![]() In its current build, Basilisk IIwill only emulate 68k based Macintoshes. Second of all, this tutorial is notmeant to cover PowerMacintosh systems. It is illegal to extract the ROM image fromthe Mac unless you actually own it. The resulting ROM image can be used on all other portsof Basilisk II however, and is not limited to the Windows version.įirst and foremost, the following tutorial cannot be used on a Macintoshsystem that you do not own. The steps outlined below require a Windows-based PC and a real 68kbased Macintosh. This tutorialwill outline the steps needed to extract the information from the MacintoshROM, save it to a file on a floppy disk, and then transfer it over to BasiliskII. Basilisk II needsthe information from these ROM chips in order to function. On a real Macintosh, the information to run the computer is containedin a special chip, or set of chips, called ROM chips. In order for Basilisk II to run properly, it requires a Macintosh ROMimage. How Do I Get that Macintosh ROM into BasiliskII? ![]()
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