Comments on: Run MacOS 9 on an Intel Mac

By: EVAN APPELMAN

EVAN APPELMAN — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:10:22 +0000

Well, maybe I’m stupid, but when I click “Start” on SheepShaverGUI I always get the message “SheepShaver error: Cannot map ROM; File exists.” I have tried a New World ROM, a ROM extracted from Mac OS ROM Update 1.0, and the ROM from the system folder of an OS 8.6 installation disk. Always the same result. Can anyone help?

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:32:27 +0000

I am having exactly the same problem as Becky. Try as I might, I cannot get “Escape from Monkey Island” to work on COI Chubby Bunny (I couldn’t work out how to set up Sheepsaver, so that version made more sense) and I am getting exactly the same error message as Becky.

Any ideas?

By: sn

sn — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:08:51 +0000

Try Google.

By: flange

flange — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:33:05 +0000

how or where can i download it?

By: Chowder

Chowder — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:59:17 +0000

@ Becky…try Chubby Bunny…is Sheepshaver with out all the configuring…mac-on-a-stick is fun too…

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:28:26 +0000

Thanks for the tip TJ, but it still won’t work, i downloaded the new Sheepshaver but it says i need a new a ROM file, so i tried adding one that was linked on the site you gave, but for one ROM the page no longer exists and the other one i download then it says it needs to be updated but you have to sign up and enter personal details before it will let you download which i don’t want to do. is there any other way around it.
I looked at the Hardware requirements on the game and i should have them all, apart from not sure about ‘3D acceleration hardware’ could it be that which is stopping it from working?.
Thanks again

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:02:59 +0000

great advances to the SheepShaver’s OS community here:
http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5275

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:21:26 +0000

I got SheepShaver all set up, filled out all the right settings in the GUI, my dad even checked it, but when i tried to play my game ‘Escape from Monkey Island’ a message comes up:

“Please make sure you are not running any application that takes exclusive control of your hardware.
Could not initialize your hardware.”

Nothing else is open on my computer, so what can i do to make it work, please help, i’ve been trying all day to play this game, thought i finally would be able but have been stopped at the last hurdle.

By: snorth

snorth — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:32:19 +0000

Lord,

My first thought is to make sure you don’t have more than 512MB of RAM set in the SS gui app.

If you’re using Graham’s package, then everything should work smoothly (except for no sound). I suggest completely removing SheepShaver and starting from scratch (sucks, I know).

By: snorth

snorth — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:30:13 +0000

Graham,

Your first package worked fine for me under Leopard. I downloaded the OS 9.0.4 update from Apple and installed that overtop SheepShaver’s OS 9.0.4. This solved the problem that some other people were getting with the weird error when they tried to open the Sound Control Panel. However, in the sound output tab of the control panel, “Built-in” is not listed – in fact nothing is – so I’m still without sound.

Enabling/Disabling Sound Manager and Apple Audio Extension had no effect.