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Davo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Macintosh Repository is a community driven effort to preserve old software from the classic Mac OS era.<\/p>\n

It has ~18k entries of software images from floppys & cds, scans, fonts, icons and everything in between.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Macintosh Repository<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re planning on running the treasures of the past you\u2019ll find here on real old Macintosh hardware from the 90\u2019s, you sir\/madame, deserve to win an Internet for doing it THE ONLY CORRECT WAY! But for others,
\n\t\tthere\u2019s QEMU, a PowerPC emulator<\/a> capable of (slowly) running Mac OS X 10.5 down to Mac OS 9.1,
\n\t\tSheepShaver, a fake PowerPC emulator<\/a> capable of running Mac OS 9.0.4 down to Mac OS 7.5.2,
\n\t\tBasilisk II, a 68040 emulator<\/a>, capable of running the 68040 version of Mac OS 8.1 down to 7.0. Finally, for everything older than System 7,
\n\t\tthere\u2019s Mini vMac II (which emulates 68020\/color Macs) and Mini vMac<\/a> which emulates the original B&W 68000 Macs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Previously:<\/p>\n

Update (2025-05-09<\/a>): Matt Sephton<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Macintosh Repository paywall\/request donations for the content they lifted pretty much wholesale from macintoshgarden.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Basilisk<\/a> Emulator<\/a> History<\/a> Mac<\/a> Mac App<\/a> Mac OS 8<\/a> Mac OS 9<\/a> Mini vMac II<\/a> QEMU<\/a> SheepShaver<\/a> System 6<\/a> System 7<\/a><\/p>\n

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