Does VB Run Mac OS 9 on a Mac OS Captain

[Batman29]

Hi:

I am very new to this forum and the concept of visualization.

I am hoping that the newest release of Virtual Box will allow me to run Mac OS 9.0.4 or Mac OS 9.2.1 on a Mac Pro Tower running Mac OS 11.4.4.

Googling this topic yielded results that VB could not do this, but all the results were from 2008 to 2012. I am hoping things have changed to allow this, even if it means creating a VB of Mac OS 10.4.11 and then running Classic on Tiger.

Are any of these options, or others, possible on Virtual Box?

Thanks!

[socratis]

No. No way. VirtualBox runs on Intel/AMD (x86) type processors. MacOS 9 runs on PowerPC type processors. Therefore, there is no way on earth that you're going to run MacOS 9 on VirtualBox.

But, you have an option. It's not easy to setup, but it is doable. It's called SheepShaver.
- General information: http://sheepshaver.cebix.net/
- Download page: http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewto ... =20&t=7360

All the information is in there. It's going to take you a day or so to figure it out. Don't expect any crazy performance. If you want to play games, I'm not sure it's going to work.

But anyway, this is not a VirtualBox issue anymore, so I'll stop here and let you try with the SheepShaver forums. Best of luck.

[michaln]

I am hoping that the newest release of Virtual Box will allow me to run Mac OS 9.0.4 or Mac OS 9.2.1 on a Mac Pro Tower running Mac OS 11.4.4.

It will not, and there are no plans for emulating PowerPC.

[socratis]

Don't expect any crazy performance. If you want to play games, I'm not sure it's going to work.

Actually I take that back after watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNUYKYrQbmg As you can see, they're using SheepShaver.

BTW, what do you want to achieve? There maybe other alternatives.