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Flickr Find: Macintosh on Nintendo DS
While browsing Flickr this afternoon, we came across a shot of a Nintendo DS running Macintosh System 6 in emulation on reader Ken Fager's Flickr stream. Of course, we contacted him to ask how he did it. Here's what he had to say.First, grab a DS flash card and install MiniVMacDS onto its root directory.
Once that's done, place the Mac Plus ROM into the "vmac" folder along with a System 6/7 install disk (you can make a blank disk image using Disk Utility).
Finally, turn on the DS and select MiniVMacDS. It will boot the disk images. From there, install (minimal) System 6 onto the blank disk image.
Ken notes that it's a bit pokey, but hey, this wasn't done for speed! Have fun if you try this for yourself. Thanks for sharing, Ken! We love it.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Yorgle said 5:13PM on 7-06-2008
I recommend the R4DS as a flash cart. Very well supported by the homebrew community.
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Camperton said 6:38PM on 7-06-2008
'MiniVMacDS' link is bad.
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Tony Bowman said 7:02PM on 7-06-2008
stuff like this is neat.
i remember running Mac OS 7 via Basilisk on my PSP about 2 years ago.
but it's all more of a novelty than anything.
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jodamiller said 12:59PM on 7-07-2008
I remember running System 7 on my Quadra 608 15 years ago.
jodamiller said 1:00PM on 7-07-2008
I remember running System 7 on my Quadra 605 15 years ago.
WetMogwai said 7:44PM on 7-06-2008
Couldn't this be simplified with the use of a Mac Classic ROM? It already contains System 6.0.7.
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Simon Arch said 8:32PM on 7-06-2008
The Mac Classic ROM carries a pared-down version of 6.0.3 for use as a rescue system, BUT you need a keyboard to hold down a certain key combo to access it.
ken fager said 8:15PM on 7-06-2008
The flash card I used was the TopToy DSTT w/ 2gb MicroSD card. Not the most expensive or prettiest of the flash cards, but it does the job.
@Tony Bowman
I did the Basilisk on PSP thing a long time ago too. I just got sick of the constant PSP Firmware nonsense locking out homebrew. My PSP is now collecting dust. It truly was nothing more than a bit of novelty at the time.
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Tony Bowman said 10:42AM on 7-07-2008
hah. i SOLD my PSP not too long after i got Basilisk running on my PSP, with the money (along with what i got from selling my windows PC) going toward the purchase of a Macbook Pro. :)
Ricardo Sato said 1:38AM on 7-07-2008
Really interesting application! Have to try.
Ah, please, the link is kinda broken... actually wrong in MiniVMacDS, "http://" is duplicated.
Cheers
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