In Explorer, drag the boot disk to minivMac.exe and the system should boot up.Ģ. Boot Mini vMac with System 7.0.1 boot disk, download from here. To start, you must first install System 7.0.1 on Mini vMac:ġ. The following guide, written in 2008, shows you how to install System 7.5.5 on Mini vMac using the original installer images supplied by Apple. Method 2: Using Apple’s original System 7.5.5 installer images Extract the zip file and boot Mini vMac with the extracted disk image to run System 7.5.5. Installation of System 7.5.5 should finish without issues, After a final reboot, you will have a fully functional Mini vMac running System 7.5.5įor those who wish to try out System 7.5.5 without spending the time on installation, get the file hfv500M_sys755_clean.Mount the System 7.5.5 installation image and again, choose to install System 7.5.5 onto the 500MB hard disk image.Proceed to install System 7.5.3 and reboot after completion.Upon completion of System 7.0.1 installation, reboot to System 7.0.1 and mount the System 7.5.3 installation image.

When prompted, use Mini vMac’s File menu to switch to “Install 2″ and other System 7.0.1 installation disk images.Choose to install System 7.0.1 on the 500MB hard disk image.

From Mini vMac’s File menu, mount the empty 500MB hard disk image.

Start Mini vMac with “Install 1″ disk image of System 7.0.1.

Installing System 7.5.5 on Mini vMac is now as simple as downloading and extracting the disk images from the above files and following the steps below: Use this to use System 7.5.5 immediately without going through the installation process.

hfv500M_sys755_clean.zip: pre-made System 7.5.5 boot disk with popular software.

mac755up.zip: upgrade disk images for System 7.5.5.

mac753.zip: disk images for System 7.5.3.

Mac701.zip: installation disk images for System 7.0.1.

hfs500M.rar: blank 500MB HFS hard disk image which can be mounted in Mini vMac for installation of System 7.5.5.These images can be mounted directly in Mini vMac for a straight forward installation experience of System 7.0.1, System 7.5.3 and System 7.5.5: I therefore decided to make available for download the following files, which I created back in 2008 from the disk images provided by Apple. sea.bin images provided by Apple now is to use old versions of StuffIt Expander, which I have not attempted due to time constraints. sea.bin, making it harder to install them using Mini vMac. So I guess it was only recently that the disk images provided by the download page were changed to. When I first attempted to install System 7.5.5 and wrote this article, I did not have major issues mounting the installer disk images. While I do not have the time to verify this information, I do recall that Apple’s old software download page has changed over the years. sea.bin images using DiskCopy 4.2, which apparently requires an actual floppy disk drive. smi.bin format and the instructions provided in the download ask him to extract. sea.bin format, there is no way to convert them into a format readable by Mini vMac, as HFVExplorer only supports. In particular, one reader commented that since the upgrade disk images for System 7.5.5 downloaded from Apple are in. This section was added in August 2014 after I received comments from several readers asking for detailed instructions to upgrade to System 7.5.5 from System 7.5.3 using the disk images provided by Apple. Method 1: Installing System 7.5.5 from pre-made disk images Once your installation is completed, refer to my latest article for a list of interesting old Mac applications which you can play with using Mini vMac, Basilisk and SheepShaver. For a video tutorial, watch this Youtube clip (credits to Peak66 for creating this tutorial). Also try out PCE/macplus, a newer and more advanced 68k Macintosh emulator.īefore you start, download Mini vmac and find an appropriate ROM such as this one. This guide shows you how to install System 7.5.5 for the Mini vMac emulator.

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