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I can't seem to get Sheep Shaver to run well on my Intel Mac Pro. I just want to run OS 9 and its associated programs which I've had forever and are no longer supported in OSX.

I am following the instructions detailed on this page, but it keeps saying I have an unsupported ROM type. I dragged the ROM off of my Mac OS 9 install disc and selected it, but it keeps saying it is bad when I press "START" to try and install the OS.

Please tell me how I am messing this up.
 
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Have you tried downloading and using the ROM that the article has a link to?
 
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The link in the article is dead.
 
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Thanks for that, but neither of those ROMS worked. The first one just said "Unsupported ROM type". The one that had the 7.5.1 on it said that I need a PowerPC ROM.
 
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Thanks again, but still no go. With that ROM I get this error:

rom1.png


With the other ROM from the Avid site I get this:

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I'm pretty sure it's looking for something reeeaaall specific. It
s open source, so I guess I shouldn't expect much. Oh well. :)
 

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