OPENSTEP or NEXTSTEP under Parallels 5?

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  1. GerbenW

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    Is there a recipe somewhere to get OPENSTEP or NEXTSTEP running under Paralleles 5? What do people do with the floppies? Are there images that can be downloaded somewhere? Or do i have to fire up the old NeXT and dd the floppies to images for use under Parallels?
     
  2. jlorre

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    Hi Gerben,
    1. you can download the images from the bootfloppies and such from http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/MultiCountry/Enterprise/
    2. On OSX 10.6.3 you can make an ISO image from the NeXTSTEP 3.3 intel CDROM as follows
    - insert disk
    - click "ignore" on "the disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"
    - open /Applications/Utilities/Disk.app and look what device the CDROM has in your machine, e.g. "disk2s0"
    - open a terminal, log in as root and create an ISO imagefile by
    dd if=/dev/disk2s0 of=/tmp/NS33_intel.iso bs=512b
    You can then connect this image to the CD/DVD-device of parallels

    I got NeXTSTEP 3.3 intel working without problems on parallels 5.0.9344
    I don't know if it was necessary, but i used the 3.3 the beta-drivers e.g. [IDEDISK DUALEIDE ATAPICONTROLLER 3.35]
    I have'nt had time yet to document the procedure, but no special magic is needed. Let me know if you need more help.
    BTW, was it from you that I bought a 4.2 Postgress port on 17 okt 1994 for NeXTSTEP 3.3 ?
     
  3. jlorre

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    >Or do i have to fire up the old NeXT and dd the floppies to images for use under Parallels?
    BTW: I could dd 1.44 MB floppies right on my mac (in a Iomega USB floppydrive)
    but to image the 2.8/4 MB floppies you'll need a 4MB-compatible floppydrive or indeed use the NeXT.
     
  4. GerbenW

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    Thanks a lot jlorre

    Thanks a lot! I'll test this asap.

    I have bene looking around for a Mac-compatible 2.88MB USB floppy drive but I haven't found any. Does such a beast exist at all?

    Gerben

    BTW. Yes, it was probably from me that you bought that Postgres port.
     

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