prattp,
thanks too for that info. Indeed not very Mac-like, but I've never had a problem with cmd-line interfaces as long as I have the commands and especially the step-by-step instructions in front of me. It's nice to know that works for now, until Zydeco's solution works more universally to write to HFS images. Just hope OS X 10.7 doesn't drop HFS read too following their historical pattern in dropping support of MFS with OS 7.6 & 8.
rie Sha,
Sheepshaver is my Mac transition emulator of choice, to keep everything within a Mac-like environment. This is how I set it up and use it to transfer files between Snow Leopard and an real 128K: http://mac128.com/transfer
I also use it, running OS 8.1 to open HFS+ images created under Snow Leoapard, into which I have copied compressed archive files, and copy the contents to HFS images which I then use with Mini vMac: the hands down the best vintage Mac emulator out there.
While Sheepshaver is buggy, it does allow more versatility than Mini vMac at the moment. Basilisk II also offers similar features, but in my experience is much more difficult to set up, is quite a bit more buggy and hasn't been updated in quite a while. Both have the advantage of accessing real HFS volumes via USB ports, i.e. 1.44MB floppy disk drives, and ZIP drives, which can then be used directly on vintage Macs.
thanks too for that info. Indeed not very Mac-like, but I've never had a problem with cmd-line interfaces as long as I have the commands and especially the step-by-step instructions in front of me. It's nice to know that works for now, until Zydeco's solution works more universally to write to HFS images. Just hope OS X 10.7 doesn't drop HFS read too following their historical pattern in dropping support of MFS with OS 7.6 & 8.
rie Sha,
Sheepshaver is my Mac transition emulator of choice, to keep everything within a Mac-like environment. This is how I set it up and use it to transfer files between Snow Leopard and an real 128K: http://mac128.com/transfer
I also use it, running OS 8.1 to open HFS+ images created under Snow Leoapard, into which I have copied compressed archive files, and copy the contents to HFS images which I then use with Mini vMac: the hands down the best vintage Mac emulator out there.
While Sheepshaver is buggy, it does allow more versatility than Mini vMac at the moment. Basilisk II also offers similar features, but in my experience is much more difficult to set up, is quite a bit more buggy and hasn't been updated in quite a while. Both have the advantage of accessing real HFS volumes via USB ports, i.e. 1.44MB floppy disk drives, and ZIP drives, which can then be used directly on vintage Macs.