- Mac ii emulator computer musem install#
- Mac ii emulator computer musem drivers#
- Mac ii emulator computer musem update#
- Mac ii emulator computer musem driver#
Unfortunately, Windows 3.0 froze when using the mouse when the Mac was running System 6.0.8 but worked fine with 7.0.1.
Mac ii emulator computer musem driver#
The Orange mouse driver for Windows was installed by running the standard DOS mode SETUP.EXE from the Windows directory. Installation from floppy was entirely uneventful (if slow). Microsoft still list a Knowledge Base article on this so I felt optimistic.
Mac ii emulator computer musem install#
Given the age of the card, I opted to install Windows 3.0 in preference to 3.1. Text on the CGA window can be copied to the Mac clipboard. Performance is surprisingly good and much better than using floppy disks. It is also possible to use OSHARE to connect to any AppleShare volume that is mounted on the desktop of the Mac. This is a quick way to transfer files between the Mac and PC environments. A lot of patience.Ī pleasant surprise came from the OSHARE file sharing system that allows the Orange card to map folders on the Mac hard drive to PC drive letters. Floppy access speed is slower than on a real PC and the emulated CGA graphics in a Mac window demand patience. The DOS installation was incomplete so I booted from a DOS 5 Upgrade kit on floppy to add the missing components. I located software (version 1.3.2) for the card at the Mac Driver Museum which included a basic hard disk file which booted into DOS 5. For a Mac II owner confronted with a PC environmentfor the first time, I am sure that the Orange386 came as a severeshock.
Mac ii emulator computer musem drivers#
A virtual hard drive is provided on a fileon the Mac's hard disk and DOS and Windows drivers are provided forthe Mac mouse. The Orange386 application supports CGA graphicsemulation in a Macintosh window and a Superdrive is used as thestandard A: floppy drive. Once fitted with memory, the card provides a very slow, basic PCenvironment. In the photo opposite, you can see that the card comprises two circuit boards but it only uses one NuBus slot. A bulky 78 pin connector at the back of thecard is intended for external expansion I have found references toan expansion box but more information on this is welcome. There are two expansion slots (one 8 bit and 16 bit) forstandard PC ISA cards.
There are four 30 pin SIMM slots that I havetested with 256Kb, 1MB and 4MB SIMMs the 386SX processor is limitedto 16MB of extended memory, so there is no point in testing largerSIMMs. My card has a 386SX processor running at 16MHz and a separatemaths co-processor.
Mac ii emulator computer musem update#
Someadditional notes obtained from the documentation can be found on my Update page. October 2003 Update: Thanks to John S, I've now obtained anew in box Orange386 card and a new in box peripheral kit. Unfortunately, I don't havethe oringinal documentation for the card and software so everythinghere has been found on the internet or has been obtained by my ownexperimentation. I have used it formy testing in a Mac II fitted with upgraded ROMs and a 1.44MBSuperdrive capable of reading PC disks. It is afull length NuBus card designed to provide an Intel 386 PC(DOS/Windows environment) for the Mac II series. The Orange386 is the third generation PC card for the Mac. JohnRuschmeyer (this link broken when last checked) provides a moredetailed description of the early PC products. When AST quit the Macmarket, development of their cards was passed on to Orange Micro,better known previously for their Apple II expansion boards. The first product was the short lived Dayna MacCharlie for the original 128K and512K compact Macs and this was followed by 806 processorcards for the Mac SE and Mac II from AST. Mainly Neat Stuff -> Vintage Macintosh -> 20 Ways to Misusean Orange386 NuBus PC Card 20 Ways to Misuse an Orange386 NuBus PCCardįrom the Mac's introduction, third party developers have providedways to run PC software. 20 Ways to Misuse an Orange386 NuBus PCCard
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