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Many Mac users today never had the “thrill” of using the pre-2001 Mac operating system on a Motorola 680X0 or PowerPC-based Mac. Thanks to developer Felix Rieseberg, a 68k Mac emulator called Basilisk II by Christian Bauer and others, and a compiler called Emscripten by James Friend, you can now run a virtual 1991 Mac Quadra 900 on your current Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rieseberg starts his Github description of what he calls simply “Macintosh.js<\/a>” on a jovial note: “This is Mac OS 8, running in an Electron<\/a> app pretending to be a 1991 Macintosh Quadra. Yes, it’s the full thing. I’m sorry.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire thing was written in JavaScript (hence the .js extension), and includes a variety of software from the time, including demos of Adobe products (sadly, I remember this version of Adobe Premiere all too well…) and a few games including Dungeons and Dragons, Duke Nukem 3D, and the ever-popular Oregon Trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Macintosh.js desktop<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What surprised me is how fast this emulated Mac is; much<\/em> faster than any “real” Mac of the time. Under the multicolor Apple icon, you’ll be able to find a bunch of the common features of Mac OS 8 including the Control Panels, Jigsaw Puzzle, and even the 1991 version of Stickies<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Download and Install<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you point your browser to GitHub, don’t panic! You’ll see a directory of code listings that might cause you to think this is going to require a graduate level degree in computer science. Nope, just scroll down the page until you see this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can even run this old Mac on a Windows or Linux machine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mac users want to click the “Standalone” icon under the macOS heading. Doing that downloads a standalone application to your Mac’s Downloads folder. Drag the Macintosh.js.app file to your Applications folder. Now all you need to do is open the app to have your retro fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If somebody can figure out how I can connect my Apple QuickTake 100 to a 2019 MacBook Pro, I might be able to find the software that came with that early digital camera…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macintosh..js is a fun trip down memory lane, and I expect that I’ll keep it on my Mac for a long time…just to appreciate how good our current Macs are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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