You should install some version of SoftMac so that you may follow along with this tutorial. It then demonstrates how to install a sample Macintosh application, in this case, the ClarisWorks 4.0 which is also available bundled with SoftMac. A very similar installation procedure can also be used when installing other CD-ROM based versions of Mac OS such as 7.6 or 8.0. This tutorial specifically demonstrates the installation of Mac OS 8.1 from CD-ROM, the same Mac OS 8.1 CD-ROM which we bundle with the SoftMac product and which can be purchased from any Apple computer dealer. You will most likely run SoftMac at much higher screen resolutions since SoftMac does support color screen resolutions right up to the 1920x1080 HDTV resolution supported by many of today's video cards and monitors. Click on a thumbnail image to view it at full size. To conserve screen space and minimize load time of this page, all screen shots are taken at low resolution and presented as thumbnails. SoftMac is the easiest and fastest way to run Mac OS on your Intel based Windows computer.ĭue to the large number of screen shots on this page, please several minutes for this page to fully load if you are using a slow modem. This page is a step-by-step tutorial that shows you in detail how to install and configure any recent version of the SoftMac Apple Macintosh emulator for Windows. Welcome to the Beginner's Guide for installing and running Mac OS 8 on Microsoft Windows. To installing and running Mac OS 8 on Windows

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