A Challenge: Plastic Macbooks for July

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I'm trying to open one of the IMG files from Macintosh Garden's Quake download on my MacBook.

Finally opened the SEA file to reveal the two IMG files. Opening the file with Disk Utility reports that it is a legacy image file and should be upgraded.

How do I open the IMG file in macOS Catalina?

 

[wthww]

Coming back to this:

All of my MacBooks have arrived in the post! Perhaps strangely, they all smell kind of fishy.

I'm going to attempt some plastic welding after work and I'll let you know how it goes!

 

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Coming back to this:

All of my MacBooks have arrived in the post! Perhaps strangely, they all smell kind of fishy.

I'm going to attempt some plastic welding after work and I'll let you know how it goes!

I recall that smell when I had one of the non-unibody MacBooks. I still smell it on my iBook G4 1.33ghz.

My 2009 MacBook has two small cracks on the rear display cover near the hinges. Hopefully I can do some plastic welding to help, but will wait until I hear of your results.

 

[adespoton]

I'm trying to open one of the IMG files from Macintosh Garden's Quake download on my MacBook.

Finally opened the SEA file to reveal the two IMG files. Opening the file with Disk Utility reports that it is a legacy image file and should be upgraded.

How do I open the IMG file in macOS Catalina?

The easiest way is using Disk Jockey. The trickier way is to use Disk Utility's image conversion option to convert the image from NDIF to regular uncompressed DMG. The REALLY tricky way is to write an fsplugin for macOS to natively handle NDIF.

 

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The easiest way is using Disk Jockey. The trickier way is to use Disk Utility's image conversion option to convert the image from NDIF to regular uncompressed DMG. The REALLY tricky way is to write an fsplugin for macOS to natively handle NDIF.

I tried Disc Jockey and could see the contents of the image files, but I needed to extract the contents of those files.

Instead of getting my iBook G4 out of the closet, I’m setting up SheepShaver and installing MacOS 8.1. I’ll mount the image files inside of it, run the installers and copy the files to a shared location.

 

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It’s still installing MacOS but seems to be moving along pretty well.

 

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Installed Quake in SheepShaver and copied the data files back to the MacBook. Setup QuakeSpasm using the data files and got it working.

One issue I see is that playing Quake for too long causes the MacBook to shut down due to overheating. This is with Macs Fan Control running the fan using a sensor-based value.

I may have to try this with the iBook G4 for giggles.