Universal-tbxi-patchset: Mac OS New World ROM patchset to boot System 7.5

by classichasclasson 11/28/2025, 9:56 PMwith 2 comments

by yjftsjthsd-hon 12/3/2025, 5:16 PM

> The patch script is written in PHP, just run php patch.php "path/to/Mac OS ROM.hqx.src" with your build of vasmm68k_mot in the same directory.

It's 100% valid, but I always forget that PHP is a general-purpose scripting language:) And I assume it's a patch script and not just patch(1) because it seems to be interactively looking at the ROM to find the right things to modify?

by dddddavidddddon 12/3/2025, 5:12 PM

I think this is a part of work that now allows you to run System 7 on machines as new as a Mac Mini G4, which was discussed more broadly in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46084956