Getting Fusion online? (RoadShow)

slaapliedje · 22 March 2019, 17:37

So down the rabbit hole I went the other night....
Wanted to try out SimCity2000 on the Amiga, and it wouldn't even load. So started looking up why, and found out everyone said it runs like ass on the Amiga, and suggested instead to run it under Mac Emulation.

Shapeshifter seems terribly slow, even after tweaking some things that were suggested (like MuEVD), but Fusion was quite fast so I tried playing with that.

Got 8.1 installed last night (at least I think so, it says 8.0 in the about), and then installed Netscape off the CD to mess around with, but it seems I can't get networking to work.

I have a Mediator with FastEthernet.device working under Roadshow on the Amiga side, so under Fusion's UI, I selected that device, but it still says that I don't have any connection. Well then after Netscape complains about that, it crashes hard.

I believe I have read 7.6.1 is more stable and faster, but figured I'd mess with 8.1 since i had Netscape on the disk. Is this just a case of the version, or am I configuring the networking wrong on Fusion?

I tried shutting down the network on the Amiga side to see if Fusion needed to start it up, but that didn't help either.

Sir_Lucas · 22 March 2019, 23:52

MacOS 7.6.1 is a bit quicker and more stable than 8.0 or 8.1
Just don't run Roadshow when you run Fusion. After running Fusion select your ETH driver.
Then you need to set up DHCP under MacOS and its TCP/IP stack.
I've been running PCMCIA ETH cards and even WPA2/AES WIFI cards under Fusion and all works fine.

slaapliedje · 01 April 2019, 08:43

Thanks, will give it a shot once I figure out the whole PPC thing. Granted I got a PPC mac now with Tiger so I can also play old 68k mac games, but I think it wouls be cooler on the Amiga.

JimDrew · 09 April 2019, 18:15

OS8.1 is hands down more stable and faster than any version of the Mac OS that Apple ever released.

22 March 2019, 17:37	#1
slaapliedje Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Utah, USA Posts: 516	Getting Fusion online? (RoadShow) So down the rabbit hole I went the other night.... Wanted to try out SimCity2000 on the Amiga, and it wouldn't even load. So started looking up why, and found out everyone said it runs like ass on the Amiga, and suggested instead to run it under Mac Emulation. Shapeshifter seems terribly slow, even after tweaking some things that were suggested (like MuEVD), but Fusion was quite fast so I tried playing with that. Got 8.1 installed last night (at least I think so, it says 8.0 in the about), and then installed Netscape off the CD to mess around with, but it seems I can't get networking to work. I have a Mediator with FastEthernet.device working under Roadshow on the Amiga side, so under Fusion's UI, I selected that device, but it still says that I don't have any connection. Well then after Netscape complains about that, it crashes hard. I believe I have read 7.6.1 is more stable and faster, but figured I'd mess with 8.1 since i had Netscape on the disk. Is this just a case of the version, or am I configuring the networking wrong on Fusion? I tried shutting down the network on the Amiga side to see if Fusion needed to start it up, but that didn't help either.

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22 March 2019, 23:52	#2
Sir_Lucas Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norwich, UK Posts: 668	MacOS 7.6.1 is a bit quicker and more stable than 8.0 or 8.1 Just don't run Roadshow when you run Fusion. After running Fusion select your ETH driver. Then you need to set up DHCP under MacOS and its TCP/IP stack. I've been running PCMCIA ETH cards and even WPA2/AES WIFI cards under Fusion and all works fine.

01 April 2019, 08:43	#3
slaapliedje Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Utah, USA Posts: 516	Thanks, will give it a shot once I figure out the whole PPC thing. Granted I got a PPC mac now with Tiger so I can also play old 68k mac games, but I think it wouls be cooler on the Amiga.

09 April 2019, 18:15	#4
JimDrew Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ Posts: 741	OS8.1 is hands down more stable and faster than any version of the Mac OS that Apple ever released.

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