How to restore the Performa software

In order to restore the all software in the real, vintage Mac Performa hardware, please follow these steps.

• Start the computer by the Performa CD (from the specific model) or the Performa Utilities bootable floppy disk.
• Skip this step if the computer's hard disk has already formatted but the system software or applications are damaged. Set up the hard disks first by using the Apple HD SC Setup, Internal HD Format (Performa 630 series only), or the Drive Setup application after the desktop appears.
• After the desktop and launcher appears, open the Restore All Software application from the Launcher to restore all software in their original factory settings and applications from scratch. If you want to restore the system software due for the system is not running, open the Restore System Software application from the Launcher to restore the system software in their original factory settings from scratch. If you using the floppy version, open the Apple Backup application from the Utilities disk to restore software with the corresponding hard disk backup disks.
• Follow the instructions.
• Then, restart the computer.

Some emulators such as Basilisk II and SheepShaver fails to use Restore All Software, Restore System Software, and Apple Restore application due of these emulators are using the ROM routine patch to identified the hard disks as non-SCSI and large floppy disks, known as internal drive. By the way, here is the trick to restore the Performa software manually for use of emulators, see the steps below.

• Start the computer by the Performa CD (Any specific model).
• Open the Hard Disk Files or Hard Disk folder (depending which language of Performa CD that you have) on the Performa CD directory and copy all of the folders to the Hard Disk.
• Rename these folders (depending which language of Performa CD that you have):
  Applications Items -> Applications
  Apple Extras Items -> Apple Extras
  Documents Items -> Documents
  System Folder Items -> System Folder
• Make the alias of Launcher control panel to the desktop (via Performa Hard Disk) and place/make alias the Documents folder from the Hard Disk to the desktop.
• If the Performa CDs has the Apple Telecom software, please deactivate or remove if you using Basilisk II and for SheepShaver, remove the Express Modem control panel and the Apple Telecom Status on the Apple Menu Items folder.
• Some Performa software are installed in the hard disk work properly in emulators, but some may not run it too (such as 6300CD restore CD, Basilisk II do not run because of lack of 68k resources). Here is the compatibility which Performa system software has boot successfully in emulators:

  - If the Performa CD is for 5xx or 63x, the hard disk will boot in Basilisk II and vMac, but not SheepShaver (7.5.3 update required).
  - If the Performa CD is for 611x, 5xxx, 6xxx, the hard disk will not boot in all emulators unless the System file is replaced to add 68K code from System 7.5 (excluding 63xx (not 6310cd, 6300cd)) or to update 7.5.3 or 7.5.5.
  - If the Performa CD is for 54xx and 64xx, the hard disk will boot in SheepShaver, but not Basilisk II and vMac (7.5.5 update required).
  - If the Restore CD is for 4400, the hard disk will not boot in all emulators unless the System file is updated to 7.6.1.
  - If the Restore CD is for 5500 and 6500, the hard disk will boot in all emulators.

• Then, restart the computer.

Some Macintosh Performa CDs (such as Performa 630 series DOS restore CD) may does not have the "Hard Disk Files" folder due for space reasons and the old Performas (like LC III Performas) may use the floppy version of Performa software restore. These methods are not compatible by Basilisk II, however, there are the steps below of the working method to restore the Performa Software on Basilisk II for Microsoft Windows.

If you using Windows

• Download the SoftMac XP and prepare the default configuration. You need the valid ROM image file. Prepare the unformatted 250MB or higher .dsk SoftMac hard disk file. Also, use the HFVExplorer to make the 300MB Macintosh .HFV file as the Basilisk II hard disk.
• Open the Disk Configuration. Use the restore CD or the Utilities disk as the internal floppy and read-only CD-ROM. Use the Basilisk II hard disk as the external floppy. Use the .dsk file as the SCSI 0.
• Follow the instructions using the real Performa restore method.
• After restoring the Performa software on the SCSI 0 hard disk image, copy all the files and folders from the newly-restored Performa hard disk to the Basilisk II hard disk.
• Done.

Comments

by IIGS_User - 2010, September 1 - 3:16pm

Yes, FuseHFS is a very interesting piece of software...

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