• Required Downloads
• Installation and Setup
• Running Fusion
• Downloading and installing software
• Limitations

1 - Required Downloads:
First, you need to download the following things off our tools page:

• PC Fusion 3.0
• Either the MacOS 7.6.1 (recommended) or Mac OS 8.0 provided bootfile.
• HFV Explorer
• A Quadra System rom

2 - Installation and Setup:

After you've downloaded all this, just unzip it using Winzip or some other decompressor. Now run Install.exe from the Setup directory in the Fusion 3 archive.

Just follow the installers instructions, intall it in any direcory. We'll use the default c:\fusion

Copy Mac.rom and MacOS76.hfv (or MacOS8.hfv) in the fusion directory c:\fusion or where ever you installed it. And run the HFV explorer.

Go into 'File' and choose 'Format New Volume'. Save the volume as hard1.hvf in the directory where you installed Fusion and Make it 200MB. Label it 'My Programs'. This will be where you will install Mac software you download.

Now you can run Setup.exe from the directory where you installed Fusion

Type 'y' Use these following settings for each field, leave everything else to the default setting: ADVANCED->MACHINE ID->Quadra 950 VIDEO->SELECT->VESA_DIR.FVD FLOPPY->INTERNAL 0->OFF (or ON if you plan on reading mac floppies) DEVICES->SELECT->MACOS76.HFV (or MACOS8.HFV) press select a second time and choose HARD1.HFV ROM FILE->SELECT->MAC.ROM Go in MEMORY and set at least 8 megs, set CD-ROM and SOUND according to your hardware.

You're now ready to run Fusion for the first time, Click on 'LAUNCH EMULATOR'

TIP: If you get a 'Unimplimented trap' error, try changing the MACHINE ID to something else (e.g. Quadra 750) until it works.

3 - Running Fusion:

Now that you've got MacOS running, you can set it to an appropriate resolution using by going into the apple menu->control pannel->Monitor->Options and setting an appropriate resolution and color depth. 800x600 or 1024x768 should be fine.

If you want to increase color depth past 256 colors, you must use the VESA_REF.FVD video driver which doesn't work well with all graphic cards.

Now to shut down Fusion, just select shut down in MacOS' Special menu.

4 - Downloading and Installing Mac Software:
First, let's prepare MacOS to unstiff downloaded files:
Launch Fusion by running Fusion.exe.

Go in the 'MacOS761' (or 'MacOS8') drive, in the 'Bin' directory, then the 'Stuffit Expander 4.0.2' directory and select 'StuffIt Expander'.

While 'Stuffit Expander' is selected, go in the 'File' Menu and choose 'Make Alias'. Drag and drop the 'Stuffit Expander Alias' on the Desktop.

Exit Fusion. (Go in the special menu and select 'Shut Down')

Now, download this copy of MacPaint.

Run HFV Explorer, choose File->Open and select the hardfile Hard1.HFV that you created earlier. Now, in the left bar, go in the directory where you downloaded MacPaint and drag and drop it on the 'My Programs' hard drive.

Run Fusion again, open the My Programs drive, drag the MacPaint.SIT file and drop it on the 'Stuffit Expander Alias' on the desktop. The file should get unstiffed and you may now double click on 'Mac Paint' to run the program.

Congradulations, you have now executed a Mac program on a PC. You can download more Mac software on Download.com's mac section.

5 - Fusion's limitations:
Although Fusion is a very good emulator it does have some limitations. First, don't expected to run all mac software you throw at it, it does not perfectely imitate a mac.