tbxi is a command-line Python script to help with the inspection andmodification of Macintosh Toolbox ROM images. These images containvarying amounts of high-level Mac OS code and low-level boot code.
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tbxi has two modes, both with a --help option:
tbxi dumpconverts a ROM image to a tree of self-describing textfiles and small binaries.tbxi buildrebuilds the image as accurately as possible.
In between running the two commands, the directory tree can be modified.The text-file formats produced by tbxi dump are designed to be easilyeditable using text editors and scripts.
Patch Library
This repository contains known-good scripts to patch the ROM, forexample to add Mac mini G4 support to Mac OS 9:
Patches can be applied to a dumped directory or the the ROM file itself.
Background
'OldWorld' (pre-USB) Macs contain a real physical ROM. 'NewWorld' Macs(iMac and later) have an unusual 'ROM in RAM' arrangement, which retainscompatibility with the ROM-based architecture of the Mac OS while easingsoftware updates. An almost-complete legacy ROM image is loaded from the'Mac OS ROM' file in the System Folder (type code 'tbxi'), leaving onlya minimal Open Firmware 'Boot ROM' in the hardware.
During the progression from 68k ROMs to NewWorld PowerPC ROMs, multiplelayers of wrapping and abstraction were added. These are reflected inthe multi-level output of tbxi dump:
- Open Firmware bootinfo file (
Mac OS ROM=>Bootscripttextfile + binaries) - structured binary of 'Parcels' (
Parcels=>Parcelfiletextfile + binaries) - 4 MB PowerPC ROM (
MacROM=>Configfile-1textfile + binaries) - 3 MB 68k ROM (
Mac68kROM=>Romfiletextfile + binaries)
Bugs
Some very quirky PowerPC OldWorld ROMs (e.g. PowerBook 1400/2400) cannotbe rebuilt correctly. NewWorld ROMs of version 2 or later (Sawtooth G4)will be slightly different due to an uninitialised buffer in theoriginal build process.
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ROM images predating before the 'SuperMario' ROM (Quadra 660AV/840AV)are not supported, excluding most 68k Mac ROMs.
The tbxi dump format is likely to change. If you keep a collection ofdumped ROM images to peruse, re-dump them regularly.
Contributing
Yes please! Bug reports, suggestions and requests are welcome. Open aGitHub pull request or image, or get in contact via the email on thePyPI page.
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Mac Library Folder
What is All Macintosh Roms (68K + PPC)? This is an archive containing all of the most popular Macintosh models ROM files for emulation purposes, ranging from the first 64K ROM from the Mac 128K to the 4MB ROM files from the Bandai Pippin or PowerMac G3, listed below in ROM size, then by release date from oldest to newest. You can refer to this awesome Macintosh models timeline on Wikipedia for old world vs new world ROMS. The first download contains these Old World Macintosh ROM files: --- 68K --- 1984-01 - 28BA61CE - Macintosh 128.ROM --- 128K --- 1986-01 - 4D1EEEE1 - MacPlus v1.ROM --- 256K --- 1987-03 - 97851DB6 - MacII (800k v1).ROM --- 512K --- 1989-09 - 368CADFE - Mac IIci.ROM --- 1MB --- 1991-10 - 420DBFF3 - Quadra 700&900 & PB140&170.ROM --- 2MB --- 1994-05 - B6909089 - PowerBook 520 520c 540 540c.ROM --- 4MB --- 1994-03 - 9FEB69B3 - Power Mac 6100 & 7100 & 8100.ROM The second download contains these New World Mac ROMS: 1998-07-21 - Mac OS ROM 1.1.rom Old_World_Mac_Roms.zip(47.01 MiB / 49.3 MB) Old World Mac Roms / Zipped 23250 / 2016-08-11 / b860d5beddf0ace50119b0ec030019e4f77d85bf / / New_World_Mac_Roms.zip(36.17 MiB / 37.92 MB) New World Mac Roms / Zipped 11442 / 2016-08-11 / 3328eefba7834b63163ccc9e19a16213a1525a82 / / 4400.zip(1.83 MiB / 1.92 MB) PowerMac 4400 ROM / Zipped 685 / 2018-09-01 / 8d635ec6b1f63130fad88bcb31200e8fcc57218c / / 5500.zip(1.91 MiB / 2 MB) PowerMac 5500 ROM / Zipped 1026 / 2018-09-01 / a37a2cac404ab6f08f7a223c97b2b20b8a93af4a / / Architecture
Architecture: 68K and PPC (mixed) Emulating this? It should run fine under: Mini vMac |