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Networking notes: console emulator = SheepShaver (real HW is a 6100/66)

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The ops console is a Power Macintosh 6100/66 (PowerPC) -> SheepShaver, with
the caveat that the 6100 ROM is incompatible (use a 7100/7500/8500 old-world
ROM; PPC apps are ROM-agnostic). Plan to leverage the real 6100: image its
drive for a faithful SheepShaver console and/or bridge it live to the
pcap-pod to capture the real egg protocol.

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@@ -136,6 +136,27 @@ to the same adapter; pod=200.0.0.113, console=200.0.0.1 on 200.0.0.0/24.**
Then milestone 3 (protocol) can be captured live from the real console Then milestone 3 (protocol) can be captured live from the real console
traffic rather than reverse-engineered blind. traffic rather than reverse-engineered blind.
## Console emulator = SheepShaver (2026-07-04)
The real ops console is a **Power Macintosh 6100/66** (PowerPC 601) →
emulate with **SheepShaver** (PPC Mac, Mac OS 7.5.2–9.0.4). Basilisk II
(68k) is out. GOTCHA: the 6100's OWN ROM does NOT work in SheepShaver
("Unsupported ROM type" — SheepShaver emulates a PCI 9500; the 6100 is
NuBus). Use a compatible old-world PPC ROM instead (7100/66, 7500, 7600,
or 8500) — PPC apps are Toolbox/OS-based, not ROM-specific, so the
410console app runs regardless. Target Mac OS 7.5.5–7.6.1 (console era).
Networking: SheepShaver TAP ↔ DOSBox-X NE2000 pcap, both bridged to a
host adapter on 200.0.0.0/24 (console .1, pod .113).
**Leverage the real 6100 (user has it):** (1) image its hard drive → get
the exact console software + OS + MacTCP/OpenTransport config → drop into
SheepShaver for a faithful reproducible console; (2) fastest path to a
first egg + LIVE protocol capture = put the real 6100 on a physical
Ethernet with the pcap-bridged pod (needs an AAUI→RJ45 transceiver) and
capture the console→pod egg exchange off the wire (hands us milestone 3).
Sequence: real 6100 first (seeds image + capture) → SheepShaver as the
archival console built from that image.
## Open questions / notes ## Open questions / notes
- Exact TCP listen port(s) — not in the source grep; get from NETNUB.EXE - Exact TCP listen port(s) — not in the source grep; get from NETNUB.EXE
or a capture at milestone 3. or a capture at milestone 3.