This results in an '.smi' file that canbe opened in OS X, mounting a disk image that contains 6disk images that can be used in Mini vMac. '.bin' can bedecoded by any Mac version of StuffIt Expander, and probablyother programs as well. System 7.0.1is available from Apple in '.smi.bin' format.

“Bjoern” points out another alternative for Intel Macs. ua608d descends fromthe command line version of The Unarchiver. bin files and a lotof other archive formats”. “Samir” points out that The Unarchiver,a free and open source utility for OS X,“can extract. Youwill need a large enough blank disk image (see“ Blanks”), ImportFl to import the '.bin' file, binUnpk to decode the '.bin' file(to get the '.sea' file that you run), and ExportFl to get the extracted disk image back tothe host computer. containing system 7.5.5 or earlier), thenyou can use Mini vMac to extract the archive, to geta clean copy of official Apple system software.

If you happen to have any sort of disk image that can bootMini vMac (i.e. Though it is nolonger developed or supported, it currently may be downloaded for free.It comes with StuffIt Expander 4.0.1 which can extractthe program “SSW 6.0.8-1.4MB a” from“SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_”, and then“SSW 6.0.8-1.4MB a” can be run toget the disk image “System Startup”. Instead of a real Macintosh, you can use the program Executor,which can run some 680x0 Macintosh software withoutrequiring any software from Apple. Running iton an old Macintosh will get a disk imagefile named “System Startup”. suchas your Macintosh Plus.)The file “SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_”contains a Macintosh file encodedin MacBinary format, preserving Macintosh specific information.You can use a program such as' binUnpk' toextract the program “SSW 6.0.8-1.4MB a”.This program is a Stuffit Self Extracting Archive. Or, you can use an old Macintosh to expand it (i.e. If you canfind an old enough version of Stuffit Expander, that can work. But the currentversion no longer supports uncompressing this archive. Those instructions used to suggest using any modern version of theprogram Stuffit Expander (now from Smith Micro Inc). Alternatives if you don't wish to use ua608dto uncompress “SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_”,when following the Getting started with Mini vMacinstructions:

Using stuffit expander