Open Mac OS 9.1 and 9.2 image files with SheepShaver

A friend from Greece has extracted the contents of Mac OS 9.x CD-ROMs and made them available to me: Mac OS 9.1 (Greek) as a non-bootable zip file (https://mega.nz/file/ykliWRZZ#blinsA6CxR5o_5vQ199VumkiREGWRWHCLIZ-_J8727Q) Mac OS 9.2.…

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