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| Developer(s) | Philip Cummins Bill Huey Weston Pawlowski (Windows) Yoav Shadmi (DOS) Richard Bannister (Mac OS) Michael Hanni (Linux) David Bacher (OS/2) Paul C. Pratt (Mini vMac) |
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| Stable release | 0.1.9 (vMac), 36.04 (Mini vMac) / April 26, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-04-26) (vMac), October 28, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-10-28) (Mini vMac) |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows,Linux,Mac OS,NeXTSTEP,OS/2,DOS,iOS,Nintendo DS,Android |
| Type | Emulation |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www www |
vMac is afree and open-sourceMacintosh Plusemulator which is able to run versions ofSystem 1.1 to7.5.5.[1] It is available forWindows,DOS,OS/2,Mac OS,NeXTSTEP,Linux,Unix, and other platforms.[2] Although vMac has been abandoned,Mini vMac, an improved spinoff of vMac, is still actively developed.[1]
vMac and Mini vMac supportCPU emulation fromMotorola 68000 to68040,[1][3][4] display output,[3][5] sound,floppy disk insert, HFV image files,[3][6] and more.[3][7] Some vMac ports include extra features such asCD-ROM support, basicserial port (SCC) support,[3] Gemulator ROM board support,[8] and various performance improvements. Although the website is still in operation, most vMac development slowed to a halt in 1999, and no official releases have been made since. Many of the developer e-mail addresses listed on the website are not currently working.[citation needed]
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Mini vMac, vMac's spinoff, is still being maintained and developed by Paul C. Pratt. Currently Mini vMac supportsMacintosh 128K,512K,512Ke,Plus,SE andClassic, with active development forMacintosh II,Macintosh Portable andPowerBook 100 support. Due to complaints about the rarity of the originalII,[citation needed] it also acceptsMacintosh IIx andMacintosh SE/30ROM files.
vMac and Mini vMac require a Macintosh Plus ROM file and Macintosh system software to work. Macintosh ROM files are owned byApple and cannot be legally distributed.[9] However, the Windows and Unix ports of vMac (not Mini vMac) support the Gemulator ROM board from Emulators Inc., which allows users to add genuine MacPlus ROM chips to theirx86 machine via anISA expansion slot. This board can also support ROM chips from other early Macintosh systems, but the publicly released versions of vMac only supported the Macintosh Plus.[citation needed] Macintosh system software is available from Apple's Support Downloads Website.[10]
As mentioned, Mini vMac also requires a specific ROM image for the computer emulation desired. A software application for these 68000 Macs may be downloaded from the Mini vMac website for retrieval of a system's ROM image, along with a complete tutorial for locating an old Mac, retrieving the ROM and working with disk images.
