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Apr 15 2012

Mini vMac for Android Updated

The Android version of the Mini vMac Emulator has been updated to version 3.2.3, bringing it inline with the current version of the Mini vMac emulator for other platforms.  The emulator is available in two versions, Macintosh Plus which is a free download and the Macintosh II, a $1.99 download from the Andropid Marketplace.   You can also download the current source code for the emulator for free as well.

Gil Osher has more information about the emulator on his website at:

http://dolfin.github.com/minivmac4android/

You can download the Sourcecode from GitHub at:

https://github.com/dolfin/minivmac4android

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Apr 4 2012

Comedian Jeff Dunham’s Second Hobby is Collecting Apple Computers

Jeff Dunham, the comedian and ventriloquist has been exposed as an avid Apple Computer collector.  While his first hobby is collecting vintage automobiles, he also has a very extensive collection of older Macintosh and Apple computers from the 1980′s and 1990′s.

His collection is currently numbered at 40 units, including the very first 1984 Macintosh.  You can check out his collection in a photo expose done by USA today at:

http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/Comedian+Jeff+Dunham+collects+cars+and+Apple+computers/G3448?csp=ipmpg

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Jan 22 2012

Mini vMac LT Beta Released — Local Talk Support Included

Mike Fort has created a version of Mini vMac which has LocalTalk support included.  The support is through the serial port in Mini vMac. The beta of the release which is based  on the version 3.1.3 of Mini vMac, is now downloadable from Mike Fort’s website at:

http://web.me.com/mikefort/Mini_vMac_LT/index.html

Mike is also working on a gateway solution which would allow traffic to go beyond the LAN.  The beta requires that you be running Mac OS X version 7.x in 32-Bit Mode.

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Dec 28 2011

Mini vMac 3.2.3 Released

The latest version of the Mini vMac emulator has been released.   The Paul Pratt managed project is now in version 3.2.3 of the emulator.  The Mini vMac emulator emulates a 128K Macintosh and runs on a variety of platforms including Mac OS X.   One requirement is that you have a 128K Macintosh ROM in file form.  The operating system on the other hand is little problem as Apple, Inc. has released all Apple OSes through 7.5.5 as freeware.

The Latest release has a number of fixes and new features including:

  • Auto scrolling: If the emulated screen is larger than the real screen while in full screen mode, the emulated screen will be scrolled to keep the mouse pointer in view. (Previously only the top left corner would ever be displayed, and even that didn’t work quite right.)
  • “AutoSlow”: Mini vMac will automatically shift down to 1x speed if there is no activity for a while. This helps to preserve the battery on portable computers.
  • In OS X, changing the screen configuration, such as switching between using the internal screen of a MacBook Air and an external screen, would tend to make Mini vMac stop drawing.
  • In OS X, if the screen configuration changes when in full screen mode, Mini vMac will turn off full screen mode, instead of just leaving the emulator window at a size that is now wrong.
  • In OS X, may now have a viable work around for misbehavior of the operating system calls to hide and show the cursor. The most easily reproducible such situation was when the computer went to sleep and then wakes up, the real cursor would end up visible.
  • In OS X, the operating system can sometimes bring up a dialog, such as for force quit (upon command-option-escape), and Mini vMac wouldn’t notice, leaving the real cursor hidden, making the dialog hard to use.

The original vMac project at www.vmac.org is long abandoned but Paul has done a good job of picking up and continuing the project. The program and a ton of information is available from the Mini vmac website including the latest version and manuals for getting started.  For more information about the Mini vMac project, check out their website on Source Forge at:

http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/

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Mar 3 2011

Modern equivalents for Mac 68K software

Everyone has probably had one or two programs over the years that they had during the early days of Macintosh that they wished there was a modern equivalent to.  While most of us only dream of those retro packagers, one early mac user, Scott Baret wrote an interesting post on just such a list of items he wanted over at the 68K Macintosh Liberation Army Website about his list of items complete with his equivalent finds in the computing world today.  The article is at:

http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15489#p147604

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