Mini vMac
The Mini vMac project continues from the vMac project. The goal was to emulate a Macintosh Plus. The project's home page is here.
Platforms
- Mac OS X (Intel & PowerPC)
- Mac OS 9
- Mac OS 8
- Microsoft Windows
- Linux
Running This
Simply put vMac is a quick & fast Mac Plus emulator. That being said, it will emulate a 68000 cpu with 4 (yes, FOUR) megabytes of ram. Now you will need a ROM from a plus Macintosh in order to run this. Assuming you have your rom in a file called vmac.rom (http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/various/continuum/vMac.ROM) you are almost ready to go! Now you need a copy of the operating system. Luckily Apple has made systems prior to 7.6 free, and you can download them from here:
Although for the first timer, I ‘d recommend something like this: http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/various/continuum/System7.dsk
Now I’d highly recommend a utility called HFVExplorer. This will let you create a ‘hardfile’ to simulate a hard disk, and allow you to move files you’ve downloaded into your hardfile. You can find a copy here:
http://www.fenestrated.net/~macman/stuff/HFVExplorer/
Putting it all together:
Ok with mini vMac, your rom, a hard disk file & the system 7 boot disk you should have enough to have a booting instance. It should be about that simple.
