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 ====== SoftMac ====== ====== SoftMac ======
  
-(Last updated November 32009)+(Updated June 22010)
  
 ===== Description ===== ===== Description =====
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 SoftMac spun off of Gemulator, an Atari emulator for Windows, which in 1997 was expanded to include emulation of the 68000 Macintosh classic. A 1999 release of Gemulator included a separate Macintosh emulator, now called SoftMac, which could emulate up to a 68040 Macintosh. SoftMac spun off of Gemulator, an Atari emulator for Windows, which in 1997 was expanded to include emulation of the 68000 Macintosh classic. A 1999 release of Gemulator included a separate Macintosh emulator, now called SoftMac, which could emulate up to a 68040 Macintosh.
  
-Early releases of Gemulator required that Macintosh ROM card be plugged into a free ISA slot on the host machine. Other emulators, such as Fusion and vMac emulator allowed users to just use a ROM file that could be dumped from a physical Mac (and therefore distributed illegally online). When SofftMac became separate emulator, it did not require a physical ROM card.+Early releases of Gemulator required that Macintosh ROM card be plugged into a free ISA slot on the host machine. Other emulators, such as Fusion and vMac allowed users to use a ROM file that could be dumped from a physical Mac (and therefore distributed illegally online). When SoftMac became separate from Gemulator, it no longer required a physical ROM card.
  
-SoftMac has been successful for many years (outlasting Fusion and ARDI's Executor as a commercial offering) but many users of online emulation discussion boards are highly critical of difficulties with SoftMac's support of sound and networking. Developer Darek Mihocka's defiant attitude toward online critics has solidified opposition to his company and products in some quarters.+SoftMac has been successful for many years (outlasting Fusion and ARDI's Executor as a commercial offering) but many members of online emulation discussion boards are highly critical of flaws in SoftMac's support of sound and networking. Developer Darek Mihocka's defiant attitude toward critics has solidified opposition to his company and products in some quarters.
  
-The current stable release of SoftMac dates from 2002, although a beta from 2007 is currently available for public download. Mihocka has stated that although he has accomplished and publicly demonstrated the feat of PPC emulation in Windows, he will not be developing or releasing such an emulator at the present time.  The beta version of SoftMac 9 mentioned above is //not// a PPC emulator.+The current stable release of SoftMac dates from 2002, although a beta from 2008 is currently available for public download. Mihocka has stated that although he has accomplished and publicly demonstrated emulation of PPC based Macs, he will not release such an emulator at present.  The beta version of SoftMac 9 mentioned above is //not// a PPC emulator.
  
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