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====== SoftMac ====== | ====== SoftMac ====== | ||
- | (Last updated November 3, 2009) | + | (Updated June 2, 2010) |
===== 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 | + | Early releases of Gemulator required that a 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 |
- | 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' | + | SoftMac has been successful for many years (outlasting Fusion and ARDI's Executor as a commercial offering) but many members |
- | 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 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 |
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