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Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:06 am
by ClockWise
I wrote a little guide to setting up System 6 in Mini vMac for Windows:

http://emaculation.com/doku.php/mini_vmac_setup

I know that Mini vMac is dead simple and that no one really needs any help, but I've just been hungry for some fresh content.

I wrote it over one hour after not getting any sleep last night, so there might be some mistakes.

Any thoughts?

Re: Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:46 am
by ClockWise
Hey, I've updated this guide! I removed references to HFVExplorer in favor of ImportFL. Also fixed a few dead links.

Re: Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:19 pm
by MacintoshPrototype
Suggestion:

Add link to minivmac variations service. This will help people to create their own minivmac build without programming. It also support high resolution and color support.

Re: Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:17 pm
by xor
How setup ethernet TCPIP?

Re: Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 8:08 pm
by starfiretbt
I've just started trying to run Mini vMac after playing old mac games on basiliskII, which doesn't run every mac game I used to play when I was a child. I'm not an expert with computers so I am following your guide "to the letter." I hate to be a stickler but I assume when you say "Repeat this procedure on “SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk1of2.sea.bin” to produce a file called “System Additions” you really mean "SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk2of2.sea.bin." Also I couldn't find a file called "024M.dsk" but I did find a file called "024M," it did become a file called "024M.dsk" when I expanded it.
But the guide works, when I assumed those meanings.

Re: Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 4:00 pm
by ClockWise
Thanks for the feedback. I will check it out and revise the guide where needed.

Re: Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 2:25 pm
by starfiretbt
I just got some advice I think would be great for the guide, if not just ignore. If you can suggest making copies of disk images in case of corrupting that would really help people like me. I recently played a game that caused mini vmac to freeze up forcing me to quit mini vmac at the risk of corrupting the disk. So far I have been able to still play the game and I can't find any signs of issues but other than the games being playable I don't know what else to look for.
EDIT: at least make a copy of a disk image before you run an application you haven't ran before.

Re: Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:36 pm
by kd8tzc
I know this is an old thread, and thank you for the manual, but is there a way that Mini vMac knows to boot from the HDD that I created from your guide? It seems that I have to drag it onto the program after I launch it, but it would be nice if it would remember the HDD. It does the ROM, so possibly it can also with the HDD?

Re: Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 6:39 am
by Ronald P. Regensburg
Disk images in the same folder as Mini vMac itself will be used if named "disk1.dsk", "disk3.dsk", "disk4.dsk", etc.

If I remember well, there is a maximum number of disks. Not sure how many, but at least six disks can be used at the same time.

Re: Mini vMac Setup Guide

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:49 pm
by kd8tzc
Okay, that is what I thought. For some reason yesterday it was not working, but when I just launched it to see what System I had loaded to reply to this, it did Boot.