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Bug 255646 - new package request app-emulation/minivmac: a miniature Macintosh emulator
Summary: new package request app-emulation/minivmac: a miniature Macintosh emulator
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Default Assignee for New Packages
URL: http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/
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Reported: 2009-01-20 15:04 UTC by Martin Mokrejš
Modified: 2011-10-07 17:44 UTC (History)
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Description Martin Mokrejš 2009-01-20 15:04:41 UTC
A free, living project (not saying that basiliskII is dead).
Comment 1 Martin Mokrejš 2009-01-20 15:06:47 UTC
Quoting from FAQ:

How is Mini vMac different from Basilisk II?

The biggest current difference is that Mini vMac emulates the earliest Macs, while Basilisk II emulates later 680x0 Macs. The fundamental technical difference is that Basilisk II doesn’t emulate hardware, but patches the drivers in ROM, while Mini vMac emulates the hardware (with the exception of the floppy drive).

The consequences are that some of the earliest Mac software will run in Mini vMac and not Basilisk II, while much of the later software will run in Basilisk II and not Mini vMac. For software that will run in either, the emulation in Mini vMac can be more accurate, while Basilisk II offers many more features (including color, larger screen, more memory, network access, and more host integration).

Mini vMac aims to stay simple and maintainable. So Mini vMac only has compile time preferences, where as Basilisk II has many run time preferences. And Mini vMac uses a rather simple emulation of the processor, compared to Basilisk II, which could make Mini vMac slower. 
Comment 2 Martin Mokrejš 2009-01-20 15:29:57 UTC
Actually homepage is here: http://www.vmac.org/
Comment 3 Martin Mokrejš 2009-01-20 16:55:45 UTC
http://www.penlug.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/MinivMac