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Mini vMac 3.5.8 on platforms other than PowerPC OS X (mach), and x86-32 OS X (imch), should be identical to Mini vMac 3.5.7, except for the version string and modification date.

Making this change happens to have no effect on Mini vMac for x86-64 OS X, there is some effect for x86-32 OS X, and the largest effect is for PowerPC.

This means that you will also have to obtain a vMac.ROM file (more details can be found on the projects homepage) and place it in the same folder as the Mini vMac executable.

If the ROM file is valid, the system will automatically boot and allow you to use it like you would use any other virtualized operating system.

For your convenience, it is distributed as pre-built binary packages for the aforementioned operating systems, supporting both 64-bit (x8664) and 32-bit (x86) instruction set architectures.

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But with the passage of time running classic software on original hardware becomes more difficult.

Vintage computers are getting harder to maintain, or no longer exist, consigning old software to the digital graveyard.

An emulator allows users to run software designed for one computer environment and processor inside a host system with a different kind of processor.

The emulator is a shell, a software computer that interfaces the two and provides a mechanism to interchange files between environments.

A side benefit is that old software usually runs much faster on the more current hardware.

My client was using an early 1990s graphics program called Imagic to process satellite weather maps.

He had created many custom macros to process the data, but the application was long abandoned and would only run on 68k based Macs.

So for over two decades he has been juggling a small stable of Quadras to run this software, which got older and more finicky over time.

Using Basilisk II configured to emulate a Quadra running System 7.5.3, I was able to install a copy of Imagic and verify it worked.

My client then purchased a modern Mac and we transferred the setup to his system.

Configuration steps vary, see the Setup Guides for each emulator for details.

The R Emulator How To Install Software

Macintosh Garden has a good summary of how to install software into your emulator.

Emaculation has a summary of methods for extracting ROM files from existing Macs or otherwise obtaining the images.

Think about that: you can now run an entire early Macintosh inside a web browser.

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