(Linux users are presumed to be more comfortable with compiling from source.) When first launched it prompts for an "activation code". So far it is available for Mac OS X and Windows. This is a variation of Mini vMac with the larger screen hack (not all software is compatible with this, but much is), support for file tags when using disk copy 4.2 format, and allowing up to 16 mounted disks. To demonstrate how this might work, the alpha download page includes an "activation demo". Also, people can of course still make publicly available versions that they compile, and I´m pleased when they do so. This will be just an additional service - the default compile remains free, the source remains free (and by the GPL license must always remain available), and anyone can compile variations themselves, if they spend a little time to figure out how.
If this is successful enough, it will motivate me to do it again - compiling, packaging, testing, uploading, and verifying variations of the 3.2.0 release of Mini vMac. I´m currently thinking maybe $5 for the set all of available variations (until the 3.2.0 release), perhaps using the Kagi payment processing company.
So I´ve decided to try offering some compiled variations as shareware, which people can download, try out, and purchase if they find them useful. However, no matter how easy I try to make it to compile variations from the source code, it has become clear that most people aren´t going to do this. A lot of the power of Mini vMac comes from the variations that can be compiled, such as emulation of different Macintosh models. Still, the current stable version is getting old - I´d prefer any possible future derivative projects to be based on more recent code.Īlso, I´d like to experiment with offering a new service. Since that is where most work has been done, this will be a fairly minor update. I´ve decided to make a new stable version soon, without waiting to complete the Macintosh II emulation.
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