What Works

 

      Emulation

      Video (wrong colors, slow)

      Input (start = return, mouse = analog + X = click)

 

 

 

What Doesn't

 

      Ethernet

      Audio

      Keyboard

      External Filesystem (ability to use flash0:, mc0:, etc...)

      Serial (no irda0: support yet)

 

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Mini vMac emulates a Macintosh Plus, one of the earliest of Macintosh computers, sold between 1986 and 1990. It can run old Macintosh software that otherwise couldn't be used on recent machines, and so helps to preserve history, from the era when the modern user interface for computers was being defined.

Version 2.7.1 now saves the display of error messages and the changing of cursor visibility for a more appropriate time, which should fix the two problems with the previous beta mentioned below. There are also a few changes to the new, and undocumented, build system. Hopefully I'll be able to write up some documentation for it before the official release.

 

Late in the process of making a new beta, I discovered that the game Lunar Phantom didn't work properly at 1x speed (again). This turned out to be because of some bugs in the VIA timer 1 emulation and the delayed task mechanism that were in 2.6.1 but previously masked. Fixing these also has the benefit that Mini vMac can now pass the tests of Apple's MacCheck program when running faster than 1x (2.6.1 would pass only if 'Limit Speed' was on).

 

Sorry for the long delay. But now I've stopped travelling and will be in one place a couple months, and so can get some work done on Mini vMac.

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Arbee, better known as R. Belmont, has posted another update to his MAME WIP page.

Tick tock

 

I added DSP1 support to the MESS SNES emulation, only to discover most of those games required more advanced timing than was currently supported. With some tips from Aaron Giles, I reworked the main raster timing and it’s greatly improved those games (and broken several others, but I’ll deal with that next). Here’s a few screens from Pilotwings showing all the nice improvements. (ETA: and some Ballz 3D too - bad game, but vector balls are the bomb anyway).

 

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http://www.mameworld.net/gurudumps/

Looks like Guru has gotten his hands on a whole boatload of new pcbs..

Some stuff just arrived.

Let's take a look.....

Box 1 (from Japan, sourced and purchased by the Dumping Project Team):

SSV Lovely Pop Mahjong Janjan Shimasho 2

Joshi Volleyball

CPS2 Choukou

Gouketsuji Ichizoku (Power Instinct JP)

Gouketsuji Ichizoku Saikyou Densetsu (Power Instinct Legend)

MACS Yu-Jan cart (for analysis of MACS system by Dox)

Joy Stand Private

 

Box 2 (With Dumping Project guidance, thanks to our NEW Korean contact):

ST-V carts:

DaeJeon! SanJeonSuJeon

BoMulEul Chajara

Critter Crusher EXP

Name Club ver.3

 

MVS cart:

The Last Soldier (korean version of The Last Blade)

 

PCBs:

Office YeoInCheonHa 1.2

New Hidden Catch

Hidden Catch 2

Hidden Catch 3

Pasha Pasha Champ

Pasha Pasha Champ 2

Power Instinct 3

Nakshi Mania 3

Live Quiz Show

Date Quiz GoGo

Fortress 2 Blue

Tant-R, Korean version, bootleg

Flying Shark, Japanese version, bootleg

 

Top Packet contains a working Gaelco World Rally to be sent off for analysis/trojaning. Thanks to Tingoes.

 

Also arrived earlier this morning in a 'Top-Secret' local deal.....

 

DDR 1st mix (black cd) 845JAB02

DDR 1st mix (purple cd) 845JBA02

DDR 1st mix (jade cd) 845AAA02

DDR Solo 2000 (black cd) 905JAA02

DDR Solo Bass Mix (black cd) 894JAA02

DDR 3rd mix (black cd) 887JAA02

DDR 3rd mix (violet cd) 887KAA02

DDR 3rd mix (violet cd) 887KBA02

DDR 3rd mix (pink cd) 887AAA02

DDR 3rd mix plus (black cd) A22JAA02

DDR 4th mix plus (black cd) A34JAA02

DDR 5th mix (black cd) A27JAA02

DDR 6th mix-Max (black cd) B19JAA02

DDR 7th mix-Max2 (black cd) B20JAA02

Dancing Stage feat. True Kiss Destination (jade cd) 884JAA02

Martial Beat (black cd) B47JAB02

Dance Maniax 2 append J paradise (black cd) A38JAA02

Punch Mania (red cd) 918JAB02

Punch Mania 2 (Black cd) A09JAA02

Evil Night/Hell Night 810UBA02 - M2 System

Total Vice 639AAB01 - M2 system

Overrev (Jaleco/Sega Model 2b)

Fighting Vipers 2 (Sega Model 3)

Scud Race Plus (Sega Model 3)

Get Bass (Sega Model 3)

Tokyo Bangaichi (Sega Model 2b)