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{{Short description|Open source 68k Macintosh emulator}} {{About|the 68k Macintosh emulator|the cryptographic algorithm|VMAC}}{{More citations needed|date=February 2025}} {{lowercase}} {{Infobox software | logo = Vmaclogo white.png | logo size = 150px | screenshot = VMac.png | screenshot size = 250px | caption = Mini vMac running System Software 7 on [[Ubuntu]] | developer = Philip Cummins<br />Bill Huey<br />Weston Pawlowski (Windows)<br />Yoav Shadmi (DOS)<br />Richard Bannister (Mac OS)<br />Michael Hanni (Linux)<br />David Bacher (OS/2)<br />Paul C. Pratt (Mini vMac) | latest_release_version = 0.1.9 (vMac), 36.04 (Mini vMac) | latest_release_date = {{start date and age|1999|04|26}} (vMac), {{start date and age|2018|10|28}} (Mini vMac) | discontinued = 1999 | operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]], [[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS]], [[NeXTSTEP]], [[OS/2]], [[DOS]], [[iOS]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]] | genre = [[emulator|Emulation]] | license = [[GNU General Public License]] | website = {{URL|www.vmac.org}} (vMac, outdated) <br /> {{URL|https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/}} (Mini vMac) }} [[File:VMac-System7.png|220px|thumb|vMac 0.1.9 running System 1.1 on [[System 7]].5]] '''vMac''' is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[Macintosh Plus]] [[emulator]] which is able to run versions of [[System 1|System 1.1]] to [[System 7|7.5.5]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Pratt |first=Paul C. |date=12 October 2011 |title=About Mini vMac |url=https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/about.html |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=gryphel.com}}</ref> It is available for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[DOS]], [[OS/2]], [[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS]], [[NeXTSTEP]], [[Linux]], [[Unix]], and other platforms.<ref>{{Cite web |year=1999 |title=Platform/Version Status |url=http://www.vmac.org/ver/platform_status.html |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=vMac.org}}</ref> Although vMac has been abandoned, ''Mini vMac'', an improved spinoff of vMac, is still actively developed.<ref name=":0" /> vMac and Mini vMac support [[central processing unit|CPU]] emulation from [[Motorola 68000]] to [[Motorola 68040|68040]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Pratt |first=Paul C. |date=3 June 2015 |title=Mini vMac Emulated Hardware Reference |url=https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/hardware.html |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=gryphel.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mini vMac |url=http://www.penlug.org/MinivMac.html |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=penlug.org}}</ref> display output,<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Strohl |first=Adam |year=1998 |title=Color and Video Support |url=http://www.vmac.org/cgi-bin/suwalski/open.cgi?/home/suwalski/public_html/files/0014.vkb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031226224926/http://www.vmac.org/cgi-bin/suwalski/open.cgi?/home/suwalski/public_html/files/0014.vkb |archive-date=26 December 2003 |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=vMac.org}}</ref> sound, [[floppy disk]] insert, HFV image files,<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Strohl |first=Adam |year=1998 |title=Disk Images |url=http://www.vmac.org/cgi-bin/suwalski/open.cgi?/home/suwalski/public_html/files/0006.vkb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031226223959/http://www.vmac.org/cgi-bin/suwalski/open.cgi?/home/suwalski/public_html/files/0006.vkb |archive-date=26 December 2003 |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=vMac.org}}</ref> and more.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rinaldo |first=Tommy |year=1998 |title=Connecting to Internet via FreePPP and MacTCP |url=http://www.vmac.org/cgi-bin/suwalski/open.cgi?/home/suwalski/public_html/files/0005.vkb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031226223544/http://www.vmac.org/cgi-bin/suwalski/open.cgi?/home/suwalski/public_html/files/0005.vkb |archive-date=26 December 2003 |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=vMac.org}}</ref> Some vMac ports include extra features such as [[CD-ROM]] support, basic [[serial port]] (SCC) support,<ref name=":1" /> Gemulator ROM board support,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mihocka |first=Darek |date=30 November 2008 |title=Gemulator 9 |url=http://www.emulators.com/gemul8r.htm |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=emulators.com}}</ref> and various performance improvements. Although the website is still in operation, most vMac development slowed to a halt in 1999, and no official releases have been made since. Many of the developer e-mail addresses listed on the website are not currently working.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}
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