Editing VMac (section)

== Overview ==
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'''Mini vMac''', vMac's spinoff, is still being maintained and developed by Paul C. Pratt.  Currently Mini vMac supports [[Macintosh 128K]], [[Macintosh 512K|512K]], [[Macintosh 512Ke|512Ke]], [[Macintosh Plus|Plus]], [[Macintosh SE|SE]] and [[Macintosh Classic|Classic]], with active development for [[Macintosh II]], [[Macintosh Portable]] and [[PowerBook 100]] support. Due to complaints about the rarity of the original [[Macintosh II|II]],{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} it also accepts [[Macintosh IIx]] and [[Macintosh SE/30]] [[ROM image|ROM files]].

vMac and Mini vMac require a Macintosh Plus ROM file and Macintosh system software to work. Macintosh ROM files are owned by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and cannot be legally distributed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pawlowski |first=Weston |year=1998 |title=Most Common Questions and Answers |url=http://www.vmac.org/cgi-bin/suwalski/open.cgi?/home/suwalski/public_html/files/0001.vkb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031226222705/http://www.vmac.org/cgi-bin/suwalski/open.cgi?/home/suwalski/public_html/files/0001.vkb |archive-date=26 December 2003 |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=vMac.org}}</ref> However, the Windows and Unix ports of vMac (not Mini vMac) support the Gemulator ROM board from Emulators Inc., which allows users to add genuine MacPlus ROM chips to their [[x86]] machine via an [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] expansion slot. This board can also support ROM chips from other early Macintosh systems, but the publicly released versions of vMac only supported the Macintosh Plus.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} Macintosh system software is available from Apple's Support Downloads Website.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2012 |title=DOWNLOAD.INFO.APPLE.COM FTP Site |url=https://archive.org/details/download.info.apple.com.2012.11 |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

As mentioned, Mini vMac also requires a specific ROM image for the computer emulation desired. A software application for these 68000 Macs may be downloaded from the Mini vMac website for retrieval of a system's ROM image, along with a complete tutorial for locating an old Mac, retrieving the ROM and working with disk images.