VMac

{{Short description|Open source 68k Macintosh emulator}}

{{About|the 68k Macintosh emulator|the cryptographic algorithm|VMAC}}{{More citations needed|date=February 2025}}

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{{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
Bill Huey
Weston Pawlowski (Windows)
Yoav Shadmi (DOS)
Richard Bannister (Mac OS)
Michael Hanni (Linux)
David Bacher (OS/2)
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, Mac OS, NeXTSTEP, OS/2, DOS, iOS, Nintendo DS, Android

| genre = Emulation

| license = GNU General Public License

| website = {{URL|www.vmac.org}} (vMac, outdated)
{{URL|https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/}} (Mini vMac)

}}

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vMac is a free and open-source Macintosh Plus emulator which is able to run versions of System 1.1 to 7.5.5.{{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}} It is available for Windows, DOS, OS/2, Mac OS, NeXTSTEP, Linux, Unix, and other platforms.{{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}} Although vMac has been abandoned, Mini vMac, an improved spinoff of vMac, is still actively developed.

vMac and Mini vMac support CPU emulation from Motorola 68000 to 68040,{{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}}{{Cite web |title=Mini vMac |url=http://www.penlug.org/MinivMac.html |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=penlug.org}} display output,{{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}} sound, floppy disk insert, HFV image files,{{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}} and more.{{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}} Some vMac ports include extra features such as CD-ROM support, basic serial port (SCC) support, Gemulator ROM board support,{{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}} 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}}