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I need a mini Vmac build for Powerbook 170
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The "OS 8 and earlier, 680x0" version on the Mini vMac Download page ought to work on a Powerbook 170, if you have enough patience.
It is there more for completeness and amusement than to be of practical value. Still, if there are problems with it, let me know.
It is there more for completeness and amusement than to be of practical value. Still, if there are problems with it, let me know.
Correction: The "OS 8 and earlier, 680x0" version on the download page should work on a Powerbook 170 with the maximum 8 MB of RAM. It won't work with only 4 MB of RAM installed.
Mini vMac can be compiled to emulate a Mac Plus with less RAM than the default 4 MB. That would allow it to run on host machines with less RAM.
Mini vMac can be compiled to emulate a Mac Plus with less RAM than the default 4 MB. That would allow it to run on host machines with less RAM.
oops sorry, the title of this post should have been "I need a mini Vmac build that can emulate the Powerbook 170".
Sorry, Mini vMac can not yet emulate a PowerBook 170.
I believe the MESS emulator has made progress on emulating this machine. (But the website seems to be down just now.)
I believe the MESS emulator has made progress on emulating this machine. (But the website seems to be down just now.)
What is it specifically that you need to emulate about the Powerbook 170? For better-than-68000 emulation the go-to emulator is usually Basilisk II, which simulates a generically "Quadra-ish" machine. (With the primary limitation being it doesn't do 24 bit addressing, which means some old programs might have trouble and it won't run System 6. You can of course always revert to regular vMac to run those edge cases.)
I wanted to edit and test a hacked System 6 on mini Vmac so i wont have run it on my pb170 everytime i change it.
Depending on what kind of hack you want to do, there may be some value in testing it in the emulation of a different machine. You can install a universal system so as to have the exact same software in both the emulation and real hardware.
If your hack is very dependent on the specific hardware, most emulators would not be too strong a test of what would happen on a real machine anyway. (The MESS emulator is the one which places the most emphasis on accuracy.)
If your hack is very dependent on the specific hardware, most emulators would not be too strong a test of what would happen on a real machine anyway. (The MESS emulator is the one which places the most emphasis on accuracy.)
