Mini vMac for iOS

This is my port of the Mini vMac emulator to iOS 9. You can see it in action on this video:

Features

Emulates Mac Plus, Mac II or Mac 128K

Full simulated keyboard (including all Mac keys)

Full sound output

Uses external keyboard and mouse if available

Regulable emulation speed

Easy(ish) to import/export disk images

Requirements

iOS 7 or later

ROM image from Mac Plus, Mac II and/or Mac 128K

Disk images with Mac software

Xcode 7 or 8 required for building

Download

Usage

ROM and Disk Images

You can import the ROM ( vMac.ROM ) and disk images (with .dsk or .img extension) into Mini vMac from other apps (iCloud Storage, Dropbox, etc), using AirDrop, or via iTunes File Sharing.

To insert disk images, swipe left with two fingers and the list of disks will appear. Icons are automatically generated based on the contents of the disk.

Tap an hold on a file to delete, rename or share

Tap the Edit button to show all files, and the Create Disk Image option

Disk image creation and renaming are only available on iOS 8 or later

The disk image menu will attempt to find an icon from the following sources (in descending order of priority):

Volume icon (System 7) Application icon, if the disk contains only one application Application matching the name of the volume (not the disk image) Application with name written in the comment field of the volume

If no icon is found, it will show a standard floppy disk icon.

Keyboard

Swipe up with two fingers to show the keyboard, and down to hide it.

The emulated keyboard features all the keys on an Apple Extended keyboard (except the Power key). The Command, Option, Control and Shift keys are sticky, to make keyboard shortcuts easier to type. You can change the appearance of the emulated keyboard in the settings.

If you have an external keyboard attached, you can use it too, although some shortcuts may interfere with iOS.

Mouse

You can choose to use the screen as a touchscreen, where tapping on the screen acts a mouse click, or as a trackpad. In trackpad mode, dragging is done by tapping twice fast and holding it down, or by holding down one finger and dragging with the other. On devices supporting 3D Touch, you can press harder to initiate a drag.

On jailbroken devices with BTC Mouse & Trackpad, the Bluetooth pointing device will work as the emulated Mac’s mouse.

Settings

Swipe right with two fingers to show the settings dialog, where you can change the following:

Speed: make the emulated machine faster than a Mac Plus

make the emulated machine faster than a Mac Plus Mouse Type: switch between touchscreen and trackpad mode

switch between touchscreen and trackpad mode Keyboard Layout: change the layout of the emulated keyboard

change the layout of the emulated keyboard Emulated Machine: for changes to take effect, close and relaunch Mini vMac

Credits

Mini vMac for iOS by Jesús A. Álvarez

Mini vMac © 2001–2018 Paul C. Pratt

vMac © 1996–1999 Philip Cummins & al.

hfsutils © 1996–2000 Robert Leslie

Version History

2.3 - 28th April 2018

Support iOS 11 Files

Added French keyboard layout

Fix edge insets for iPhone X

Load user-supplied keyboard layouts from Documents/Keyboard Layouts

2.2.4 - 1st October 2017

Updated core to Mini vMac 3.5.8

2.2.3 - 4th December 2016

Don’t play sound through internal speaker when muted

Fixed bug finding document folder on some versions iOS when jailbroken

Support bluetooth mice and trackpad on jailbroken devices with BTC Mouse & Trackpad

2.2.2 - 19th November 2016

Enhanced trackpad mode: Added multi-touch dragging Support force touch where available

Fixed app icon not showing up on jailbroken devices

2.2.1 - 15th July 2016

Show button to restart after shutdown

Load disk icons in background

Fixed crash on Mac II with touchscreen mode

2.2 - 28th June 2016

Updated core to 3.4.1 beta

Enabled sound on Mac II

Added 640×480 variant of Mac II

Group machines with same name under settings

2.1.1 - 6th June 2016

Add more speed control options

Support Mini vMac Import/Export extensions

Better support for iOS 7 and 8

Pull to refresh disk list

Recognise files with image extension as disk images

extension as disk images Less crashes and other fixes

2.1 - 29th May 2016

Updated Mini vMac core to 3.4 alpha snapshot from 26 th May

May Added Mac II and Mac 128K emulation

Support jailbroken devices

Bug fixes

2.0 - 23rd May 2016

Updated Mini vMac core to 3.4 alpha

Universal UI for iPhone and iPad

Doesn’t require jailbreak

More complete emulated keyboard

Regulable emulation speed

Supports external keyboard

Import/export disk image files from/to other apps

1.x - 2008-2011