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- SOFTMAC 2000 SUITE CD-ROM
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- June 23 2000, version 7.2
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- Includes releases Softmac 2000, Gemulator 2000, Fusion PC 3.0, Xformer 2000,
- and Gemulator Explorer.
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- Emulators Inc.
- 14150 N.E. 20th Street, PMB 302
- Bellevue, WA 98007-3700 U.S.A.
-
- Support: (206)-236-0540
- Fax: (206)-236-0257 or (800)-783-8654
- Email: info@emulators.com
- Web: http://www.emulators.com
- Store: http://www.softmac2000.com
-
- Congratulations! The CD-ROM you are browsing contains 6 of the best Apple
- Macintosh and Atari emulators for your PC. This README.TXT file is for use
- on computers that lack a Internet browser. If your computer is equipped with
- a browser we recommend also viewing the INDEX.HTM file as well as the snapshot
- of our web site in the WEB directory which contains online documentation for
- most of the emulators on this CD-ROM.
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- This CD contains these top level directories:
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- APPLEMAC - sample Apple Macintosh software and disk images
- ATARI8 - sample Atari 8-bit software
- ATARIST - sample Atari ST software and disk images
- BASILISK - Basilisk II Apple Macintosh emulator source and setup files
- DIRECTX - DirectX 5.0 and 7.0a setup file
- DOS - MS-DOS releases of Xformer and Gemulator
- FUSION - Fusion PC 3.0 Apple Macintosh emulator setup files
- GEMUL8R - Gemulator 2000 and SoftMac 2000 program files
- GEMXPLOR - Gemulator Explorer utility and Adaptec ASPI drivers
- VMAC - vMac Apple Macintosh emulator source and setup files
- WEB - snapshot of the Emulators web site
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- This CD is compatible with all recent releases of Windows such as Windows 95,
- Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium,
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows 2000 Professional,
- and Windows 2000 Server.
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- The software is optimized for geniune Intel Celeron, Pentium II and Pentium III
- processors as well as for the AMD Athlon. Other processors such as the Cyrix,
- AMD K6, NexGen, WinChip, and emulated x86 processors will run much slower and
- their use is not recommended or supported.
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- If you are not running the automatic setup utility, the instructions below
- explain how to manually install and run each of the products.
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- Before installing the emulators, it is important that you make sure that your
- DirectX drivers, ASPI SCSI drivers, and other Windows device drivers are up
- to date.
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- This software has been tested and verified to work with the final release of
- Windows 2000 which became available on February 17 2000 and has also been
- tested with the Windows 2000 Service Pack 1. The software has also been tested
- with all versions of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium, and NT 4.0.
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- Watch our web site for new product announcements and offers.
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- Our main web site is at:
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- http://www.emulators.com
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- Beta releases and other test releases are at:
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- http://www.emulators.com/beta
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- Demo releases are at:
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- http://www.emulators.com/demo
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- This CD-ROM contains voer 500 megabytes of sample Atari 8-bit and Atari ST
- software. Due to space limitations, free Apple Macintosh software is provided
- on a separate CD-ROM (the Emulators Macintosh Collection CD-ROM) and contains
- 600 megabytes of shareware and freeware Macintosh software. You can order the
- Macintosh Collection CD-ROM at the SoftMac 2000 online store at:
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- http://www.softmac2000.com
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- To install Microsoft DirectX 5 (or 7) on Windows 95:
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- 1. Go into the DIRECTX directory and run DX5ENG.EXE (or DX7AENG.EXE).
- Non-English versions of DirectX may be downloaded directly from
- Microsoft's web site at http://www.microsoft.com/directx.
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- DirectX only needs to be installed if your are running the original
- release of Windows 95 or Windows 95 OSR2. If you are running Windows 98
- or higher, click on the "Windows Update" button on your Start menu to
- check for newer releases of DirectX. Your computer needs DirectX in order
- to run emulators (and many video games) in full screen.
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- To run the Gemulator Explorer disk reader utility for Windows:
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- 1. Go to the GEMXPLOR directory using Windows File Manager or Explorer
- 2. Run ASPICHK.EXE to make sure ASPI version 4.57 or higher is installed
- 3. If ASPI not installed, or an older version is installed, run ASPI32.EXE
- 4. Run GEMXPLOR.EXE on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, NT, or Millennium
- 5. Also read the GEMXPLOR.TXT file
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- Copy GEMXPLOR.EXE to your Windows desktop for convenient access to
- Atari ST and Apple Macintosh formatted disks. Use Gemulator Explorer
- to copy individual files from Macintosh and Atari disks over to
- your PC's hard disk, to quickly format Macintosh disks on the PC, or to
- create disk image files of physical disks.
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- To run the Xformer 2000 (Atari 8-bit emulator for Windows):
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- 1. Go into the GEMUL8R directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
- 2. Double click XFORMER7.EXE to run the Xformer 2000
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- The entire GEMUL8R folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.
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- Sample free Atari 8-bit software is supplied in the ATARI8 directory.
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- To run the Gemulator 2000 (Macintosh Classic and Atari emulator for Windows):
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- 1. Install at least one Macintosh or Atari ST ROM image file on your PC or
- use an existing ROM card with ROMs installed
- 2. Go into the GEMUL8R directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
- 3. Double click GEMUL8R7.EXE to run the Gemulator 2000
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- The entire GEMUL8R folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.
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- Gemulator 2000 supports 68000 based Atari ST and Macintosh Classic
- emulation, and 6502 based Atari 8-bit emulation.
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- Sample free Atari ST software is supplied in the ATARIST directory.
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- To run vMac (Macintosh Plus emulator for Windows and Linux):
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- 1. Install at least one Macintosh ROM image file on your PC or have an
- existing Gemulator ROM card with Macintosh ROMs installed
- 2. Go into the VMAC directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
- 3. Go into the DOS, WINDOWS, or LINUX directory as appropriate for your PC
- 4. The compressed source files for vMac will be in each directory as well as
- one or more of the following subdirectories:
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- DOCS - documenation
- FILES - uncompressed distribution files
- SETUP - setup and installation files
- SRC - source code for DOS, Windows, and/or Linux
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- The entire VMAC folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.
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- On Windows, run SETUP.EXE in the VMAC\WINDOWS\SETUP directory.
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- vMac is limited to running 128K Macintosh Plus ROMs and emulating a black
- and white Macintosh Plus computer.
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- vMac support both ROM image files and ROM cards.
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- To run the Basilisk II (Macintosh II emulator for Windows and Linux):
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- 1. Install at least one Macintosh ROM image file on your PC
- 2. Go into the BASILISK directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
- 3. There will be one of more of the following subdirectories:
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- DOCS - documenation
- FILES - uncompressed distribution files
- SETUP - setup and installation files
- SRC - source code for DOS, Windows, and/or Linux
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- The entire BASILISK folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.
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- Basilisk supports 256K 512K and 1M Macintosh ROM image files.
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- To run the Fusion PC 3.0 (Macintosh Quadra emulator for MS-DOS and Windows):
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- 1. Install at least one Macintosh ROM image file on your PC
- 2. Go into the FUSION directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
- 3. There will be one of more of the following subdirectories:
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- DOCS - documenation
- FILES - uncompressed distribution files
- SETUP - setup and installation files
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- The entire FUSION folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.
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- To install, run INSTALL.EXE in the FUSION\SETUP directory.
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- Fusion PC 512K and 1M Macintosh ROM image files.
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- Use Fusion PC 3.0 on older PCs running MS-DOS or older versions of Windows.
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- We've overhauled Fusion PC to run up to 100% faster than before, so if you
- used an earlier version of Fusion, you'll be in for a treat.
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- To run the SoftMac 2000 (Apple Macintosh emulator for Windows):
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- 1. Install at least one Macintosh ROM image file on your PC or have an
- existing Gemulator ROM card with Macintosh ROMs installed
- 2. Go into the GEMUL8R directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
- 3. Double click SOFTMAC.EXE or SOFTMAC2.EXE to run SoftMac 2000
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- SoftMac 2000 Online Edition (SOFTMAC.EXE) is a general purpose emulator which
- emulates a wide range of 6502, 68000, and 68040 computers, including Atari
- 8-bit computers, Atari ST computers, black and white Macintosh Classic
- computers, color Macintosh II computers, and 32-bit clean Macintosh Quadra
- computers. Use SoftMac 2000 Online Edition if you own both Atari and Macintosh
- software, or if you need to run 32-bit dirty Macintosh software (i.e. System 6
- or earlier).
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- SoftMac 2000 Premium (SOFTMAC2.EXE) is designed just for running 32-bit clean
- color Macintosh software, and can run up to twice as fast than Online Edition
- at tasks such as running Mac OS 8. Use Premium Edition if you mainly need to
- run Mac OS 8 or 32-bit clean System 7 compatible software.
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- Both emulators share a common GEM2000.INI file in the Windows directory. You
- may delete this file to clear SoftMac's saved settings and options. SoftMac
- also saves the Macintosh PRAM (CMOS) settings as .PRM files in the directory
- specified in First Time Setup. Delete these files to "zap" the Macintosh PRAM.
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- All versions of SoftMac 2000 on this CD-ROM are capable of booting System 7,
- 7.5, 7.6, and Mac OS 8. Mac OS 9 is not currently supported. Popular Macintosh
- software such as Photoshop, Wingz, Word, Excel, MacWrite, etc. is supported
- provided you are running versions compatible with 68000 and 68040 processors.
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- The SoftMac 2000 software requires a registration code in order to activate
- full functionality. If you purchased the SoftMac 2000 CD-ROM, your unique
- registration code and directions for entering it are printed on a separate
- registration certificate.
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- Failing to enter a valid registration code will cause features to be disabled
- in Macintosh modes. Memory is limited to 14 megabytes instead of 1024 megabytes
- and screen resolution will be limited to 640x480.
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- Caution: the registration key is your personal key and is unique to you. It
- contains encrypted information about your order, so it is unwise to share your
- registration key with anyone. Treat it as you would your credit card number. It
- prevents other people from freely running the software which you have paid for.
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- If you are running on Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, and you have a Gemulator
- ROM card installed, you must install the Windows device driver for the ROM card.
- The driver is located in the GEMUL8R\NT directory and can be installed by
- running the INSTALL.BAT file. Then reboot Windows. The driver is not required
- for use on Windows 95 or Windows 98 as those support the ROM card directly.
-
- If you need additional help installing and running SoftMac, please read our
- online tutorial at:
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- http://www.emulators.com/demo/stpbystp.htm
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