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Macintosh (minivmac)

Background

Minivmac is the build system for Mini vMac, a miniature Macintosh emulator.

Further information may be found at "https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/".

Author/License

The minivmac core has been authored by

  • phcoder
  • rtype

The minivmac core is licensed under

A summary of the licenses behind RetroArch and its cores can be found here.

Extensions

Content that can be loaded by the minivmac core have the following file extensions:

  • .dsk
  • .img
  • .zip
  • .hvf
  • .cmd

Databases WIP

RetroArch database(s) that are associated with the minivmac core:

BIOS

Required or optional firmware files go in the frontend's system directory.

Filename Description md5sum
MacII.rom 66223BE1497460F1E60885EEB35E03CC

Features

Frontend-level settings or features that the minivmac core respects.

Feature Supported
Restart
Screenshots
Saves
States
Rewind
Netplay
Core Options
RetroAchievements
RetroArch Cheats
Native Cheats
Controls
Remapping
Multi-Mouse
Rumble
Sensors
Camera
Location
Subsystem
Softpatching
Disk Control
Username
Language
Crop Overscan
LEDs

Directories

The minivmac core's library name is 'minivmac'

The minivmac core saves/loads to/from these directories.

Geometry and timing

  • The minivmac core's core provided FPS is 13.63.
  • The minivmac core's core provided sample rate is 22255 Hz.
  • The minivmac core's base width is 1440.
  • The minivmac core's base height is 1080.
  • The minivmac core's core provided aspect ratio is 4/3.

Core options

The minivmac core has the following option(s) that can be tweaked from the core options menu. The default setting is bolded.

Settings with (Restart) means that core has to be closed for the new setting to be applied on next launch.

  • Status Bar [minivmac_Statusbar] (ON|OFF)

  • Keyboard Type [minivmac_kbdtype] (Callback|Poll)

Controllers

The minivmac core supports the following device type(s) in the controls menu, bolded device types are the default for the specified user(s):

User 1 device types

  • None - Doesn't disable input. There's no reason to switch to this.
  • RetroPad - Joypad
  • Minivmac Joystick - Joypad - Awaiting description.
  • Minivmac Keyboard - Keyboard inputs are always active. Has keymapper support.

Controller tables

Keyboard

RetroKeyboard Inputs RetroKeyboard
Keyboard Backspace BACKSPACE
Keyboard Tab TAB
Keyboard Return RETURN
Keyboard Pause PAUSE
Keyboard Escape ESCAPE
Keyboard Space SPACE
Keyboard Quote ' COLON
Keyboard Comma , COMMA
Keyboard Minus - NEGATIVE
Keyboard Period . PERIOD
Keyboard Slash / DIVIDE
Keyboard 0 0
Keyboard 1 1, Player 1 Coleco #0
Keyboard 2 2, Player 1 Coleco #9
Keyboard 3 3, Player 2 Coleco #0
Keyboard 4 4, Player 2 Coleco #9
Keyboard 5 5
Keyboard 6 6
Keyboard 7 7
Keyboard 8 8
Keyboard 9 9
Keyboard Semicolon ; SEMICOLON
Keyboard Equals = CIRCUMFLEX
Keyboard Left Bracket [ LEFT BRACKET
Keyboard Backslash \ BACKSLASH (YEN)
Keyboard Right Bracket ] RIGHT BRACKET
Keyboard Backquote ` AT
Keyboard a A
Keyboard b B
Keyboard c C
Keyboard d D
Keyboard e E
Keyboard f F
Keyboard g G
Keyboard h H
Keyboard i I
Keyboard j J
Keyboard k K
Keyboard l L
Keyboard m M
Keyboard n N
Keyboard o O
Keyboard p P
Keyboard q Q
Keyboard r R
Keyboard s S
Keyboard t T
Keyboard u U
Keyboard v V
Keyboard w W
Keyboard x X
Keyboard y Y
Keyboard z Z
Keyboard Delete DELETE
Keyboard Keypad 0 NUMPAD 0
Keyboard Keypad 1 NUMPAD 1
Keyboard Keypad 2 NUMPAD 2
Keyboard Keypad 3 NUMPAD 3
Keyboard Keypad 4 NUMPAD 4
Keyboard Keypad 5 NUMPAD 5
Keyboard Keypad 6 NUMPAD 6
Keyboard Keypad 7 NUMPAD 7
Keyboard Keypad 8 NUMPAD 8
Keyboard Keypad 9 NUMPAD 9
Keyboard Keypad Period . NUMPAD COMMA
Keyboard Keypad Divide / NUMPAD DIVIDE
Keyboard Keypad Multiply * NUMPAD MULTIPLY
Keyboard Keypad Minus - NUMPAD SUBTRACTION
Keyboard Keypad Plus + NUMPAD ADD
Keyboard Keypad Enter NUMPAD PERIOD
Keyboard Up UP
Keyboard Down DOWN
Keyboard Right RIGHT
Keyboard Left LEFT
Keyboard Insert INSERT
Keyboard Home CLS
Keyboard End STOP
Keyboard Page Up SELECT
Keyboard F1 F1
Keyboard F2 F2
Keyboard F3 F3
Keyboard F4 F4
Keyboard F5 F5
Keyboard Caps Lock CAPS
Keyboard Right Shift RIGHT SHIFT
Keyboard Left Shift LEFT SHIFT
Keyboard Left Control CONTROL
Keyboard Left Alt GRAPH
Keyboard Print PRINT

Supported combinations