Short: Macintosh II emulator, V3.5 Uploader: bauec002@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de (Christian Bauer) Author: bauec002@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de (Christian Bauer) Type: misc/emu Version: 3.5 Requires: AmigaOS 2.1, 68020 ShapeShifter is a multitasking shareware Macintosh-II emulator for the Amiga and DraCo computers. It allows to run Macintosh software concurrently to Amiga applications without hardware add-ons or modifications. Some of the emulation's features: - Color display up to 256 colors on AGA Amigas (16 colors on ECS) and up to 16.7 million colors on graphics cards - Support for one or two monitors - No MMU required, even runs on A1200 - Macintosh hard disks can be simulated in Amiga files or Amiga hard disk partitions [unregistered version has no hard disk partition support] - Can use Amiga floppy drives, serial, parallel and SCSI ports from the Mac [use of SCSI not possible in unregistered version] - Mac HD disks can be read directly with an HD floppy drive, Mac 720K disks can be used with any Amiga floppy drive. To use Mac 800K disks, you have to own CrossMAC and an original Mac drive - Multichannel sound output and parallel-port sound digitizers supported - Access to Ethernet networks - Simple networking between two Amigas with PLIP - Text clipboard sharing between Mac and Amiga - File handler to access Macintosh volumes from the Workbench - Speed comparable to a real Mac with equivalent hardware Requirements: OS2.1, 68020 processor, 4MB of RAM, HD floppy drive recommended. A copy of a Macintosh 512K or 1MB ROM and the Macintosh system software are not included, but required. The ROM can be read off of a real Mac by using a supplied program, the system software can be bought from Apple. Note, however, that reading the ROM is only legal if you have bought the ROMs or own a real Macintosh. The most important changes in V3.5: - AppleTalk/MacTCP/MacIPX can be used on two Amigas connected via PLIP - ShapeShifter is System 7.5.3 compatible - System 7.5.1 runs better on the DraCo - The serial driver allows using 115 and 230kbps transmission speed on an appropriately fast machine - New PrepareEmul which co-operates better with other KickTags