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Forum: request.Apps 30 June 2023, 02:28
Replies: 228
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Posted By JimDrew
There is no way currently to purchase the older...

There is no way currently to purchase the older FUSION. I might add that to the website while the work of FUSION 4 continues.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 26 May 2023, 19:52
Replies: 285
Views: 28,456
Posted By JimDrew
This was not that uncommon really! This is the...

This was not that uncommon really! This is the main reason why I support so many different system ROMs (and system software) with EMPLANT's Mac emulation and FUSION.
Forum: MarketPlace 18 May 2023, 05:11
Replies: 4
Views: 922
Posted By JimDrew
What version of Windows are you using? The USB...

What version of Windows are you using? The USB is controlled by FTDI drivers and has nothing to do with my software. If you don't have the proper drivers installed (or they are replaced by other...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 14 May 2023, 11:35
Replies: 285
Views: 28,456
Posted By JimDrew
I had no interest in the ST and frankly, the...

I had no interest in the ST and frankly, the public in general didn't have much interest in the ST. The Mac was a better computer because of it's software, and people wanted it. The only thing that...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 13 May 2023, 20:30
Replies: 285
Views: 28,456
Posted By JimDrew
On the subject of Quark Express - I designed all...

On the subject of Quark Express - I designed all of our full page/full color ads for Amiga World magazine using EMPLANT's Mac emulation and Quark Express. I shipped Mac formatted Syquest cartridges...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 13 May 2023, 20:06
Replies: 285
Views: 28,456
Posted By JimDrew
I was trying to get Apple to license the ROMs to...

I was trying to get Apple to license the ROMs to Commodore. This was a project that Commodore and I were working on to get A4000's to be a standard in the film industry. We were already selling a...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 08 May 2023, 18:16
Replies: 285
Views: 28,456
Posted By JimDrew
First of all "EMPLANT" was the name of the...

First of all "EMPLANT" was the name of the hardware, not the Mac emulation. I had Mac emulation and Pentium emulation, both using the EMPLANT hardware.

I think you missed the point of the EMPLANT...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 13 March 2023, 12:14
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
I have been in contact with Michal about this...

I have been in contact with Michal about this issue in recent days. The problem was actually discovered by him probably a year ago now. The Mac on boot up starts poking at the FPU and MMU to...
Forum: request.Apps 13 March 2023, 12:08
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
A reboot is technically required because I...

A reboot is technically required because I install a kicktag and some other things that are required for a real Mac to run. Remember, FUSION is not "an Amiga program".. it is code that gives you a...
Forum: request.Apps 08 March 2023, 01:46
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
Thanks for confirming! :)

Thanks for confirming! :)
Forum: request.Apps 05 March 2023, 22:48
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
FUSION doesn't officially support AmigaOS3.9... I...

FUSION doesn't officially support AmigaOS3.9... I have never even tried that version (or AmigaOS 3.5 for that matter).
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 05 March 2023, 22:45
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
I don't think people understand how emulations...

I don't think people understand how emulations work. :) The code for this integral, meaning that this affects the entire operation of the code. The problem is the Mac itself pokes at the MMU all...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 05 March 2023, 01:22
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
Still working to try to get around the problem...

Still working to try to get around the problem with EMU68. FUSION *requires* a MMU when you are using a 68030 or later, OR the CPU can fault out correctly and continue with an EC030. There is...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 30 December 2022, 21:46
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
I can't sell the old version, but I still own all...

I can't sell the old version, but I still own all copyrights to it. There will also be a new version of PCx as well.
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 30 December 2022, 08:11
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
The cost will be cheap (maybe $20?) - I don't...

The cost will be cheap (maybe $20?) - I don't have an exact release date, but it is at the top of my list for 2023.
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 30 December 2022, 00:08
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
FUSION 4 requires a 68020, 68030, 68040, 68060,...

FUSION 4 requires a 68020, 68030, 68040, 68060, or an emulated 680x0 core (Apollo, Minimig, PiStorm, etc.) All of these setups work with no problems, but any CPU core that does not support 80 bit...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 27 December 2022, 06:31
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
I can't sell FUSION 3.2. I own the copyrights to...

I can't sell FUSION 3.2. I own the copyrights to it, but I do not have the rights to sell that particular version.

I am hoping release FUSION 4 early next year. It's the first thing on my list...
Forum: request.Apps 23 December 2022, 04:51
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
Several companies made a "SoftwareFPU" for the...

Several companies made a "SoftwareFPU" for the Mac. Apple's math libraries use the FPU if present, otherwise it is software emulated and you MUST call their libraries (which Apple said you were...
Forum: request.Apps 22 December 2022, 10:21
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
We are talking about the Vampire's FPU support......

We are talking about the Vampire's FPU support... not the 68060. There is a function to disable the FPU completely. The Mac pokes at the FPU directly to see if it can do certain FPU functions to...
Forum: request.Apps 21 December 2022, 22:05
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
Yeah, this is how it use to work - then Soft-FPU...

Yeah, this is how it use to work - then Soft-FPU works fine at that point. Thanks for confirming.
Forum: request.Apps 27 November 2022, 00:46
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
Hmmm... you use to be able to turn off the FPU...

Hmmm... you use to be able to turn off the FPU completely using one of the custom registers. I wonder why that went away? If that is true then it validates my decision to abandon custom support for...
Forum: request.Apps 25 November 2022, 07:23
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
I didn't "claim" anything.. I stated a fact. The...

I didn't "claim" anything.. I stated a fact. The FPU in the Vampire does not meet the 80 bit precision requirement that Apple relies on for their OS, especially OS8.x.

Apple uses the FPU to do...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 09 November 2022, 10:12
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
I have a few dozen sitting in storage that are...

I have a few dozen sitting in storage that are new/old stock. They just need the latest custom logic chips (which I do sell), and tested. I am just super busy at the moment. I have so many...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 09 November 2022, 04:50
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
No. FUSION needs the Amiga to work. It would be...

No. FUSION needs the Amiga to work. It would be possible to make a stand alone Mac emulation that recreated the Mac hardware in a different way, but I doubt there is a market for this.

I have...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 09 November 2022, 04:43
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
Huh? That's not the case. The X-Calibur was...

Huh? That's not the case. The X-Calibur was designed strictly for the Amiga's A3640 board - it fits the exact form factor of the A3640.
...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 08 November 2022, 07:10
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
LOL! Yeah, that's about right!

LOL! Yeah, that's about right!
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 08 November 2022, 06:56
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
There has NEVER been an option, and there won't...

There has NEVER been an option, and there won't be one. I have always patched these instructions out because there were so many problems with the Amiga hardware. There is a potential bus contention...
Forum: request.Apps 05 November 2022, 02:18
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
Handles are necessary when your OS moves an...

Handles are necessary when your OS moves an application (and any memory allocated for it) around in memory at will. It took me awhile to get the hang of it - "now, this is not an address - this is...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 04 November 2022, 08:53
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
Yeah... that's never happening. I refuse to work...

Yeah... that's never happening. I refuse to work on anything PowerPC related.
Forum: support.Other 03 November 2022, 22:13
Replies: 12
Views: 1,466
Posted By JimDrew
You can use CrossMAC with MFM 800K...

You can use CrossMAC with MFM 800K interpretations. EMPLANT and AMAX format disks are just MFM versions of the Mac's GCR disks. CrossMAC thinks they are real Mac disks.

You can also use AMIA,...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 03 November 2022, 22:01
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
So, apparently I stopped using MOVE16 at some...

So, apparently I stopped using MOVE16 at some point after EMPLANT's Mac emulation was released (which would be early MacOS7). The MacOS uses MOVE16 in just about everything OS related when a 68040...
Forum: request.Apps 03 November 2022, 21:57
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
The MacOS' memory handling is far superior to the...

The MacOS' memory handling is far superior to the Amiga. There is never any memory fragmentation so you always have the remaining amount of memory as one contiguous block of memory that can be...
Forum: request.Apps 03 November 2022, 03:00
Replies: 228
Views: 85,088
Posted By JimDrew
The 060 is junk. :) It's amazing that I...

The 060 is junk. :)

It's amazing that I got the Mac to work at all with the 060, but it is severely crippled to even do it. My 40MHz/040 system is almost always faster than a 50MHz 060 setup...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 03 November 2022, 02:56
Replies: 83
Views: 29,137
Posted By JimDrew
Not yet. I am working on making some significant...

Not yet. I am working on making some significant changes to the MacOS versions (6/7/8) because Mac works by moving memory around constantly, and that clears the cache. The issue is that EMU68 is...
Forum: support.Games 28 June 2022, 09:26
Replies: 60
Views: 10,639
Posted By JimDrew
Great.. that indeed is using the special CUSTOM...

Great.. that indeed is using the special CUSTOM INSTALL pull-down menu (which is not the default setting) to force the type of installation you need. The U.S. English OS7.6.1 and OS8.1 use a...
Forum: support.Games 27 June 2022, 21:38
Replies: 60
Views: 10,639
Posted By JimDrew
I was referring to FUSION turning it off (which...

I was referring to FUSION turning it off (which would make all of the benchmarks slower). FUSION has an option to turn off Superscalar because there are programs for the Mac that will not run with...
Forum: support.Games 27 June 2022, 21:29
Replies: 60
Views: 10,639
Posted By JimDrew
The installer CD is called that, but you...

The installer CD is called that, but you deliberately have to enable the "ALL MAC MODELS" option in a sub-menu, otherwise the installer attempts to determine what Mac you are using and installs ONLY...
Forum: support.Games 26 June 2022, 23:53
Replies: 60
Views: 10,639
Posted By JimDrew
So, you are using OS7.5.3 or later and you...

So, you are using OS7.5.3 or later and you deliberately changed the installer to be "all Mac models"? There is psuedo-secret menu you have to go to in order to do this.


Set FUSION's refresh to...
Forum: support.Games 24 June 2022, 02:52
Replies: 60
Views: 10,639
Posted By JimDrew
Something is still way off. Maybe you are trying...

Something is still way off. Maybe you are trying to use the same system software with both? That will NEVER work unless you used the "Apple Universal Installer" CD and did a deliberate installation...
Forum: support.Games 22 June 2022, 03:37
Replies: 60
Views: 10,639
Posted By JimDrew
It's not the case. Maybe Superscalar is turned...

It's not the case. Maybe Superscalar is turned off or something in this test? Switch to the Amiga side and look at FUSION's CPU info, that would tell you. As I stated, in all cases FUSION is much...
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