Contents
Control Mode
Menu Commands
Command Line Arguments
Drag and Drop
All the functions of the emulator can be controlled with the Mini vMac Control Mode, which works the same in the Macintosh, Windows, and Linux versions. To enter the Control Mode, press and hold down the ‘control’ key. You will remain in the Control Mode until you release the ‘control’ key. While in Control Mode, visual feedback is displayed on top of the emulated screen. Type ‘H’ in Control Mode to display available commands. The commands are:
‘A’ - About
Displays version and copyright information.
‘O’ - Open Disk Image
(Only in the Macintosh and Windows versions.) See the “Floppy Drive” section of the Hardware Reference.
‘Q’ - Quit
See the “Power Switch” section of the Hardware Reference.
‘S’ - Speed Control
See the “Processor” section of the Hardware Reference.
‘M’ - Magnify Toggle
See the “Screen” section of the Hardware Reference.
‘F’ - Full Screen Toggle
See the “Screen” section of the Hardware Reference.
‘K’ - emulated ‘control’ key toggle
See the “Keyboard” section of the Hardware Reference.
‘R’ - Reset
See the “Reset Button” section of the Hardware Reference.
‘I’ - Interrupt
See the “Interrupt Button” section of the Hardware Reference.
The menu commands are so far only available in the Macintosh and Windows versions, when not in full screen mode.
“Quit”
In the “Mini vMac” menu in Mac OS X. In the “File” menu in Windows and Mac OS 9. See the “Power Switch” section of the Hardware Reference.
“Open Disk Image...”
In the “File” menu. See the “Floppy Drive” section of the Hardware Reference.
“More Commands...”
In the “Special” menu. Displays information about the Control Mode.
“About Mini vMac...”
In the “Mini vMac” menu in Mac OS X. In the “Apple” menu in Mac OS 9. In the “Help” menu in Windows. Displays dialog suggesting the ‘A’ command of the Mini vMac Control Mode.
Linux
If there are any arguments that don't begin with ‘-’, Mini vMac will try to mount them as disk image files. See the “Floppy Drive” section of the Hardware Reference.
If there are any unrecognized arguments beginning with ‘-’, Mini vMac will print out copyright and usage information and quit.
“-r [rom_file_path]” or “--rom [rom_file_path]”: Mini vMac will try to load the ROM file from [rom_file_path]. See the “ROM” section of the Hardware Reference.
“-l”: Mini vMac will start at 1x speed. See the “Processor” section of the Hardware Reference. (That is a lower case "L", not "one".)
“-display [display_name]” or “--display [display_name]”: XOpenDisplay will be called with [display_name] as the argument. See the “Screen” section of the Hardware Reference.
Windows
Mini vMac expects that the command line string passed to it is a list of arguments separated by spaces.
If there are any arguments that don’t begin with ‘/’, Mini vMac will try to mount them as disk image files. If an argument begins with a double quote (‘"’), then all characters, including spaces, until the next double quote are part of the argument. See the “Floppy Drive” section of the Hardware Reference.
“/l”: Mini vMac will start at 1x speed. See the “Processor” section of the Hardware Reference. (That is a lower case "L", not "one".)
A disk image file can be mounted by dragging its icon onto the Mini vMac window. See the “Floppy Drive” section of the Hardware Reference.