Gerard Putter has released version 2.6 of Virtual ][, his excellent shareware Apple II, II+, and IIe emulator for Mac OS X. The new version improves performance and adds several additional features. Read on for specifics.The new version lets you include a floppy disk image within a configuration, making it possible to create a turnkey bootable Apple II configuration. You can also mount a Macintosh folder as a DOS 3.3 floppy disk. In addition:
- You can now quickly switch between Apple II, II+, and IIe machines.
- You can define a default configuration which is used when the program starts up.
- You can use the backspace as a left arrow key.
- Improved Open and Closed Apple key support on the IIe.
- Added an optional disk I/O indicator light when in full-screen mode.
- Added a “Media” pull down menu, which contains commands for inserting disks and tapes.
- Closing a virtual machine window now asks for confirmation before closing it.
- The standard window size can be set as an application preference.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the game Serpentine from running.
- Fixed a bug that corrupted the internal timing of the virtual machine after waking from sleep (on Panther).