Gerard Putter has released another update to the popular Virtual II 8-bit Apple II emulator.  The following changes are included in this latest version:

• Fixed an issue where the Mockingboard card could halt the virtual machine (this happened, for example, in Ultima IV).
• Corrected an issue in the "floating bus" screen rendering, thereby improving compatibility.
• Fixed an issue that could cause stray pixels on the emulated screen when switching from 80-column text to low-resolution graphics.
• Improved screen rendering perfomance by using Apple’s Grand Central Dispatch technology.

Version 6.5 requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later.  Version 6.3.7 is still offered for users of OS X 10.4 and 10.5.  Visit the main Virtual II site here to download your preferred version.

Gerard Putter today posted v6.4.1 of the popular and awesome Virtual ][ emulator for Mac OS X.  Coming on the heels of the recent major update which among other things, dropped support for Mac OS X 10.4 and PPC Macs, this update is designed to address a couple of minor bugs found in 6.4:

Double-clicking a disk in the Finder didn’t work anymore when Virtual ][ did not run – this has been fixed.

All pictures in the Inspector Help were missing – this has been corrected.

Get the latest version from the Virtual ][ page.

Gerard Putter’s excellent 8-bit Apple II emulator Virtual ][ for Mac OS X has been updated to version 6.4.  The most significant change is that support for Mac OS X 10.4 and PowerPC Macs has been dropped.  Here’s a list of what’s new:

– Dropped support for Mac OS X 10.4 and the PowerPC processor. The program now requires an Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or better.
– Added a feature to change the write protection and volume number of disk images.
– It is now possible to configure a 65C02 processor in an Apple ][ or ][+ virtual machine.
– When choosing “Copy as Text” from the Edit menu, international characters on the screen are now correctly copied to the Mac clipboard.
– Improved the quality of the QuickLook preview and thumbnail of a saved state file.
– Some custom character sets were not accepted by the virtual machine – this has been fixed.
– Fixed a number of minor issues, thereby improving the overall stability of the program.

Grab a copy from Gerard’s website.  Virtual ][ is shareware; $49 for a full license, $19 for a limited license, $30 to upgrade.

Gerard Putter has updated Virtual ][, the leading 8-bit Apple II emulator for Mac OS X to version 6.3.

I’m pleased to announce the release of version 6.3 of Virtual ][, the well-known Apple II emulator for Mac OS X. The focus of the update is compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6, “Snow Leopard”.

Apart from the Snow Leopard compatibility, the release contains a number of bug fixes. The new version is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” and 10.5 “Leopard”.

The update is free and is recommended for all users of Virtual ][. It can be downloaded at http://www.virtualii.com

Regards,

Gerard Putter, author of Virtual ][

What’s new in version 6.3

• The program is now fully Mac OS X 10.6 “SnowLeopard” compatible.
• Fixed an issue, introduced in version 6.2, where the video inspector didn’t render the text screen correctly.
• Fixed an issue that caused the “open Apple” key emulation to work poorly in full screen mode (in Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” only).
• In full-screen mode, the I/O activity indicator sometimes remained visible after I/O activity had ended; this has been solved.
• Fixed an issue, introduced in version 6.2, that could cause Applescript execution to crash the program (in Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” only).
• Fixed an issue (in Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” only) that prevented the use of the built-in French character set.
• In the configuration window, the character set preview showed a few stray pixels. This has been solved.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a gzipped disk image to be incorrectly renamed when ejected.