Mini vMac for Android

[zydeco]

As some of you may have heard on IRC, I started to port Mini vMac to Android.
Since I don't have an android device, I have only been able to test on the emulator, and I wanted to get some feedback before making a final release.
So if anyone has an Android device, feel free to try it and post your thoughts and suggestions.

To use it, you must create a folder named "minivmac" on the SD card, and put the Mac Plus ROM (named vMac.ROM) and disk images in it.
It uses the physical keyboard for keyboard input, and the touchscreen for mouse.
Pressing the Menu button brings up a menu to insert disk images, and the d-pad or trackpad can be used to scroll the screen.
It has no sound, and probably never will, since there's no appropriate API to play it.

Download: minivmac4android-r23.apk

To install the application, you must enable Unknown sources (in Settings/Applications), and then you can download and install it with the browser.

Also, here's a screenshot of it in the android emulator: http://yfrog.com/9emnvm1p
and the latest source code: http://vc.namedfork.net/nf/minivmac4android/

[penguin86]

What a good idea!! I'm going to try it!
Do you need help for development? (I'm not a developer, but I can do beta-testing or write a bit of documentation in italian...).
Thanks for the good gift!

Daniele

[Mac128]

So unlike the iPhone, this just installs on the Android? Sometimes Apple can really make me cranky.

Now you're gonna have to get busy on the iPad version, which should run just about native screen resolution as the Plus at double the pixel size.

[agg23]

So unlike the iPhone, this just installs on the Android?

There is a version for jailbroken iPhones.

Now you're gonna have to get busy on the iPad version, which should run just about native screen resolution as the Plus at double the pixel size.

I think this would be very cool!!! But someone will probably have to jailbreak the iPad for this to work though.