
SOFTMAC 2000 SUITE CD-ROM
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December 12 2000, version 8.01

Includes releases Softmac 2000, Gemulator 2000, Fusion PC 3.0, Xformer 2000,
and Gemulator Explorer.

Emulators Inc.
14150 N.E. 20th Street, PMB 302
Bellevue, WA  98007-3700  U.S.A.

Support: (206)-236-0540
Fax:     (206)-236-0257 or (800)-783-8654
Email:   info@emulators.com
Web:     http://www.emulators.com
Store:   http://www.softmac2000.com

Congratulations! The CD-ROM you are browsing contains 6 of the best Apple
Macintosh and Atari emulators for your PC. This README.TXT file is for use
on computers that lack a Internet browser. If your computer is equipped with
a browser we recommend also viewing the INDEX.HTM file as well as the snapshot
of our web site in the WEB directory which contains online documentation for
most of the emulators on this CD-ROM.

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This CD contains these top level directories:

APPLEMAC  - sample Apple Macintosh software and disk images
ATARI8    - sample Atari 8-bit software
ATARIST   - sample Atari ST software and disk images
BASILISK  - Basilisk II Apple Macintosh emulator source and setup files
DIRECTX   - DirectX 5.0 and 7.0a setup file
DOS       - MS-DOS releases of Xformer and Gemulator
FUSION    - Fusion PC 3.0 Apple Macintosh emulator setup files
GEMUL8R   - Gemulator 2000 and SoftMac 2000 program files
GEMXPLOR  - Gemulator Explorer utility and Adaptec ASPI drivers
VMAC      - vMac Apple Macintosh emulator source and setup files
VIDEOS    - demonstration videos
WEB       - snapshot of the Emulators web site

This CD is compatible with all recent releases of Windows such as Windows 95,
Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium,
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows 2000 Professional,
and Windows 2000 Server.

The software is optimized for geniune Intel Celeron, Pentium II and Pentium III
processors as well as for the AMD Athlon. Other processors such as the Cyrix,
AMD K6, NexGen, WinChip, and emulated x86 processors will run much slower and
their use is not recommended or supported.

If you are not running the automatic setup utility, the instructions below
explain how to manually install and run each of the products.

Before installing the emulators, it is important that you make sure that your
DirectX drivers, ASPI SCSI drivers, and other Windows device drivers are up
to date.

This software has been tested and verified to work with the final release of
Windows 2000 which became available on February 17 2000 and has also been
tested with the Windows 2000 Service Pack 1. The software has also been tested
with all versions of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium, and NT 4.0.

Watch our web site for new product announcements and offers.

Our main web site is at:

                         http://www.emulators.com

Beta releases and other test releases are at:

                      http://www.emulators.com/beta

Demo releases are at:

                      http://www.emulators.com/demo

This CD-ROM contains voer 500 megabytes of sample Atari 8-bit and Atari ST
software. Due to space limitations, free Apple Macintosh software is provided
on a separate CD-ROM (the Emulators Macintosh Collection CD-ROM) and contains
600 megabytes of shareware and freeware Macintosh software. You can order the
Macintosh Collection CD-ROM at the SoftMac 2000 online store at:

                        http://www.softmac2000.com

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To install Microsoft DirectX 5 (or 7) on Windows 95:

1. Go into the DIRECTX directory and run DX5ENG.EXE (or DX7AENG.EXE).
   Non-English versions of DirectX may be downloaded directly from
   Microsoft's web site at http://www.microsoft.com/directx.

DirectX only needs to be installed if your are running the original
release of Windows 95 or Windows 95 OSR2. If you are running Windows 98
or higher, click on the "Windows Update" button on your Start menu to
check for newer releases of DirectX. Your computer needs DirectX in order
to run emulators (and many video games) in full screen.

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To run the Gemulator Explorer disk reader utility for Windows:

1. Go to the GEMXPLOR directory using Windows File Manager or Explorer
2. Run ASPICHK.EXE to make sure ASPI version 4.57 or higher is installed
3. If ASPI not installed, or an older version is installed, run ASPI32.EXE
4. Run GEMXPLOR.EXE on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, NT, or Millennium
5. Also read the GEMXPLOR.TXT file

Copy GEMXPLOR.EXE to your Windows desktop for convenient access to
Atari ST and Apple Macintosh formatted disks. Use Gemulator Explorer
to copy individual files from Macintosh and Atari disks over to
your PC's hard disk, to quickly format Macintosh disks on the PC, or to
create disk image files of physical disks.

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To run the Xformer 2000 (Atari 8-bit emulator for Windows):

1. Go into the GEMUL8R directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
2. Double click XFORMER8.EXE to run the Xformer 2000

The entire GEMUL8R folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.

Sample free Atari 8-bit software is supplied in the ATARI8 directory.

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To run the Gemulator 2000 (Macintosh Classic and Atari emulator for Windows):

1. Install at least one Macintosh or Atari ST ROM image file on your PC or
   use an existing ROM card with ROMs installed
2. Go into the GEMUL8R directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
3. Double click GEMUL8R8.EXE to run the Gemulator 2000

The entire GEMUL8R folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.

Gemulator 2000 supports 68000 based Atari ST and Macintosh Classic
emulation, and 6502 based Atari 8-bit emulation.

Sample free Atari ST software is supplied in the ATARIST directory.

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To run vMac (Macintosh Plus emulator for Windows and Linux):

1. Install at least one Macintosh ROM image file on your PC or have an
   existing Gemulator ROM card with Macintosh ROMs installed
2. Go into the VMAC directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
3. Go into the DOS, WINDOWS, or LINUX directory as appropriate for your PC
4. The compressed source files for vMac will be in each directory as well as
   one or more of the following subdirectories:

        DOCS  - documenation
        FILES - uncompressed distribution files
        SETUP - setup and installation files
        SRC   - source code for DOS, Windows, and/or Linux

The entire VMAC folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.

On Windows, run SETUP.EXE in the VMAC\WINDOWS\SETUP directory.

vMac is limited to running 128K Macintosh Plus ROMs and emulating a black
and white Macintosh Plus computer.

vMac support both ROM image files and ROM cards.

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To run the Basilisk II (Macintosh II emulator for Windows and Linux):

1. Install at least one Macintosh ROM image file on your PC
2. Go into the BASILISK directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
3. There will be one of more of the following subdirectories:

        DOCS  - documenation
        FILES - uncompressed distribution files
        SETUP - setup and installation files
        SRC   - source code for DOS, Windows, and/or Linux

The entire BASILISK folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.

Basilisk supports 256K 512K and 1M Macintosh ROM image files.

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To run the Fusion PC 3.0 (Macintosh Quadra emulator for MS-DOS and Windows):

1. Install at least one Macintosh ROM image file on your PC
2. Go into the FUSION directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
3. There will be one of more of the following subdirectories:

        DOCS  - documenation
        FILES - uncompressed distribution files
        SETUP - setup and installation files

The entire FUSION folder can be copied to your hard disk for convenience.

To install, run INSTALL.EXE in the FUSION\SETUP directory.

Fusion PC 512K and 1M Macintosh ROM image files.

Use Fusion PC 3.0 on older PCs running MS-DOS or older versions of Windows.

We've overhauled Fusion PC to run up to 100% faster than before, so if you
used an earlier version of Fusion, you'll be in for a treat.

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To run the SoftMac 2000 (Apple Macintosh emulator for Windows):

1. Install at least one Macintosh ROM image file on your PC or have an
   existing Gemulator ROM card with Macintosh ROMs installed
2. Go into the GEMUL8R directory using the Windows File Manager or Explorer
3. Double click SOFTMAC8.EXE to run SoftMac 2000

SoftMac 2000 Version 8 (SOFTMAC8.EXE) is a general purpose emulator which
emulates a wide range of 68000, 68020, and 68040 computers, including
Macintosh Classic, Macintosh II series, and 32-bit clean Macintosh Quadra
computers.

The SoftMac 2000 software requires a registration code in order to activate
full functionality. If you purchased the SoftMac 2000 CD-ROM, your unique
registration code and directions for entering it are printed on a separate
registration certificate.

Failing to enter a valid registration code will cause features to be disabled
in Macintosh modes. Memory is limited to 14 megabytes instead of 1024 megabytes
and screen resolution will be limited to 640x480.

Caution: the registration key is your personal key and is unique to you. It
contains encrypted information about your order, so it is unwise to share your
registration key with anyone. Treat it as you would your credit card number. It
prevents other people from freely running the software which you have paid for.

If you are running on Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, and you have a Gemulator
ROM card installed, you must install the Windows device driver for the ROM card.
The driver is located in the GEMUL8R\NT directory and can be installed by
running the INSTALL.BAT file. Then reboot Windows. The driver is not required
for use on Windows 95 or Windows 98 as those support the ROM card directly.

If you need additional help installing and running SoftMac, please read our
online tutorial at:

                http://www.emulators.com/demo/stpbystp.htm

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