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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06I build Snow, a 68k Macintosh emulator
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Snow 1.4.1 is out!
This release brings audio CD and cue/bin image support to Snow! Also added host/guest clipboard sharing, more options to tweak fast-forward mode, native file dialogs, improved mouse control in fullscreen, a new audio backend and many other ease of use features!
Full changelog and downloads: https://github.com/twvd/snow/releases/tag/v1.4.1
New Snow features: you can copy the contents (text only) of the clipboard in the emulated system to your host system clipboard, and 'paste' (type out) the contents of your host clipboard in the emulated system!
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A/UX came with lovely very UNIX-y binders, which you definitely needed as the OS and installation aren't exactly straight forward.
Luckily, that is archived: https://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/mac/a_ux/aux_1.1/
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Extra hacker bonus points for WORKING ON THIS ON A FLIGHT
Thanks to contributer beholdnec, Snow now supports bin/cue CD images and also audio CDs!
This allows, for example, for playing 'Battle Chess: Enhanced', which uses CD audio for music and sound effects, in all its full glory.
These new features are now available in bleeding edge.
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To start off the install, we begin with the "System setup and README" disk. We need to partition the disk, and then do something counter-intuitive: install System 6 on a Mac partition. This is because there's a Mac application that kicks off the A/UX boot process: SASH; the A/UX standalone shell.
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Snow v1.3.1 is released!
This is mostly a bug fix release for HTTPS stripping NAT, LocalTalk-over-UDP and FPU fixes for SimCity 2000 and Macstodon; so you have the best #globaltalk experience during #MARCHintosh
Link: https://github.com/twvd/snow/releases/tag/v1.3.1
Snow v1.5.0 is out!
This release brings A/UX support, an emulated printer, new CD features, floppy writeback support and many other improvements and features!
Thanks to everyone that has contributed to this release in one way or another.
See https://github.com/twvd/snow/releases/tag/v1.5.0 for full release notes and downloads
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You can also try it on Infinite Mac: https://infinitemac.org/run?disk=A%2FUX+3.1.1&machine=Mac+IIx+(Snow)
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Partitioning is through the familiar HD SC Setup and can be pretty straightforward; the included HD SC Setup includes a template layout for A/UX.
And then, we can move on to install a pretty bare System 6 and afterwards copy the contents of the "SASH and utilities" disk to the new installation.
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@hkz@social.chinwag.org she hasn't asked you to delete the photo so all options are still on the table
@nygl@aus.social Chromebooks are popular here in education. Still somewhat cheaper than Neos.