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Sweet16 - 2.1.1

Apple IIgs emulator.

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.1.1
Release Date:	2009-08-05
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	579
Downloads (all versions):	6,925

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Product Description:

Sweet16 is the most capable Apple IIgs emulator for computers running Mac OS X. Based on the BeOS version of Sweet16, which was in turn based on the outlandishly popular Bernie ][ The Rescue, its code is mature and positioned to have more and better features added over time. Apple IIgs fanatics and nostalgic '80s junkies alike will love Sweet16!

What's new in this version:

The main event loop now does sleeps instead of busy-loops, dramatically reducing wasted CPU cycles; Sweet16 plays much more nicely with other running processes now.
Rewrote the video timing code to be more precise.
Removed some unnecessary mutual exclusion code in the networking support, speeding up networking substantially.
The Create Disk Image panel now lets you choose a disk image format on Mac OS X 10.4; previously this popup window didn't do anything prior to Mac OS X 10.5.
The SpiderMonkey JavaScript runtime is now weak-linked, so that Sweet16 really does now run on PowerPC G3 systems (albeit without debugger support).
Creating disk images of even 1 MB sizes (5 MB, 10 MB, 32 MB, 100 MB, for example) now goes much, much faster, since instead of writing out 512 bytes at a time, these are written 1 MB at a time. A future update will provide a similar performance improvement for floppy size image creation.
Clicks in the video window are no longer ignored when the System Information window is open.
Enabled some new optimizations that noticeably improves performance on PowerPC systems.
Removed some unnecessary debug output.
The Create Disk Image panel now lets you create DiskCopy 4.2 images at 1.4 MB.
The Create Disk Image panel's size popup no longer wanders out of view when you resize the panel.
Memory no longer gets leaked when controls in the Create Disk Image and Create Emupack file panels are clicked on.
Reworded the alert that appears when trying to mount a CD-ROM when no CD-ROM is found, since the same alert is used both when there is no CD-ROM media available as well as when there is no CD-ROM drive available.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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No longer a CPU hog. - Version: 2.1.1, 8/6/2009 03:16PM PST

cknoblo

This has really taken the load off the CPU when you use speed control. It also means it runs faster if you let it run freely. The other new features, like Emupacks, make it a more powerful emulator.

A note regarding the Public Beta - Version: 2.0b1, 7/24/2007 04:24PM PST

Eric_Shepherd_676

Please only use the Public Beta 1 release if you're comfortable using prerelease software. Sweet16 2.0b1 is still in development and it's likely there are bugs. If you do decide to use it, please keep backups of your IIgs disk image files, and please report any bugs you find so they can be fixed before the final release!

The IIgs lives on - Version: 1.7.3, 9/14/2006 02:00PM PST

carlk--2008

I have several GSs on the shelf as backups, but Sweet16 will keep it going forever.