Re: Sweet16 2.2 released

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

On Jul 18, 1:51 pm, Sheppy <the.she...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just posted Sweet16 2.2, the latest version of my Apple IIgs
> emulator for Mac OS X. This is a fairly minor update, but does have a
> couple of helpful improvements, listed below.
>
> One of the key changes is that by default, Sweet16 now limits the
> emulated IIgs speed to 40 MHz. Previously, the default was to go as
> fast as possible. This resulted in using 100% of at least one CPU
> core, which would cause battery drain and temperature issues,
> especially on laptops. Although users always had the option to turn on
> speed control and throttle the speed, this wasn't obvious, so to help
> out new users, I changed the default option.
>
> If you're already using Sweet16, your current setting won't change
> when you update to version 2.2. If you're a current user and are
> having this problem, you can enable speed control by opening the
> preferences, going to the CPU tab, and turning on the "Speed control"
> option. Then select a speed to throttle your emulated IIgs to.
>
> Since modern Macs can typically blaze along at over 100 MHz emulated
> IIgs speed if unthrottled, even setting it to 40 MHz should improve
> the situation dramatically.
>
> 1. Sweet16 now defaults to having speed control enabled, with the GS
> set to a 40 MHz emulated speed. This prevents laptops from getting hot
> while running Sweet16. You can easily turn off speed control to let
> your GS fly, using the preferences’ CPU options panel.
>
> 2. You can now mount ProDOS-order (.po) disk images that are not
> floppy disk sizes.
>
> 3. When paused, Sweet16 no longer continues to use lots of your Mac’s
> processor capacity.
>
> 4. Creating 1.4 MB disks using the Create Disk Image feature now
> creates disk images that are actually 1.4 MB, rather than 1.6 MB.
>
> Download here:http://bit.ly/aRebqX
>
> Sheppy

cool! Thanks for continuing to update a great GS emulator!

Dean