Wednesday, March 13, 2002

Wow! Almost a month without updating! Here's some news on the Babya-OS front (see links page) There;s been an update. There's now a version 9.1! Check it out!

Also, I've been in contact with the creator of the original VAS. I might have a surprise from him shortly (he mentioned in a e-mail a while ago about a VAS2 that never got launched...)

Thursday, February 14, 2002

Today I've replaced the WebTrends Live tracker with an even better one by Nedstat. And you can view the stats on this one!

Wednesday, February 13, 2002

Now we have a new main address because we have aquired two mirror sites in addition to the main sites. Our new home (if you haven't found it already) is at http://www.jonese.org/vas. We have also adopted a new tracker, called 'WebTrends Live'. It is far more intense than our old one and you can't view my stats. Sorry :(

Monday, February 4, 2002

Today, I got a new host, Prohosting. They're awesome (for a free service) with 50 megs of space, CGI scripting, FTP, the works. The only problem is the banner ad. However, they tell me that if I reccommend the full Prohoisting services (you know the deal- everything you can possibly think of with an added fee, including , I believe, a .com domain), they'll remove my banner! So if you want to support the removal of our banner and are indifferent about where you host your own site, just check out http://www.prohosting.com, then e-mail them and tell them that vamcapps (djf@email.computer.net) reffered you.

Our new address is: http://wind.prohosting.com/vmacapps

Sunday, February 3, 2002

Today, Eric Jones, aka Jonese, created the first official, working VAS Mirror at http://www.jonese.org/vas. Please bookmark it as it will soon have full functionality (it doesn't have most packages as of yet), but when it does it will be smokin', with more hosting space than the primary site, no pop up ads and greater reliablity (ie: it won't close because of too much bandwidth). Bookmark it. NOW!

Friday, February 1, 2002

Today I have added a link to Babya System 9 OS. The developer's description: " The Babya System 9 operating system is already famous for innovations such as a Installer, Finder and control panels. Babya System 9.0 is the result of the developer listening to user requests and making improvements and new features, many of which aren't available anywhere else, or on any other platform. It features a clean interface, a powerful control panel, a built-in file server and a system information window, full drag-and-drop capabilities, support for file sharing with BabyaShare, and more." Sounds good to me:) You can find the link at the bottom of the Links Page.

Also, yesterday, after uploading those files I used up officially 98.2% of my space at Geocities. There won't be anymore new files until I can get another host. The VAS will still operate at it's full functionality, however. So keep on coming and keep on downloading! We won't close like the original VAS did!

Thursday, January 31, 2002

Today I've added two new disk images. The first one is entitled "Applications #4" and can be found in the applications section. The second one is entitled "System 7.1" and is a spartan boot disk for all Macintosh computers that run System 7.1. It will work on vMac (or else I wouldn't have posted it up on this site. Duh!). It can be found in the booters section.

Sunday, January 27, 2002

Today I added a links page that also contains contact information. This comes after sites have requested to link to me and I just wish to return the favor. I also add sites when I see that somebody has added a link to me, doesn't tell me about it, and it generates substancial traffic. You don't have to ask permission to link to me, just tell me so I can link to you. Thanx.

Friday, January 25, 2002

Today I've fixed Games3.zip. It is one of my favorite packages, containing only a copy of David Alan Smith's "The Colony", the first game of it's type ever. It is in total 3D and you can explore everything. Try it out.

I have added frames. If there are any problems, let me know by e-mailing me here.

Finally, I added copies of System 6.0.8 and System 7.0.1 to the Booters section. Check them out!

Thursday, January 24, 2002

I have been notified by VAS fan "Stiletto" that I am missing files. I am missing Games3.DSK, which contains "Colony". I'm posting it up soon. Also, when I stop being lazy, I'll update the descriptions for the games packages.

I would also like to take the time to welcome Morro to the Mac emulation community. His general emulation site can be found right here.

Also, If anybody is looking for more great software then check out our sister site Macintroid (link on the menu bar at the top of the screen), but also check out the System 6 Heaven because it has a HUGE archive of both games and apps, which ere System 6 and System 7 compatable. Yes, that means that most of them will work with the vMac Boot Disk available in our Booters section.

Finally, wanna taste of the original (and now defunct) VAS? Then check it out right here fresh from the Wayback machiene at Archive.org, which periodically takes a snapshot of the whole internet (well, most of it). Most of the graphics are broken and the downloads aren't there, but you can get a feel for it.

Wednesday, January 9, 2002

Welcome to the new vMac Applications Site!

The VAS was originally the essential companion to vMac, the world's first free Macintosh Emulator. It included disk images and boot disks for System 5, System 6, System 7 and MacOS 7.5. Unfortunately, the company that hosted the VAS couldn't support the bandwidth that VAS generated and closed it down. However, BASICman, a Mac emulation enthusiast and Web Master of Macintroid had downloaded most of the disk images from the VAS, and decided to post a new VAS as a way to give back to the Mac emulation community.