Apple IIe Emulator for the Palm OS
After a year of development a open source Apple IIe emulator has been released for the Palm OS. The emulator is still ealy in development but can run almost any Apple][ disk.
The Appalm ][ emulator brings a 64K Apple IIe, 80 column card, and 1 disk drive, to a Palm OS based PDA. Disk images can be uploaded into the internal Palm memory or a memory card. Joystick emulation is provided using the hard keys, the emulator also supports the Sony game controller and high resolution screens.
The emulator comes with a windows utility to convert disk images to a format the palm os can use. The speed of emulation is quite close to an actual Apple IIe on some Palm OS 5 devices, the developer recommends using a model with at least a 66mhz processor.
According to Apple-History, the Apple IIe was first released in January 1983. It went on to be one of the most successful Apple computers ever. It was based on the 65C02 processor, which could run at 1.02 Mhz. It came with 64K of RAM and a 32K ROM which included BASIC, an assembly language interface, and several other hard-coded options. The Apple IIe originally sold for $1,395.
According to the developer, this is a very preliminary version meant more as a proof-of-concept. More features and performance enhancements are in the works. The project is open source and its license is GNU GPL. The project page can be found here.
Thanks to gfunkmagic and Hillary for the tip.
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RE: At last
1. Locate 5.25" floppy disk with app.
2. Connect Apple Floppy drive to Palm via Universal Connector.
3. Upload.
4. Run emulator.
5. Run software.
Hmmm. Something wrong with this scenario.Ca't quite put my finger on it ....
~ "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." - DV ~
RE: At last
Finally I can begin work on my ports of Taipai and Pirates!....on the road!
RE: All I want to know is...
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
RE: All I want to know is...
Ultima series here we come again!
Bards Tale!
Heck even Burger time!
I don't care, I learned to program in the Apple 2. I know that system like the back of my hand....
This is great.
RE: All I want to know is...
>>Ultima series here we come again!
>>Bards Tale!
>>Heck even Burger time!
Actually - every single one of these titles was available for multiple platforms. Ultima and Bards Tale series were available for Apple, PC, C64, Atari 8-bit computers and other platforms (i know Bards Tale was done for Amiga and i believe the Atari ST). Burger time was done for all of the above plus a number of home consoles.
Anyway - i hated the apples because they were 3-4 times the cost of the C64 but weren't as good (they had great cases with room for internal expansion though). The c64 had better graphics and w-a-y better sound. The apple II kinda sucked IMO - but its still cool to see it emulated on a Palm. There were some great games for the apple that had lousy ports for other systems - karateka was great on the apple (they actually attempted speech - sort of) but for some reason they did a really lazy-assed port for the c-64 (had no speech even though the c64 had the ability to do much higher quality speech - and a number of c64 titles did this). Anyway - i don't want to reactivate a 20 year old flame war - so i'll just say that this is still pretty cool.
RE: All I want to know is...
I Think Pat was referring to VisiCalc and not all the other programs. I have a section of my basement full of Apple II and especially Apple /// stuff which was mothballed in December of 1999. I'm looking forward to this with deep interest, but must say that every Palm spreadsheet out there can blow away VisiCalc... and I have the original AND Advanced VisiCalc!
RE: All I want to know is...
I just want to replay some of those old games. That's all.
This Rocks!
RE: This Rocks!
strider_mt2k@yahoo.com
RE: This Rocks!
People can share files and posts messages, and even play games WHILE THEY'RE ON THE BBS!
I just hope someone come out with a version of Qmodem for DOS for PALM. ;)
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Actually I would do all that for a taste of that old time fun.
strider_mt2k@yahoo.com
RE: YEAH!
The UWA release unfortunately uses the IBM graphics and messed up the random number generator used in level up. An emulation of the original would be really nice.
Now my question is how do you get the disk image from the Apple format disk into DOS/Windows? The only way I knew to do that was a card that went between the floppy drive and the controller card and I haven't seen one of those for about 15 years.
F,F,F,P,P,P
IIIxe-->M505-->TT
RE: Amiga
80 columns?
(CLIE clamshell owners: Shut up!)
RE: 80 columns?
Am I remembering this right????
IIIxe-->M505-->TT
RE: 80 columns?
its much easier for hi-res devices, and particularly the sony clamshells :)
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
RE: 80 columns?
Perhaps an actual owner will chime in?
(I used a II+ at work, had a C64 at home... like everyone else, I wanted that damned II+ but that price put it out of my range!)
RE: 80 columns?
The Apple //e originally shipped with an 80 column card (which fit in its own special slot in the //e) as standard equipment. They offered, however, an "extended" 80 column card which also included "double hi-res" graphics plus an extra 65 K of memory. Towards the end of the //e's production cycle, they included the "extended" 80 column card as standard equipment.
This brings back so many memories! I learned how to program as an 10 year old kid on the //e. My only regret to having become a doctor is that I always wondered what could have been, if I just kept programming from those //e days.
RE: Hah!
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"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
-Pablo Picasso.
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By the way this is what a Google search for "French military victories" brings up.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/victories.html
Quite revealing.
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Palm emulation scene getting it on!
To inform about emulation on PalmOS and related topics, I created the site http://www.palmemu.com/ where I try to keep a little directory of must-see-sites and even have a commentary feature for my visitor to suggest new entries, put their rants online or just chat over experience with this or that tool. Perhaps you might want to have a look!
See you when you get there,
Simon
RE: Palm emulation scene getting it on!
And Palm inc announces the release of OS 6.5, followed two months later by emulator for CE 3.0. Microsoft announces the the previous week that Windows mobile 2039 for PPC which is based on winCE 38.4 is ready for sale.
RE: Palm emulation scene getting it on!
Next release: Windows Infinity.
RE: From geeks for geeks
Apple EMU with Tungsten T Problem
I have ever used the older version that hang.
This version is not hang but screen cannot be read.
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