Emulators

Feb 12 2012

Virtual ][ Version 6.5 Released

Gerard Puter has released an update of his popular Virtual ][ shareware Apple ][ Emulator for the Mac.   Virtual ][ is a complete Apple ][ emulator with features such as print to pdf and visual configuration menus with accurate card images.

In the new version, gerard has included the following changes:

  • Fixed an issue where the Mockingboard card could halt the virtual machine (this happened, for example, in Ultima IV).
  • Corrected an issue in the "floating bus" screen rendering, thereby improving compatibility.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause stray pixels on the emulated screen when switching from 80-column text to low-resolution graphics.
  • Improved screen rendering perfomance by using Apple's Grand Central Dispatch technology.

You can download the Virtual ][ emulator from the Virtual ][ website at:

http://www.virtualii.com/

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Feb 8 2012

New Build of JACE Apple ][ Emulator Posted

Brendan Robert has uploaded a new version of his JACE Apple ][ Emulator to the JACE Sourceforge page.   This release is meant to address some issues that were introduced in early versions.  Brendan Robert posted the following notes about the release on the Comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup earlier today:

"1) Concurrent modification exceptions have been eradicated when you apply settings changes.  These used to kill the emulation when you used the config screen to tweak settings or change disks.  I am very happy to say it works correctly as it was intended to work from the get go.  You can even switch to the ][DB debugger rom in mid-session without a crash!  Also supported are changing out card assignments, though some software only detects on start so you might have to use a three-fingered salute anyway.

2) Frame generation is now cycle-perfect, so split screen modes work as expected

3) Other video generation controls are provided, so it is possible to slow down the scanner, or change where HBL is generated from.  This seems rather silly, but for some reason it is the only way to get certain things (floating bus rainbow example) to work for now (default settings are compatible)

4) It is also possible to beautifully render the money munchers title, just set the HBL x/y offsets to 0 and set the scan interval to 3.  I'm not sure why, but this is the only way I could get it to stop flickering madly, though I know it is not **correct** at all."

You can download the latest build as well as the test cases from the JACE Apple ][ emulator source page at:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/java-ace/

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Jan 31 2012

Mouse Emulation added to JACE Apple ][ Emulator

JACE or Java Apple Computer Emulator has been updated once again by Brendon Robert.  The latest version of the emulator has mouse emulation implemented.   According to the release on CSA2, ”

  • Only “clamping” style mouse emulation is supported well, and it is supported VERY well.  It scales the mouse coordinates to the physical mouse, so it works seamlessly with the OS mouse too!
  • Interrupts and polling both implemented — polling seems to work pretty well at least.  Interrupts should work also, but I can’t tell if I’ve encountered something that uses interrupts or not…  :->
  • Resetting the mouse pointer to read relative mouse movement isn’t really implemented and could have unknown results.  I’m not sure what the effect of this would be but again, it’s a matter of finding something that uses the mouse that way.

While the implementation is still early, it does work with a number of mouse enhanced Apple ][ products.  It will not however, work with Dazzle Draw or Airheart.  Brendon is looking for help in the issue of the Resetting the Mouse Pointer as well as any insight into what could be happening with Dazzle Draw and Airheart.  You can download the emulator from the JACE page on Sourceforge at:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/java-ace/

To reach Brendon, you can check the CSA2 groups on Google and contact user BLuRry.

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Jan 22 2012

Mini vMac LT Beta Released — Local Talk Support Included

Mike Fort has created a version of Mini vMac which has LocalTalk support included.  The support is through the serial port in Mini vMac. The beta of the release which is based  on the version 3.1.3 of Mini vMac, is now downloadable from Mike Fort’s website at:

http://web.me.com/mikefort/Mini_vMac_LT/index.html

Mike is also working on a gateway solution which would allow traffic to go beyond the LAN.  The beta requires that you be running Mac OS X version 7.x in 32-Bit Mode.

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Jan 22 2012

Virtual II 6.4.1 Update Released

Gerard Puter has released an update to his Virtual ][ emulator.  The latest release addresses a couple of issues with the 6.4 release.  They include:

  • Double-clicking a disk in the Finder didn't work anymore when Virtual ][ did not run - this has been fixed.
  • All pictures in the Inspector Help were missing - this has been corrected.

You can download the update from the Virtual ][ website at:

http://www.virtualii.com/

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Jan 22 2012

ActiveGS Plugin Version 3.5.762 Released

The latest version of the ActiveGS Plugin has been Released. Version 3.5.762 was released to address and issue with the Chrome extension deployment.

ActiveGS is the Apple IIgs emulation plugin written by the Free Tools Association and used in the Virtual Apple ][ website ( http://www.virtualapple.org )

For more information, check out the ActiveGS Plugin Support page at:

http://activegs.freetoolsassociation.com/

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Jan 19 2012

New Build of JACE Apple ][ Emulator Released

The latest version of the Java Apple Computer Emulator has been released.  JACE is a multi-platform Apple ][ Emulator which focuses on being cycle accurate to the Apple //e.

In a posting on CSA2, developer Brendon Robert said that “JACE finally has a decent amount of updates and I think it’s stable enough to release another build. “

The changes in the emulator since the last build include the following:

  • Better NTSC color emulation
  • Fixes to prevent crashes on start (race condition in video initialization)
  • Tweaks to sound timing
  • Experimental raw sound output (activate/deactivate with F7)
  • Help text on start screen now reports correct key shortcuts
  • Lots of other things that have been forgotten
  • Removed some configuration options that were causing unnecessary grief

You can download the latest build from the  JACE Sourceforge webpage at:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/java-ace/

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Jan 16 2012

C2T Binary Conversion Tool with Source and Documentation Now Online

The C2T Binary Conversion program created by Egan Ford has now been officially released.  The program was created out of the need for a tool to convert Apple II files and disk images to audio files.   These audio files are used by the Apple ][ Game server Online as well as the Apple ][ Disk Server.

Egan has written a complete documentation and breakdown of the C2T conversion program at:

http://asciiexpress.net/files/c2t.html

You can download the complete binary and source code for the C2T program from:

http://asciiexpress.net/files/c2t-0.991.zip

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Jan 16 2012

Virtual ][ Drops PPC Support with Update to Version 6.4

Gerard Puter has updated the Virtual ][ Emulator to version 6.4.  The biggest change to the program is that this version of Virtual ][ will be the first version which is totally dedicated to the Apple Intel platform.  Most of the changes and feature fixes in version 6.4 are oriented around moving totally to the Intel platform and getting the most out of its performance.   The main changes in the program according to Gerard's posting on the Virtual ][ website are:

  • Dropped support for Mac OS X 10.4 and the PowerPC processor. The program now requires an Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or better.
  • Added a feature to change the write protection and volume number of disk images.
  • It is now possible to configure a 65C02 processor in an Apple ][ or ][+ virtual machine.
  • When choosing "Copy as Text" from the Edit menu, international characters on the screen are now correctly copied to the Mac clipboard.
  • Improved the quality of the QuickLook preview and thumbnail of a saved state file.
  • Some custom character sets were not accepted by the virtual machine - this has been fixed.
  • Fixed a number of minor issues, thereby improving the overall stability of the program.

Virtual ][ is one of the few Apple ][ emulators that has a compete set of features including Print to PDF, large floppy capability, complete machine and card control through the control panel as well as variable speed control.

The Virtual ][ Emulator is shareware and can be purchased at the Virtual ][ website for $49 for the full package.  For more information about the features of the Virtual ][ emulator, go to:

http://virtualii.com/

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Jan 16 2012

MAME for Mac OS X – 32/64-Bit Intel Updated

The latest rendition of the SDL /MAME for MAC OS X has been updated.  Version 0.144u6 was updated earlier this morning and as of yet, the change log has not been listed. The current version requires at least Mac OS X 10.6 or newer.

You can find the update on the SDL/MAME website at:

http://sdlmame.parodius.com/

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