Emulators

Mar 20 2013

Virtual ][ Emulator for Mac Updated

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Gerard Puter, developer of the Virtual ][ Emulator has released a maintenance update to the Apple ][ emulator.  Version 7.2.1 addresses an issue with sound compatibility in the emulator with Mac OS X 10.7.

Virtual ][ is a Mac based Apple ][ Emulator which contains many advanced features including Print to PDF as well as interface card control.   The program is shareware and costs $49.95 for the full version of the program.

You can download the latest version of the Virtual ][ Emulator from the Virtual ][ website at:

http://www.virtualii.com/

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Mar 4 2013

Virtual II Emulator Updated to Version 7.1

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Gerard Puter, the developer of the Virtual ][ Emulator has released an update to the emulator.  Virtual ][ Version 7.1 is primarily a bug fix release witht he following items changed:

  • Fixed an issue that could cause Apple II screen pixels to be randomly shown or hidden.
  • Improved implementation of the "mounted OS X folder" feature to fix an incompatibility with EDASM.
  • Some of the Applescript demos didn't work in version 7.0; this has been fixed.

Virtual ][ is a full fledged GUI interfaced Apple ][ emulator for Mac OS X.  You must have at least Mac OS X 10.4 to use the latest version of this emulator.  The shareware version of the Virtual II Emulator can be downloaded from the Virtual ][ website at:

http://www.virtualii.com/

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Jan 1 2013

JACE Apple ][ Emulator Updated

JACE

Brendan Robert has announced a minor bug fix update to the JAVA Apple Computer Emulator or JACE as it is known. The JACE 12-30-12 update includes the following fixes:

+ Leaving fullscreen mode caused a blue border to appear at the top, shifting the whole display area down.  This has been corrected.
+ Mouse pointer was not properly positioned when in fullscreen mode, especially when proportional mode (F8) is active.  This is now fixed, with an optional fix to fix the Y-coordinate of the mouse in fullscreen mode in Linux environments (I’n not sure if the bug is present in other platforms so I made it possible to disable the fix from the mouse configuration)

For more information about JACE or to download the latest version, you can go to the JACE website at:

https://sites.google.com/site/brendanrobert/projects/jace

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Oct 31 2012

Apple II Emulator Jace 2012-10-31 released

Brendan Robert has released a new and improved version of his Java Apple II emulator.

 

] 65c02 CPU emulation is now 100%, tested and verified thanks to Klaus Dormann’s test suite: https://github.com/redline6561/cl-6502/blob/b008…nctional_test.a65

] Overall CPU usage is way down thanks to recent changes:
Video generation rolled into main thread and this made things a lot more efficient
Switched to older timer model, newer lock-based timers were considerably slower
Memory listener model streamlined to be more efficient

] Skyfox now detects mockingboard in slot 4
] Pitfall II detects mockingboard and plays perfectly!
] Disk II speedup hack now provided as a configuration option (previously, speedup hacks were always enabled to max the emulator speed when disk is in use)
] Hayes smartmodem now has UI activity indicators

Some folks reported in the past intermittent issues where the emulator would hang on start and never actually begin executing the rom (symptom: Screen with alternating checkerboard and inverse @ symbols). I believe this release fixes that problem once and for all.

This is the most stable and efficient build to date, I hope it is useful to your folks!

Download the latest version here.

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Jul 18 2012

OpenEmulator 1.0.3 Review

Just the other day, Marc S. Ressl released the latest version of his Apple II emulator for Mac OS X.

OpenEmulator, written by Marc S. Ressl, is the most exciting new Apple II emulator around. Designed to replicate down to the littlest details the experience of using real Apple II hardware, this free, open-source emulator succeeds in providing the full effect!

The latest version, 1.0.3, adds emulation of the Apple II Plus and J-Plus computers, as well as the Disk II drive and many other peripherals. This version finally lifts OpenEmulator from an interesting novelty to something far more useful. In time, it will come to challenge the top emulators for Mac OS X systems, Virtual II and Sweet16. OpenEmulator 1.0.3 requires a Macintosh running OS X 10.6 or 10.7. Older versions of OpenEmulator were compatible with OS X 10.5; it would be nice if this compatibility could be restored.

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The attention to detail is astounding. The Disk II interface card, for example, can be configured with either the 16 sector or 13 sector PROM, something that I’ve never seen in an emulator. Furthermore, the sounds of the Disk II drive are also provided, and they can be shifted between the original Shugart mechanism and the newer Alps model. Disk I/O errors are every bit as horrific as they are on the original, with the drive head thrashing itself into track 0 in an attempt to recalibrate. Make sure your speakers aren’t up too loud!

Read the full review at Mac GUI.

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Jul 16 2012

OpenEmulator 1.0.3 Released

Marc Ressl has released the latest version of his OpenEmulator.  The OpenEmulator emulates a number of machines and will eventually include the entire Apple II series in its emulator core.  At the moment, version 1.0.3 includes the following features:

  • Added the 1979 Apple II plus and Apple II j-plus
  • Added the 1979 Disk II drives and interface card (13 and 16 sector), with support for DSK, DO, D13, PO, CPM, NIB, 2IMG, FDI, DiskCopy 4.2, V2D disk images
  • Added the 1979 Apple 16K Language Card
  • Added the 1979 Apple Graphics Tablet interface and card
  • Added the 1979 Videx Videoterm 80 column card, with cycle accurate MC6845 emulation
  • Added the R&D CFFA interface card for mounting PO, 2IMG, HDV, HDF, DiskCopy 4.2, VDI (VirtualBox) and VMDK (VMWare disk image) disk images
  • Fixed CTRL keyboard problems in Apple II’s
  • Added applesoft-lite 0.4 to Briel Replica-1

You can download the OpenEmulator for Mac OS X at:

http://www.openemulator.org

 

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Jul 5 2012

Mini vMac LT Moves

Due to the closure of Apple’s Mobile.Me, Mini vMac LT’s website has relocated to its own domain.   The new website is at: http://mfort.net/

Mini vMac LT is a version of Mini vMac which supports serial connections in Local Talk mode, thus allowing usage of AppleTalk based games and utilities.   The forums have also been relocated to the new website are now available for new user registrations.

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Jul 3 2012

Virtual II Version 7.0 Released

Gerard Puter has released a major update to the Virtual ][ Emulator. The latest update brings the emulator in line with the latest version of Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) and includes a number of video related improvements as well.  Improvements included in Version 7.0 of Virtual ][ are as follows:

  • Updated the program to be fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
  • Improved accuracy of high resolution colors by adding emulation of NTSC TV color logic.
  • Modernized the appearance of the main window.
  • The Inspector can now save a memory dump of the virtual machine to a file.
  • Added the Bulgarian character set.

Virtual ][ is a Macintosh based Apple ][ emulator, which includes many advanced emulation features rarely found in other emulation packages.  Some of these advanced features include Epson compatible print to PDF and complete card control from within the control panel of the emulator.

You can download the shareware version of the package from the Virtual ][ website at:

http://www.virtualii.com/

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Jun 25 2012

JACE Apple II Emulator Updated

Brendan Robert has updated the Java Apple Computer Emulator, also known as JACE.   JACE is a free ware emulator which is Java 6 based and intended to be executable on multiple platforms.  In the latest update, Bendan has announced the following changes and fixes:

+Prince of Persia cheat module is included, but not active by default.  Enable from configuration menu (F4)
+Obligatory cheats such as infinite health, start with sword
+Crazy insane cheats using mouse such as “click to teleport” or “click to open gates” or “click to kill enemies” also work.
+Should work with any version of PoP because I used Mechner’s code to write it.  (THANKS JORDAN!!!!)

+Joystick support for keyboard arrow keys added, also with optional “hog” mode which means the arrow keys are hogged by the joystick and not passed to the emulator as keystrokes.  This makes games like Prince of Persia play extremely well!

+Fixed bug causing lo-res graphics mode to show on boot instead of text mode.

+Prodos-ordered (.po) disks now work for Disk ][ Controller (actually, they also work for mass-storage as well for some reason)  Thanks to the KEGS team!

+Extensive command line options now added.  See “Config” section for details. This enables joystick “0″, puts a disk controller in slot 6 and inserts a disk: -joy0.enabled -computer.s6card disk -s6.d1 /some/disk.dsk

+20% more efficient and less glitchy audio.

+Only partial support for Mockingboard, not complete yet unfortunately (but hopefully one day…)

+Passes all ram, rom and hardware diagnostics as if it were a real machine.

You can download the latest version of the JACE Emulator from the website at:

https://sites.google.com/site/brendanrobert/projects/jace

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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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