Tag: apple2 emulation
The Applewin Apple II Emulator for Windows has been updated. Changes to version 1.29.11 of the Applewin emulator include the following: [Bug #771] Added new command line switch to load custom ROM: -rom . Supports 12KiB (at $D000) and 16KiB (at $C000) rom files. [Bug #765] Lancaster (Total Replay) hangs when starting second game. [Bug #734] DiskII controller card: support 13-sector firmware. The card auto-selects the firmware based on the .woz (v2 or higher) image properties. Only change the firmware at reset/reboot to…
Gerard Putter has announced the release of the latest version of his Virtual II emulator. Virtual II is a Mac OS X based Apple II emulator which features a bevy of features not found on other emulators including realistic sounds, multiple speed, print to PDF among others. Version 7.5.4 includes a number of changes and fixes including: A new option allows forwarding all Command-key combinations to the virtual machine as “Open Apple” key combinations, instead of being handled by the…
Gerard Putter has updated the Virtual II emulator. The latest update to version 7.5.2 includes the following fixes: Fixed an issue that could cause the virtual procesor to get stuck in an endless loop. The right arrow key did not work correctly when used for game control. This has been fixed. Virtual II is an Apple II emulator for Mac OS X and is $49.95 for the full version. You can download the shareware version or the update from the…
The Virtual ][ Emulator for Mac OS X has been updated. Version 7.3 was released with a host of new fixes and updates including: The “No Slot Clock” now reports Monday as weekday no. 1. Previously it reported Sunday as day no. 1, which was incorrect. Added Applescript properties for better control of the connected devices. The application preferences now offer two color schemes for high resolution rendering. The Inspector now retains its window positions when the virtual machine is…
There is now another Apple II blog for fans of this venerable machine to follow. The blog author promises to deliver a new article every day, and since this blog has opened three days ago, and sure enough, there are three entries, this promise is maintained. The name of the blog, fittingly enough, is the Daily Apple, and its URL is http://dailyapple.a2hq.com/ The entries so far are about the author’s Apple IIc, acquired in December of 1984, an Apple IIe…
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…
The Latest version of Brendan Robert’s Apple // Game Server is now available from the Apple // Game Server Sourceforge website. Of particular note with version 3.1 of Apple // Game Server is the requirement of Java 6 on machines using the Apple // Game Server progam. The Apple // Game Server allows the user to send floppies directly to the Apple II computer over a serial connection, eliminating the need for floppies to play games on an original Apple II series…
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…
The latest version of the Applewin Apple ][ emulator, version 1.22, have been posted in the Applewin SVN repository. Changes in version 1.22 include: . [Feature #005557] Support DOSMaster image created by Apple Oasis. . [Feature #003272 and #005335] Support 2x windowed mode: – Toggle between 1x and 2x by using Resize button (or F6). – Full screen now enabled by CTRL+Resize button (or CTRL+F6). Fixes: . [Feature #004346] Don’t show mousetext for original Apple //e. . Fixed HDD firmware…
Brendan Robert has released a new version of his JACE or Java Apple Computer Emulator. The latest update includes a number of fixes and enhancements as per his posting in CSA2: for more information about JACE or to download the program, check out Brendan’s JACE project page at:
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…
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…
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/
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: You can download the latest build from the JACE Sourceforge…
Ivan Drucker has released his Apple ][ Server, a linux based setup which allows Apple //e’s with workstation cards and Apple IIgs’s that are network capable to connect. The file server is offered in a complete, ready to go setup that is downloadable from Ivan’s website. A2Sever allows users to boot ProDOS 8 or GS/OS over the network after uploading the media from your Mac or Windows based machines. According to Ivan, the real gist of the A2Server is that…
Egan Ford has updated his new Apple ][ Disk Server once again. The Apple ][ Disks Server allows the user to connect their audio port to the Apple ][‘s cassette i/o port and load complete disk images to the floppy drive. This process now takes less than three minutes according to a note from Egan. Improvements between version 3 and version 6 include: To use the Apple ][ Disk Server, go to the Disk Server website at: http://asciiexpress.net/diskserver/
Marc Ressl has updated his Open Emulator program to version 1.0.1. The emulator which was recently released with Apple-1 compatibility is now being added to in order to support the Apple ][ series as well. The latest version of the software includes the following updates: * Several timing issues where fixed. The Apple-1 should run now cycle-accurate. * The audio recorder was fixed. This was impairing loading cassette tapes. * On Apple-1 emulations, backspace is now mapped to underscore. You…
Marc Ressl has announce the immediate availability of his Apple emulator, OpenEmulator version 1.0. This is the first release version of the program and is available for Mac OS 10.6 and 10.7. Included in the latest version are the following updates: * The Apple-1 emulations are working. It is possible to emulate a stock Apple-1, a Briel Replica-1 and a Achatz A-ONE. Every emulation respects the memory maps and features of respective systems.* There are many virtual monitors that can…
The ActiveGS Plugin has been rolled back to version 3.3.201 due to a bug which was discovered to be causing the Safari version of the plugin not to work. Work is ongoing and a fix is expected soon. In the interim, if the plugin is not working in your browser when you visit the Virtual Apple ][ website, we recommend uninstalling the plugin and re-visiting to re-install the older version of the plugin. If your broswer is working fine with…
Oliver Goguel, author of the ActiveGS App announced that he was pulling the latest version of his app from the App Store. Version 1.21 had been submitted and was ready to be released when a bug was discovered in the app which would cause the iPad to freeze. The bug was discovered after a beta tester used the zoom lock feature and the entire machine froze. ActiveGS has been used for many years now on the Virtual Apple ][ website…
