Category: Emulation
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/
For those iPhone and iPad users lucky enough to have downloaded iMame prior to its being pulled on the 23rd of December, 2011, there is a nifty new instruction set available on the Internet for adding more ROMs. iMame came with 10 ROMs but none of them were particulaly exciting from the aspect of the average gamer. The one thing that was exciting was the fact that MAME had made it into the Apple App store. This has been rectified…
Ivan Drucker, creator of Slammer and NuInput has updated his website. The changes include the addition of his recently created A2Server and a new section for other projects he is working on. However, as he says, “There is no other stuff. Yet.”. Ivan’s recently release A2Server is a file server which runs on modern machine allowing the Apple //e and IIgs to connect and boot from the server. Ivan added a version of A2Server ready to go on a VMWare…
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…
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…
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…
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/
In what Egan Ford is calling a completed release, the Apple ][ Game Server and the Apple ][ Disk Server have been updated. The updates included adjusting the speed to a slightly lower speed for transfers as the higher speeds initially listed as hi-fi were causing some issues and a higher rate of failure in the transfers between the Apple ][ and the PC. Be sure and check out Egans work at: http://asciiexpress.net/gameserver http://asciiexpress.net/diskserver
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/
The ever popular iCade cabinet from ThinkGeek has been totally re-designed. The newest design loses the cabinet and is a sleek docking station along the lines of the Atari Arcade. The primary difference is the fact that this version will support landscape mode as well. The launch of the product is expected to be sometime during 2nd quarter 2012. While the cabinet is no longer part of the unit, the new product will still likely cost $100.00 USD Source: Engadget
Egan Ford has been busy with finding new ways to utilize the cassette port on the Apple ][ computer. His Apple ][ Game Server is now at version 0.5 and has a number of improvements in speed and methodologies of loading the programs onto real and emulated Apple ][ computers. Version 0.5 includes the following updates: Boosted audio volume from 50% to 75%. Added MON download option (Apple Monitor text for pasting into emulators). Right-click to save it. You can…
Brenden Robert has updated his JACE Emulator (Java Apple Computer Emulator) Source code to revision 150 and has said that a new build is coming soon. The delay in the update was attributed to several bugs which were preventing a build from being submitted. According to Brenden’s post on CSA2, “I still have some issues with getting the code to run really well when full-screen, but that’s a video generation/scaling problem and I need to profile the code further to…
The latest version of the Soviet era Agat computer emulator has been released. The Agat is an Apple ][ compatible computer which was developed in the Soviet Union and runs a good number of Apple ][ titles. Improvements in Version 1.22 are as follows: Implemented floppy drive controller for Acorn Atom system. Added support for extension ROMs for Acorn Atom. The Agat Emulator is made for Win32 based systems and can be found here: http://www.emucr.com/2012/01/agat-emulator-v122.html
Brutal Deluxe Software has published the first three videos in a their Apple II Cracking Senses series. The video series is designed to teach the current generation of Apple ][ fans what it takes to crack old software from the 1980’s game by game. While much of this software is long abandoned through either non-existence of the company that made it or through the loss of the original code by the author, it is an interesting insight into what these…
Egan Ford has now taken his Apple ][ Game Server a step further and created an Apple ][ Disk Server. The concept of the server is that it allows you to reconstitute an entire floppy disk through the cassette input/output port of the Apple ][ computer. This is accomplished using old 1970’s style data sound playing through the cassette Port directly to the computer. The Apple ][ then writes the data to the disk one the disk writer is initiated…
The latest version of the Mini vMac emulator has been released. The Paul Pratt managed project is now in version 3.2.3 of the emulator. The Mini vMac emulator emulates a 128K Macintosh and runs on a variety of platforms including Mac OS X. One requirement is that you have a 128K Macintosh ROM in file form. The operating system on the other hand is little problem as Apple, Inc. has released all Apple OSes through 7.5.5 as freeware. The Latest…
Laminar Research announced the latest version of their X-Plan App for the iPad today. The latest version, Version 9.750 adds a new suite of airplanes to the application in preparation for their rollout of their latest version, X-Plane 10. The new planes included in the 9.750 update are: F-16 Falcon fighter, JA-37 Viggen Swedish fighter (don’t go Friggin’ with a Viggen!), P-38 Lightning WW-2 twin tail (the “fork-Tailed Devil”), P-40 Warhawk (black-sheep!), Piper Cub (tail-wheel classic!), Robinson R-44 (best-selling helo……
The Open Emulator is an Apple emulator for multiple platforms, written by Marc Ressl. He announced yesterday in the CSA2 that his version 1.0.2 of the emulator was available for immediate download from the Open Emulator Website. Included in this latest version is the emulation of the True 1977 Apple ][ computer as well as the Apple-1 platform. He has included the following features in the emulator: Emulates the 1977 Apple II Joystick/mouse support with programmable axis and button mapping,…
The Free Tools Association has updated their ActiveGS plugin Apple IIgs Emulation system to version 3.5.750. The latest version is primarily to bring the plugin into line with the latest version of Firefox Browser and also to fix a a few issues with other browsers. The ActiveGS plugin is the primary emulator for Virtual Apple ][ (http://www.virtualapple.org), which is now run by the Gamezyte group (http://www.gamezyte.com). To load the latest version of the plugin, go to the Virtual Apple ][…
