Category: Emulation

The Virtual II Emulator, a full featured shareware Apple II Emulator has been updated. Virtual II Version 12.1 includes a slew of updates and fixes including the following items: The virtual II emulator is the product of long time developer Gerard Putter and has been in development consistently for the past 20 plus years. The emulator includes the ability to emulate the Apple II, II+, IIe and the IIc computers. Virtual ][ requires a Mac with macOS 12.0 (“Monterey”) or better. It…

The Clock Signal Emulator (“CLK”) has been updated. The CLK emulator for Mac OS and curated by Thomas Harte includes clock accurate emulation for a number of retro computing platforms. The latest version of CLK includes the following changes: You can download the latest version of the Clock Signal emulator and the source code from the CLK Github page at:https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK

Version 12.0 of the Virtual II Apple II Emulator for Mac OS has been released. Included in the release are the following updates: You can download the latest version of the Virtual II Emulator at:https://www.virtualii.com

The MAC OS X based Ample MAME interface has been updated.   Kelvin Sherlock, the curator of the Ample Interface introduced additional support for the retro Macintosh Portables. This release of the Ample interface marks the 61st release of the emulator and  brings the Ample package up to MAME 0.269 and includes a modified MAME package which allows emulation of those machines included in the interface. Some of the features of the Ample interface include the ability to control almost…

The Clock Signal Emulator (CLK) has been updated.   The latest release includes a host of updates to several of the emulated platforms including the following changes: To download the latest release, check out the GitHub page at:https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2024-08-27

The latest version of Kelvin Sherlocks Ample front end for the MAME emulator has been released. Ample version 0.268 includes additional front end support for the Retro Mac Platforms including the Mac IIfx, Quadra 900 and the Quadra 950. The Ample front end also includes the complete MAME 0.268 emulation system. Some additional changes in the base MAME emulator includes changes to the Apple IIgs driver as specified below:The Apple IIgs driver now supports host integration with a custom ATINIT…

Brandon Robert has announced a major update to the JACE Apple II Emulator for Java. JACE 3.0 requires user to have Java version 17 installed and will emulate the Apple II with the following addon and peripheral specifications: According to the author, JACE is a mature cycle-accurate emulation of an Apple //e computer. The full library of software for that series is 100% compatible with this emulator, as well as many popular hardware add-ons. Some of the other features of…

The Ample graphical interface for Mac OS X has been updated. Ample 59 with its retro Apple II, Apple II clone and Retro Mac series primary focus, has been updated to include the items included in the MAME 0.267 emulation system. The Ample interface has been updated recently to also include Atari, Tandy, Dragon and Oric computer platforms. Ample 59 can be downloaded from the Ample Github page at:https://github.com/ksherlock/ample

Disk Jockey is an app for creating and analyzing disk images for retro computing platform emulators as well as actual hardware, including the Apple II, Amiga and Atari ST. The add will run on the following Mac OS platforms: It also runs natively on Intel and Apple Silicon machines and will run offline. Changes in Disk Jockey version 3.4 include the following items: You can download the latest version of Disk Jockey as well as older versions at:https://diskjockey.onegeekarmy.eu/

Colin Leroy Mira has released STP, a new FTP client package for the Apple IIc. According to the release notes published by Colin: New release of my #AppleII things!STP, my FTP client, is now much more usable. It gets search, is ported to non-enhanced Apple II, and more importantly can now transfer floppy images (.po and .dsk) to a floppy, in the same way that ADTPro does.This means that if you make yourself an STP floppy (with ADTPro), you won’t…

Kelvin Sherlock has announced the immediate availability of the latest version of the Ample MAME Interface for Mac OS. This latest version of the emulation system includes the following: Ample-MAME changes of note You can download the latest version of Ample from the Github page at:https://github.com/ksherlock/ample

The Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller client software has been updated. Release notes from Applesauce FDC creator, John Morris stated: Client Release 1.88.5 – https://evolutioninteractive.com/applesauce/Applesauce_1885.zip

From our friend of the program, curator of the Free Tools Association (FTA) and creator of the ActiveGS Plugin and iOS app emulator – Back in 2011, I published my first iPhone app as a tribute to my Apple 2GS/FTA days. It was both a challenging journey to develop for iPhone 3GS/4 and iOS 3.2 back then, but also the beginning of a hectic journey… as the app was banned by Apple 2 years later for violating the infamous 2.8…

The Applewin Apple II Emulator for Windows has been updated.  Applewin 1.30.18, curated by Tom Charlesworth, was released with a number of changes  and bug fixes including the following: Applewin is a full fledged freely downloadable Apple II emulator that includes support for a number of features including Peripheral cards and add-on hardware supported: You can download the latest version of the Applewin Apple II emulator from the Applewin Github page at:https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin

Kelvin Sherlock, creator of the Ample GraphicalUser Interface for the MAME emulator, has released a new version of the interface.  Release 56 of Ample brings the interface in line with the 0.264 release of MAME and includes a host of fixes and changes including the following: Ample Changes MAME 0.264 Changes of note Ample-MAME changes of note The Apple IIgs driver now supports the host.fst wdm protocol. (A disk image of the driver and fst are located in the Ample.app/SharedSupport/…

from Michel Pollet: MII Apple II Emulator version 1,8 has been released. The latest version of the MII emulator is available from the Github page at: https://github.com/buserror/mii_emu 1.8 Change Log: Poor quality gif, It is a LOT smoother at 60fps in the program! Super Serial Card config dialog libmui Internals

Author: ksherlockVersion: 0.263Repository: ksherlock/ampleTag: r55Commit: 8b37b5e With a slew of enhancements and optimizations, the latest release of Ample, version 0.263, curated by Kelvin Sherlock, is now available. With a focus on compatibility, performance, and usability, this update promises to streamline your MAME Emulation experience on MacOS.  With a focus on the retro Apple II series computers and the retro Macintosh line, Ample makes it easier for you to get started with the Multiple platform emulation of MAME. Platforms included in…

If is not often that we post Tandy related news here at Call-A.P.P.L.E. but this new Apple II emulator for the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 3 was just a bit too fun to pass up so here it is: From: Todd Wallace Via Facebook TRS-80 Color Computer group Hello all! I uploaded a new version of my Apple II+ emulator   It felt unfinished when I first put it out there and so I wanted to give it some more love….

The latest update to the ApplePi Apple IIe emulator, version 0.2.3 in now available. This release of the ApplePi Apple IIe Emulator brings a plethora of changes and updates, addressing several bugs that had snuck into the emulator. One notable fix includes the swapping of the Apple IIe and enhanced IIe ROMs, ensuring correct functionality. Additionally, The proper Apple II and Apple II Plus character sets have been added to the emulator. ApplePi, crafted by retired engineer J.B. Ward, stands…

A new version of KEGS, an Apple IIgs emulator is now available.  Kent Dickey, the author and curator of the KEGS Apple IIgs Emulator announced version 1.34 today with the emulator being available on the Mac, Windows, and Linux.  You can download the latest version of the KEGS Apple IIGS Emulator at: http://kegs.sourceforge.net/ Some of the changes in KEGS v1.34 include the following additions: For more information about KEGS or to download the source code for the emulator, check out…