Category: Emulation
The Applewin Apple II Emulator has been updated. Applewin version 1.29.13 includes a host of changes and fixes including the following: [Bug #790] Fixed regression for -d1,-d2 & -s7-empty-on-exit (introduced at 1.29.7.0). [Change #787] Debugger: Extended ‘cycles part’ command to do timings relative to a user-specified base. [Change #783] Debugger: Extended ‘tf’ command to include cycle count. [Change #720] Debugger: Added more symbols to APPLE2E.SYM. NB. LC ($C08n) symbols are now correct for the LC, so ‘LDA $C08C,X’ will disassemble as ‘LDA LCRAMIN1_,X’ instead…
Programmer, Alexander Akhmetov, has released a new MOS 6502 Apple-1 Emulator. The new emulator was developed to run on both Linux and Mac OS X. One of the main features of this new emulator include the ability to use either the Apple1Basic Rom or the Replica-1 Rom. You can download the Akhmetov MOS 6502 Apple-1 Emulator from Alexander’s Github page at: https://github.com/alexander-akhmetov/apple1/releases
Richard Bannister has updated his KiGB Gameboy Emulator for Mac OS X. KiGB version 2.0.7 introduces several changes including the following new features: Optional Super Gameboy emulation. Motion sensor support (Kirby Tilt & Tumble). Game Genie and Game Shark support. KiGB requires the end user to supply their own Gameboy cartridge images but the program will handle standard .gb images. You can download the emulator from the KiGB Website at:https://www.bannister.org/software/kigb.htm
The Virtual II Emulator, an Apple II Emulator for Mac OS X, has been updated. Version 9.3.1 is an effort by the author of Virtual II to correct an issue that was introduced in the previous release, version 9.3. The bug could cause double high resolution screens to be rendered incorrectly during emulation. If you have Virtual II Version 9.3 or older installed, it is highly recommended that you install this latest update. You can download the latest update from…
Denis Molony has released an update to his Apple II Diskbrower program. Diskbrowser which was originally developed for Mac OS X also will run on Windows and Linux platforms with Java installed. Diskbrowser 1.45 introduces a few bug fixes including one which was causing the program to freeze on Mac OS X. You can download the latest version of the Diskbrowser App from Denis’ Github page at: https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser
The Clock.Signal Emulator for Mac OS X, which emulates a host of platforms has been updated. The latest release by Tom Harte, Clock.Signal’s curator, includes the following fixes: adds volume controls; corrects a bug in Apple II NIB handling that could cause a crash for some track layouts; and introduces a preliminary attempt at OPLL emulation, bringing an initial version of FM audio to the Master System. Platforms supported by the Clock.Signal emulator includes the Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple…
Two hearty Apple hobbyists, divingkatae and maximumspatium, are making a decent attempt at building a new Power PC Macintosh emulator. DingusPPC, as the new emulator is know, is according to the authors, “an attempt to build an accurately performing PPC Mac emulator”. Thus far, there is Basilisk II, SheepShaver and QEMU in the same realm, however, only QEMU comes up to the level which the authors are attempting to surpass. This is still a highly alpha type emulator and any…
The Gryphel Project has released an alpha release of the latest version of the Mini vMac Macintosh Emulator. This update includes a number of bug fixes and some changed behavior in the emulator including: * Mini vMac will now check if a disk image that is being mounted looks like a Macintosh disk image format (HFS or MFS), and if not decline to mount it, showing an error message. This helps prevent accidentally corrupting other files, especially when using ImportFl….
The Applewin Apple II Emulator for Windows operating systems has been updated. Applewin Version 1.29.12 includes numerous changes and updatees including the following: [PR #757] Allow use of an INI-file for configuration instead of the Registry (fixes #709). new command line switch: -conf [Change #773] Added Apple II J-Plus support. [Bug #778] Fixed for when Joystick(s) are disabled. [Bug #777] Fixed Phasor speech (SSI263) to match Mockingboard (when in Mockingboard mode). fixes: #698 (Rescue Raiders), #753 (Bejeweled). also improvements to Phasor card’s native Phasor mode. [PR #775] Debugger: Fixed so…
This has been a big hunk of work! I have completely reworked large portions of the low-level architecture of the Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller client software. The first fruit of this endeavor is that if you have an Apple SuperDrive, you can now image High Density (1.44MB) disks! The Fast and Flux Imagers for 3.5 disks supports imaging 1.44M and 720K disks with an Apple SuperDrive. If you are Fast Imaging non-Apple disks (like MS-DOS), then you can save them…
Gerard Putter has released an update to his Apple II emulator for Mac OS. Virtual II version 9.3 includes a bevy of changes and fixes including the following items: Added support for the 13-sector Disk ][ card. In macOS 10.15 (Catalina) the window position is now correctly restored when starting the application. Game controller calibration is now saved between runs of the applications. Improved the accuracy of the analog game paddle input values. Solved a number of issues of the embedded…
The Epple II Emulator, which emulates an Apple II computer on multiple platforms has been updated. Produced by Christopher Mosher, Epple II Version 1.0.5 includes a host of features including support for the latest WOZ disk format as well as others. You can download the latest version for your platform from the Epple II Github releases page at: https://github.com/cmosher01/Epple-II/releases
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…
The Clock Signal Emulator for MacOS has been updated. This emulator simulates a variety of platforms including the Apple II series computers. Clock Signal currently emulates the following platforms: Acorn Electron; Amstrad CPC; Apple II/II+ and IIe; Atari 2600; ColecoVision; Commodore Vic-20 (and Commodore 1540/1); Macintosh 512ke and Plus; MSX 1; Oric 1/Atmos; Sega Master System; and Sinclair ZX80/81. In addition, emulation of the Atari ST is experimental. Clock Signal Author, Tom Harte writes of the new release saying “This…
The Applewin Apple II Emulator for windows has been updated. The version 1.29.10 update of Applewin focuses primarily on the emulators support for the WOZ format created by John Morris’ Applesauce FDC. Changes in the release include: [PR #756] Write support for WOZ1/WOZ2 images. Fixes titles that need write support (see: #686, #704, #705). Allow creation of a blank (WOZ2) image (see AppleWin.chm: ‘Creating Disk Images’). multi-file zip support extended to scan for the first valid image. useful for most woz-a-day multi-file zips which…
The Applewin Apple II Emulator for Windows has been updated. Tom Charlesworth has released another update due to a couple of bugs in the previous release. The fixes in Applewin 1.29.9 include: [Bug #752] Fixed double-clicking a registered file-type issue (regression introduced at 1.29.8.0). [Bug #750] Fixed Ctrl+Alt+Break wasn’t emulating CTRL+OA+RESET (regression introduced at 1.29.8.0). For more information about Applewin or to download the latest version of the program, check out the Applewin Github page at:https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin
The Applewin Apple II Emulator has been updated. Applewin 1.29.8 was released with the following updates and changes: [Bug #749] Hotkeys to change emulation speed using Ctrl+n: now ignored if ALT is pressed. [Bug #748] DiskII: data latch returns a rand() value when no disk is in drive. [Bug #746] Debugger: correctly repaint Apple II screen when showing it from debugger. [Bug #745] WOZ: Support for large tracks. [Bug #743] Added new command line switches: -left-alt-control-buttons : left-ctrl=button0, left-alt=button1 -right-alt-control-buttons : right-alt=button0, right-ctrl=button1 -swap-buttons :…
Applewin Apple II Emulatorhas been updated. Verion 1.29.7 has been released and fixes a host of bugs. Some of the changes included are as follows: [Change #726] Disk II card: supported in slot 5 via ‘-s5 diskii’ command line. [Change #737] Debugger: Changed ‘cycles’ to show the cycle delta since the step/breakpoint etc. [Bug #740] Debugger: gr/hgr/dgr/dhgr commands will honour the state of the MIXED mode. [Bug #733] Fixed WOZ ‘Wasteland’ and also NIB ‘Wasteland’. [Bug #451] Debugger: fix for BPM[R|W] triggering on control-flow instructions’…
The Applewin Apple II Emulator for Windows has been updated. Applewin is a highly developed Apple II emulator managed by by Tom Charlesworth along with a host of other developers. Applewin version 1.29.6 is a major bug fix release with the following changes made to the program: [Bug #724] Fixed so that 6502 interrupt is delayed by 1 opcode when interrupt occurs on last cycle of opcode. [Bug #711] Fixed Mockingboard initial “stretched” music playback (regression introduced at 1.28.7.0). [Bug…
Clock Signal Emulator, also known as CLK has been updated. The latest release includes fixes for bugs including: corrects an overflow issue within the graphics pipeline that could cause a crash when using almost any emulated machine, though it was much more likely to do so when using a machine with a user-selectable colour border. Some of the features and stated aims of the Clock Signal CLK emulator include: single-click load of any piece of source media for any supported…
