Tom Charlesworth has announced the release of the latest version of the Applewin Apple II Emulator. Applewin is a windows based full featured Apple II Emulator. The latest version of Applewin, version 1.30.13.0 includes several changes and bug fixes including the following:
- [Change #1153] Support Game I/O Connector copy protection dongles. [@medasaro]
- SDS SpeedStar dongle
- [Change #1141,#1142,#1148,#1149,#1150] SNES MAX support for various controllers via mapping files. [@Eriknoc]
- EG. -snes-max-user-joy1 snesmax\controller_Logitech_F310.yaml
- [Change #1134] Add disk activity indicators for drives in Slot 5.
- Only visible in 2x Windowed mode.
- Add a new UI toggle in Config->Disk tab to “Show status” (ie. the track/sector status).
- Hovering over this status will show a tooltip with both decimal and hexadecimal values, and the track includes the full fractional quarter track value too.
- [Change #1133] Add a new command line ‘-s diskii13’ to put a diskii card into slot-n and force it to use the 13-sector firmware.
- [Bug #1157] Fix video junk on RHS edge for TV & Monitor video modes. (Regression at 1.13.11.0)
- [Bug #1144] Fix some ZP symbols in A2_BASIC.SYM.
- [Bug #1143] Fix graphical glitches on penultimate scan line when in non-“50% Scan Lines” mode.
- [Bug #1138] Fix Mousecard – wasn’t generating VBL interrupt for mode byte of $08. Fixes ‘Jeeves’.
- [Bug #1131] Fix MIXED issue when in ‘Color (PAL Monitor)’ video mode.
- Change: Extend the debugger to support DISK commands for Disk II cards in other slots:
- DISK SLOT n
- Now DISK INFO will provide info for the new slot.
You can download the latest version of Applewin from the Applewin Github page at:
https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin
Some of the features included in Applewin include support for a variety of Apple II series machines and clones, many of which are hard to find. It also include a built in Symbolic Debugger for those users who wish to dig into the code at the machine level.
Peripherals and cards supported by Applewin include the following items:
| Mockingboard, Phasor and SAM sound cards Disk II interface for floppy disk drives Hard disk controller Super Serial Card (SSC) Parallel printer card Mouse interface Apple IIe Extended 80-Column Text Card and RamWorks III (8MB) No Slot Clock (NSC) | RGB cards: – Apple’s Extended 80-Column Text – AppleColor Adaptor Card – ‘Le Chat Mauve’ Féline. CP/M SoftCard Uthernet I and II (ethernet cards) Language Card and Saturn 64/128K for Apple II/II+ 4Play and SNES MAX joystick cards VidHD card (functionality limited to IIgs’ Super Hi-Res video modes) |
If you wish to install Applewin on an older Windows 2000 or Window 98 / ME system, versions of the emulator are available on the Github page at:
https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin
