Re: Apple ][ emulator that works on Win2K?

["Steve Mentzer" <steve@crackershack.com>]

"johnsonlam" <johnson@tmfc.net> wrote in message
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> > So I am scrounging around for alternatives.  I located XGS32 at
> > http://xgs32.emucamp.com/ and it looked good... at least it launches.
> > But when trying to actually run the emulator, it complains it can't find
> > the ROM file.  Which seems true, since there is a configuration screen
> > entry for "xgs32.rom" which does not exist anywhere in the directory (or
> > even in the setup .exe when opened with WinZip)!


That is because the Apple IIgs ROM's are copyrighted, and if I were to
distribute them with the program, the software-nazis in these newsgroup
would personally fund the Apple Computer legal team to hunt me down and
string me up!

The IIgs roms are freely available on various ftp servers. Just place the
xgs.rom file in the program directory, and you should be set to go.


>
> You can try to search the XGS ROMs but since the project was stopped
> more than 1 year, I don't think any new version will come out.

Correct. I simply haven't had time to work on it. There are too many
technical incompatibilities with the emulator core right now. KEGS is much
better from a compatibility standpoint, but the interface absolutely sucks,
and it is relatively difficult to port to other "non unix" environments.