Re: Apple Emulator for Palm

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Dragontat <dragontat@adelphia.net> wrote:

>I dont really know where else to look for info so I though I'd give it
>a shot here. Does anyone know if there is a way to play Apple II games
>on a palm pilot or if there is a emulator out there on the market that
>will allow one to do this? I miss my Apple after my wife made me throw
>it out but I managed to hide the software I had. Any help or info
>would be greatly appreciated.

Palm's processor doesn't have the power to do such emulation.
Palm and clone handhelds are only on the average 16Mhz btw.
However, many of the freeware/sharware games for PalmOS
appear to be ports from the Apple II era.  At least they look and
sound a lot like the 8-bit Apple II titles (Galaxian, Space Invaders,
and so on).

Seeing the screen resolution, speed, and software of the palm,
you have to wonder...Apple really missed the ball when they
didn't exploit the MegaII chip by making a handheld II.  When
combined with the 20Mhz 65C816 processor, the results
would be quite spectacular.