Re: Late night musings...

[jisom@prairienet.org (Jonathan E. Isom)]

I've something like this that i got off an ftp site(i think ground) 
called runpro(run prodos) that is a shell application that is launchable 
through the finder or a shell. you have to change the file type to apple 
iii basic and write access is disable and the cda is nonaccessible.
	later

Martin Gruen (z008729b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us) wrote:
:   Don't flame me, it's late and I'm thinking on a curved plane.
:   Has anyone attempted to create a GS/OS based Apple II emulator?  
:   Bear with me, it could be made to run smoother without slow downs when 
: there's too many things moving on the screen at the same time (as higher 
: levels in many II games tended to do).  A mockingboard/echo emulator 
: could be routed through the ensoniqe without the need of putting one of 
: those cheesy things into a otherwise cool system.  Some problems like 
: alternate display screen swapping and such that prevent some earlier games 
: that ran in early II's, but not c's or gs's could be fixed.  (I hate 
: firing up the II+ just to play Sneakers).
:   Of course it could all be hard drive based, and disk access would be 
: faster than those really damn slow 5.25 that don't always transfer to 
: DOS3.3 launcher images well (could run the standard types instead).
:   You could map the keyboard to match up other configurations (eg. Ultima 
: one used a cluster that is awkward at best on a IIgs keyboard).  Heck 
: loads of options all imbedded in the CDAs or options and command keys.  
:   This is sounding cooler as I think on it, it must be late.
:   Opinions?
: 
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