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Re: All the Power of an Apple //E in the Palm of Your Hand



On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 4:07:41 -0400, Steve <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>FYI. From The Mac Observer Express - 07-03-2003
>
>7. - ALL THE POWER OF AN APPLE //E IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
>
>Sometimes you just need a fix of retro gaming, but it's not
>always convenient to cart a vintage Apple //e around with
>you wherever you go. However, a PalmOS-based device is much
>easier to cram into the pocket of your favorite jeans. What
>good does a PalmOS device do you, you ask? Well, that's
>where the open-source PalmApple Apple //e emulator for the
>PalmOS comes in. The emulator, linked to from a
>PalmInfoCenter article, currently emulates the 65C02 CPU,
>64K of RAM, 40x24 text mode, and more. That's right, this
>software turns your PalmOS device into a tiny Apple //e.
>
>
>The Mac Observer Spin: While old Apple //e machines aren't
>in any danger of extinction (in fact, they will probably
>survive whatever natural disaster finally kills off
>cockroaches), it's great to see the machine that so many of
>us grew up on given new life.
>http://www.macobserver.com/article/2003/07/03.4.shtml
>

Great Stuff - Will have to try it on my Palm.. 

Anyone know if there's one for the Pocket PC (Windows CE)?
I'd like to pick up a DELL Axiom or similar someday and a //e emulator
in color would be awesome.  Add to that wireless networking to a nice
archive of floppy disk images, and it's Apple //e retro nirvana!

// CHRIS