Re: Windows XP Kicks Apple II Emulators

["Rob" <roberta@no-spam.inreach.com>]

I don't know why you make it sound like no Apple II emulator works with
Windows XP because several of them do. ...And your statement about "Mac OSX
and Linux/Unix always keep the old hardware routines" really isn't true
either.  For one thing,  people wouldn't have had to dual boot Mac OS 9 with
OSX if OSX really was 100% backwards compatible.

Some other points:

- 720K floppy drive support is pointless as far as an Apple II emulator is
concerned.
- BIOS Video routines,- Function of the Video Card, it's firmware, and it's
drivers, not really the OS.
- Sound Blaster Support - My sound Blaster Live card has Legacy Audio Driver
support and several old DOS games seem to use it just fine.
  Either way, Legacy Sound Blaster support would be up to the sound card
driver and manufacturer not Microsoft.

To be honest, maybe it's time that some emulator writers caught up with the
times and actually wrote applications that didn't depend on DOS or legacy
functionality.




"Bryan Parkoff" <BParkoff@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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>     It seems to make Apple II Emulator programmers angry against Microsoft
> that Windows XP has prevented from any Apple II Emulator working.
>
> For example:
> 720K floppy drive support is removed.
> BIOS Video routines such as VGA 320x200x256 is removed.
> Some DirectX version support such as version 5-7 is removed.
> Some Sound routines such as original Sound Blaster (8-bit/16-bit) support
is
> removed.
> Some Microsoft DLLs support is removed.
> Many more other reasons.
>
>     It is how Microsoft makes us unhappy with Windows XP product.  It
causes
> us to rework and reprogram Apple II Emulator in order to support Windows
XP
> hardware including sound and display.  It is a lot of work for us because
we
> have to rewrite Apple II routines to replace the old routines.
>     There must be another way to avoid too much work by reprogramming.  We
> need to separate Microsoft routines and Apple II routines, but they can't
be
> mixed.  The Apple II routines are not necessary to be modified unless it
is
> necessary to improve Apple II design.  It may not be easier for us to
modify
> Microsoft routines unless we have to LEARN how to write Microsoft routines
> in order to support Apple II routines.
>     I believe that the old hardware continues to produce floppy drive and
> BIOS video (EGA/VGA) in all PC motherboards.  Mac OSX and Linux/Unix
always
> keep the old hardware routines that we always are using for our Apple II
> Emulator programmings.
>     Please recommend me which is the best for all of us as Apple II
Emulator
> programmings to keep old routines.  Should we continue using Windows 98
> and/or Linux/Unix so we can continue to support Apple II Emulator projects
> forever.
>
>
> --
> Yours Truly,
>
> Bryan Parkoff
> BParkoff@satx.rr.com
>
>