Re: OpenEmulator 1.0.2 released [Apple II support!]

["Marc S. Ressl" <mressl@gmail.com>]

On Dec 23, 9:27 am, The Wizard of Oz <Wiz...@EmeraldCity.gov> wrote:
> On 11-12-23 01:08 AM, Marc S. Ressl wrote:
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> > Hello everyone,
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> > it is once again my pleasure to announce that a new version of
> > OpenEmulator was released.
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> >http://www.openemulator.org/
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> > The highlight in OpenEmulator 1.0.2 is 1977 Apple II support. A short
> > feature list:
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> > * Emulates the 1977 Apple II
> > * Joystick/mouse support with programmable axis and button mapping,
> > sensitivity, reversal, and joystick auto detection
> > * Supports PAL/NTSC video generation and crystal frequency (14.31818
> > MHz vs 14.25 MHz)
> > * Cycle-accurate video emulation
> > * Support for several character sets
> > * Emulates the floating bus
> > * Support of the Apple II cassette interface
> > * Support for Apple II revision 0 and 1 or later.
> > * Added the AppleColor Composite Monitor
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> > Some tips:
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> > * Besides the Controls menu and toolbar, you can also press CTRL
> > +BACKSPACE for reset and CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE for restart
> > * To start BASIC, type E000G<ENTER>
> > * You can get cassette recordings of software here:
> >     -http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes
> >     -https://public.me.com/lord_philip
> >     (to load a cassette, follow the instructions with the recording, or
> > try LOAD<ENTER>  from the BASIC>  prompt)
> > * You can load Applesoft from cassette :-). You just won't be able to
> > use HIRES.
> > * Try entering this in the monitor:
> >   1000:AD 51 C0 EA AD 50 C0 4C 00 10
> > 1000G
> > * As always, you can tinker with the XML emulation description
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> > Your comments are more than welcome!
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> > Merry christmas,
> > and a great 2012,
> > with the best wishes,
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> > Marc.-
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>         Took a look at the site. I may give it a try over the next week or two.
> I do have a couple of questions though.
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> - On the site the screenshots are all of the program running in an OS X
> window. Would this program also run in Linux (specifically Debian based
> distros such as Mint) on a PC? I do have access to a Mac Mini and a G3
> mini-tower so I will be able to run it there.
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> - How well does it run in a VNC session?
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> - Although the site says the program emulates an Apple I and Apple ][
> there are a couple of screenshots where it looks like it is emulating a
> GS. Is this accurate and if so is it easy to do?
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>         An interesting fork would be to see if the program could make complete
> use of all the host systems speed and resources.
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>                                 Later
>                                 Mike

Hi Mike:

i'm looking for somebody interested in porting the GUI to wxWidgets,
so it can be compiled for Linux/Windows... know anyone? :-D

I don't see why it should not run in VNC.

Regarding the screenshots of the IIGS, they are in the "Video
Rendering" section. This is just a test of the video shader, nothing
more. I do hope to emulate soon the IIGS.

Regarding using all the host system speed, I'm against that. My
purpose is to accurately emulate old systems, and that includes their
speed. But I do have plans regarding speed: accurately emulating the
accelerator boards you could had available at that time.

With the best wishes,

Marc.-