Re: JACE: Finally usable for a change

[BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com>]

On Jan 25, 5:14 pm, BLuRry <brendan.rob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> (Sorry for the cross-post, I think there's less readers of the
> emulator board than the main apple2 one)
>
> Jace (Java Apple Computer Emulator) has finally been poked and prodded
> enough to be a usable emulator.  It's not AppleWin, nor will it ever
> try to be.  But it is cross-platform friendly and runs well at least
> in Linux.  Most likely it runs well from any platform that has Sun
> Java 6 or OpenJDK 6 or higher.
>
> What's new:
> -Better speed throttling, no more emulation lurches when sound starts/
> stops.  Experience is overall much smoother than before.
> -Auto-accelerates when disk access is detected, so boot times and
> CATALOG are a lot faster.
> -Primitive joystick support (uses mouse movement for now, more options
> will be forthcoming later such as keyboard mappings)
> -Hard drive (HDV/2MG) support (also 800kb floppy images) for reading/
> writing
> -New configuration interface that allows tweaking various aspects of
> the emulator -- still a work in progress but some things work.  (You
> have to use it to insert a hard drive image)
> -Any card configuration is possible.   7 hard drive controllers?  Why
> not.  14 floppy drives?  Go for it.  (why??).  Default configuration
> is Slot 2: SSC, Slot 6: Disk ][, Slot 7: Mass storage
> -Configuration SAVE will store settings to be automatically loaded on
> next startup.  Settings are saved in .jace.conf (delete this to revert
> settings to defaults on next start)
> -Super Serial Card emulation can optionally strip/add LF characters
> for you -- useful for telnet support in some cases, but it's not
> complete telnet support like Kegs has.
> -Nice shiny startup help screen, with more helpful features to be
> added later.
> -Aspect ratio correction (Press F8)
> -Paste support (shift+insert)
> -Experimental console support that redirects character input/output to
> stdin/stdout (doesn't work very well though) -- you can enable/disable
> it from the config screen.
>
> Download:http://sourceforge.net/projects/java-ace(download should be 600kb or
> so, if it is >700kb then it is likely an older copy)
>
> To start: If JRE is registered with your file manager you might have
> the option to start the program directly by right-clicking and telling
> it to open with Java.  If that option doesn't present itself, from the
> commandline use:
>
> java -jar jace.jar
>
> Thanks to everyone here for all the useful help and code snippets
> along the way, not to mention very patient testing and helpful
> feedback.  Big thanks to Nick and MDJ for lots of help needed to even
> get this behemoth off the ground.  I'll still be adding features
> periodically, keep an eye on the sourceforge activity for small
> progress updates.
>
> -B

Also, if anyone has any suggestions for an ascii-art logo, I'm all for
it.  Must fit within 4 lines of text, 38 columns (and of course, using
the Apple // monospace font)

Currently, I'm using this:
   _    __  ___
  | |/\/ _)| _/
 _| / *\(_ |>_
(__/_/\_\_)|__\

-B