Re: Does apple ][ GS software work using the apple ][ emulator

[wolfsond@cse.fau.edu (Dan MC^2 Wolfson)]

In article <1992Dec10.062457.13217@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> ramsey@spot.Colorado.EDU (Mad Poo Bandit) writes:
>In article <Bz0n4y.6n8@news.iastate.edu> irsman@iastate.edu (That Ian Guy) writes:
>>>ramsey@spot.Colorado.EDU (Mad Poo Bandit) writes:
>>>>question of speed.  An IBM's capabilities match or exceed that of a GS, so
>>>>you wouldn't run into anything really wierd.  As for sound (which I know
>>>>the GS can beat a standard IBM on)...well, put in SoundBlaster support.
>>
>>Not even close.  The SB and SB Pro have extremely shitty sound output compared
>>to the IIgs.  You'd need a Gravis UltraSound (with a real Ensoniq DOC) to get
>>something similar to the IIgs.
>>
>
>Whatever.
>
>>And then there's issues like how to emulate stack and direct-page slams, what
>>to do about shadowing, how to deal with the IIgs's interrupt architechture and
>> ...
>>Now that you emulator programmers have your assignment, go at it...the final
>>test suite should be composed of...
>>
>>1) Everything ever done by the SSS/ACS/FTA/GSA/F.U.C.K./iCia/NinjaForce
>>2) GS/OS System 6.0 or later with several CDevs/DAs/INITs installed
>>3) MODZap, soniqTracker, NoiseTracker GS, MegaTracker, SoundSmith, and synthLAB
>>4) AppleWorks GS, HyperCard IIgs, and HyperStudio 3.0 or later
>>5) Rastan, Arkanoid II, Silpheed, all Will Harvey/ECA games, and everything
>>   ever by Brian Greenstone/Dave Triplett and Kenrick Mock/James Brookes.
>>6) DreamGrafix, SuperConvert, Platinum Paint 2.0 or later, and GIF3200 for 
>>   added fun value.
>>
>>Good luck.....*snigger*
>>


Why on Earth would anyone *EVER* want to emulate an APPLE IIGS?

The APPLE II emulator is a great novelty because there are so many 
classic games to be played.  But as for the Apple IIGS...

If I want to play AMIGA modules, I will use my AMIGA to play them,
which by the way runs *circles* around any IIgs..  

And as for games and graphics applications,  the Amiga or the
PC (with a say... a 24 bit video board and sound card) will be
more then sufficient..  So I would stop bragging about the IIgs and 
the relatively-small amount of IIgs specific software available... 

Now...  Since this news group was created for (I assume) Apple II
emulators, maybe we can talk about that instead of an annoying
flame war... 

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Is anyone doing any programming (besides me) on the Apl2em.zip emulator?

I have added Joystick support to it, and I am working on 
the mixed graphics/4-line text mode.  This mode is necessary for many
games which use the 4 lines of text for game statistics, etc.

Anybody out there?



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