Re: Apple //e and Win XP

["Joshua Bell" <inexorabletash@hotmail.com>]

Rubywand wrote:
> sar130@columbia.edu writes ...
>>
>> Is there an Apple //e emulator that will run effectively on a Win XP
>> machine?  I was able to run an old Apple //e program with AppleWin
>> 1.4 on my Win 98 system with no problem.  When I tried it on a new XP
>> system, the AppleWin program launches with a dialog box telling me
>> the emulator is calibrating.  Then nothing.  Ctrl-Alt-Del indicates
>> the program is "Not Responding".  I even tried a newer version
>> (1.12.3) and got the same "Not Responding" result.  I'd love to get
>> this old program running again.  Thanks.
>
>      Win XP is not part of the Win95-WinMe family. Don't know if there
> is any modern Apple II emu which runs correctly under Win XP. Perhaps
> someone on Cea2 knows.

AppleWin runs just fine on WinXP (that's what I use)... after you get past
the calibration. I can't remember the exact trick - try running another app
and using Alt+Tab to switch back and forth, or just wait patiently for ~10
minutes. Or kill the process (as you were doing) and try again.