Re: All the Power of an Apple //E in the Palm of Your Hand

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chris@CosmicWolf.com (Chris Morse) wrote in message news:<3f16bbc6.1190192075@news.dsl.net>...
> On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 4:07:41 -0400, Steve <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
> 
> >FYI. From The Mac Observer Express - 07-03-2003
> >
> >7. - ALL THE POWER OF AN APPLE //E IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
> >
> >Sometimes you just need a fix of retro gaming, but it's not
> >always convenient to cart a vintage Apple //e around with
> >you wherever you go. However, a PalmOS-based device is much
> >easier to cram into the pocket of your favorite jeans. What
> >good does a PalmOS device do you, you ask? Well, that's
> >where the open-source PalmApple Apple //e emulator for the
> >PalmOS comes in. The emulator, linked to from a
> >PalmInfoCenter article, currently emulates the 65C02 CPU,
> >64K of RAM, 40x24 text mode, and more. That's right, this
> >software turns your PalmOS device into a tiny Apple //e.
> >
> >
> >The Mac Observer Spin: While old Apple //e machines aren't
> >in any danger of extinction (in fact, they will probably
> >survive whatever natural disaster finally kills off
> >cockroaches), it's great to see the machine that so many of
> >us grew up on given new life.
> >http://www.macobserver.com/article/2003/07/03.4.shtml
> >
> 
> Great Stuff - Will have to try it on my Palm.. 
> 
> Anyone know if there's one for the Pocket PC (Windows CE)?
> I'd like to pick up a DELL Axiom or similar someday and a //e emulator
> in color would be awesome.  Add to that wireless networking to a nice
> archive of floppy disk images, and it's Apple //e retro nirvana!
> 
> // CHRIS

There are a couple Apple II emulators for PocketPC that I know of. 
There is an Apple //e emulator named Pocket //e, and an Apple II+
emulator named AppleCE.  I use both of them all the time on my iPAQ
and they work pretty well.

I have had some problems with AppleCE running my favorite game -
David's Midnight Magic.  It seems to work fine except when it is
adding bonus points to your score.  The bonus doesn't decrement
correctly and it seems to get caught in a loop.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the source for either, and
neither seem to be worked on right now - so I don't know if they will
ever be improved.

Still, they both work pretty well.  I have dozens of disk images on my
SD card that I can access at any time now.

Here are the links:

Pocket //e:
>http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/pockete.shtml

AppleCE:
>
http://www.geocities.com/bonelyfish/applece.html