Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!bigtuna!pegasus!tleylan From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: apple ][ emulator question Message-ID: <1990Dec2.075945.6098@pegasus.com> Date: 2 Dec 90 07:59:45 GMT References: Organization: Pegasus, Honolulu Lines: 38 In article er1m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ethan J. Rasiel) writes: >Has anyone used the apple ][ emulator program for MSDOS available in the >Simtel20 emulation directory? The file is called apl2em.zip. Ethan... seems that you are getting lots of attempts to supply useful information but if one hasn't downloaded the file then they are likely to misunderstand the question. I found apl2em.zip on a local government run BBS here in Hawaii and I nearly jumped out of my seat. I frequent CompuServe and uploaded it onto the NANFORUM where I generally hang out. Anyone who remembers the original Apple ][ fondly can't help but get a rush when the Applesoft prompt appears and sure enough you CALL -151 and drop down into the monitor and disassemble 6502 code. I was up until the wee hours of the morning PEEKing and POKEing everything I could remember. I began a hunt for Randy Spurlock by posting a message on that board as I hoped that improvements would be made similar to the one you are asking about. Currently I know of no way to get data into the drive except by typing it in and doing so reminded me why I don't like interpreters much RUN, FIX, RUN, FIX, RUN, FIX. Somebody I know showed the thing to his brother who was going to make the serial port active which if we would bother to type a terminal program in we could then use to capture files over the serial port. Still not the ideal situation. I haven't BTW, been able to find Spurlock and in some ways he may not want to be found. He did after all include byte by byte copies of the APPLE II ROMS which is no doubt why the emulation is so good. I think the thing is a real kick and it demonstrates just how far we've come since we can now quite handily run an Apple II inside our PCs and completely in software no less. Perhaps the other gentlemen who responded (and knows about the emulator) will be able to solve the problem... I'll keep an eye open. tom leylan The Leylan Factor