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From: wrs@Apple.COM (Walter Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: IIe emulation on a Mac
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Date: 2 Feb 89 00:21:26 GMT
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Programs to emulate Apple II machines on Macintoshes have existed for at
least three years.  Some of them even read and write 3-1/2 inch Apple II
disks (on non-FDHD floppy drives).

They all work as you envision them, trapping references to I/O space
and so forth.  Most of them give you a more full-featured Apple II than
any *I* ever used.  One or two serial cards, two disk drives, a joystick, an
80-column card, and lots of memory is the usual setup.

The main problem is getting the necessary ROM code, which usually comes
in a separate data file.  It's copyrighted, of course, so you can't really
distribute it with the product, although many companies did it anyway.
The usual legal approach is to connect a real Apple II to the Mac with
a serial cable and run a download program to copy the ROMs on the II, which
you presumably own, to the Mac.

- Walt
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