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 Apple II Files
Some will be of interest to people running Apple II emulators, others are here because of their nostalgia value.
These files run on or relate to the Apple II series of computers.
Because the Apple II product line was being phased out, the market for IIgs products was collapsing in a big way around the time this was released.
http://www.fadden.com/dl-apple2

  
 Apple II FTP Archive
Apple II Emulators FAQ This document is a guide to cross-platform emulators of Apple 8-bit and 16-bit computers (primarily the Apple ][ series) and other emulator resources.
This is a suitable starting point for most Apple II related questions.
Apple II DOS and Commands FAQ This document attempts to give a detailed and correct set of Apple II DOS command line commands, covering those found in official releases of DOS 3.3 and ProDOS.
http://www.gno.org/pub/apple2/doc/FAQs

  
 A2Central.com's Apple II User Group Locator
BAUG is a New York City-area club for users of vintage Apple computers including Apple II and compatible systems, Apple II emulators, and low-end Macs.
The group has a library of almost 500 3.5" disks of freeware, public domain, and shareware software, fonts, music, operating systems, and more, as well as 5.25" disks for older Apple II computers.
As a service to both Apple II user groups and users that are looking for a place to get help with their Apple II computers, A2Central.com provides this directory of Apple II user groups.
http://www.a2central.com/ugl

  
 Mirago : Computers: Emulators: Apple: Macintosh: Basilisk II
Top: Computers: Emulators: Apple: Macintosh: Basilisk II Basilisk II Benchmarking - Compares various setups using a Basilisk II build available in December of 2000.
Basilisk II News - Frequent news regarding the emulator.
Basilisk II - Free, portable, open source 68k Mac emulator for BeOS, UNIX, Windows NT, and AmigaOS.
http://www.miragorobot.com/scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Computers/Emulators/Apple/Macintosh/Basilisk_II

  
 Apple II Programmer's Reference: Applesoft Commands
I found these in the back of a manual for II in a Mac, one of the first Apple II emulators that ran on the original Mac and Mac 512.
Here's a brief list of Applesoft, Integer Basic, DOS 3.3, and ProDOS commands with descriptions.
APPLESOFT Reference (click links above for other command lists)
http://www.landsnail.com/a2ref.htm

  
 Apple ][ Emulator Resources Guide 1.3.5 (1/1)
Although emulators such as AppleWin can read disks with the MacBinary header, for compatibility with other emulators it is often better to remove the header.
Excerpted from the text file: "IIe is a fully functional Apple //e emulator that supports all of the graphics modes, all of the Apple //e keyboard keys, and all of the currently available Apple II disk image formats.
Furthermore, it is possible to trim the speed of the emulator and it runs in full speed (approximately) twice as fast as an standard Apple II+ on a 486DX-50...[It uses] the svgalib's key scancodes.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/apple2/emulators-faq/part1

  
 emulation.net
Nowadays, of course, Apple IIgs emulators have also been developed.
This file includes the source code, plus binaries for both Windows and OS X. is a new Apple IIgs emulator especially built for Mac OS X. It's been ported from HP-Unix and this version has a lot of optimization, both on the source code and in Cocoa integration.
the Apple IIgs System Software 6.0.1 from Apple Computer.
http://emulation.victoly.com/apple2   (1073 words)

  
 Apple II FTP Archive
Apple II Emulators FAQ This document is a guide to cross-platform emulators of Apple 8-bit and 16-bit computers (primarily the Apple ][ series) and other emulator resources.
This is a suitable starting point for most Apple II related questions.
Apple II DOS and Commands FAQ This document attempts to give a detailed and correct set of Apple II DOS command line commands, covering those found in official releases of DOS 3.3 and ProDOS.
http://www.gno.org/pub/apple2/doc/FAQs   (398 words)

  
 Free Programs for the IIgs
Among the wonders of modern times are computer emulators that allow, for example, a PC or Mac to run Apple II programs.
For a long time, it seemed as though most of the software reclassifications for the Apple II line were for 8-bit computers, the IIe and //c.
Filenames ending with.dsk are in a special format meant for programs that emulate an Apple II on other computer systems.
http://modena.intergate.ca/personal/gslj/iigsfreeware.html   (10218 words)

  
 Omniseek: /Computing /Hardware /Systems /Apple /Apple II /Usenet
Top: Computers: Systems: Apple II (65) Emulators@ (13) Vendors (16) Apple ][ Programmer's Archive - Programming languages and development tools for the classic 8-bit Apple II computers.
The Apple II was the first truly important personal computer ever.
Omniseek: /Computing /Hardware /Systems /Apple /Apple II /Usenet
http://www.omniseek.com/srch/{98240}   (316 words)

  
 Home of the Underdogs - How To Run Non-PC Underdogs
Running Apple II disk images on PC is a simple matter of using the AppleWin emulator, which you can download here, among other places.
Check the NES section at Zophar.net for a comprehensive list of emulators you can use.
There are many Macintosh emulators for PC, but the best we have found is Basilisk, which runs every Macintosh oldie on this site beautifully-- with full sound, and without any glitch.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/nonpc.php   (316 words)

  
 Encyclopedia4U - Apple II family - Encyclopedia Article
The first large-scale production computer was the Apple II.
However emulators cannot run software on copy-restricted media unless somebody "cracks," or removes the copy restrictions from, the software.
The II featured a 2.8 MHz 65C816 processor with 16-bit registers, larger address space with more memory, better color, more peripherals (switchable between IIe-style card slots and IIc-style onboard controllers), and a user interface derived from Mac OS.
http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/a/apple-ii-family.html   (316 words)

  
 Retro Mac Sighting - CompactFlash/IDE Controller For Apple II The Mac Observer
Retro Mac Sighting - CompactFlash/IDE Controller For Apple II by
Retro Mac Sighting - CompactFlash/IDE Controller For Apple II
Inspired by an earlier project, Rich Dreher wanted a way to use all his old programs and files from the good old days - and sure, emulators are fine, but there's nothing quite like the real thing.
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/01/19.1.shtml   (316 words)

  
 Apple II emulator in C
This was done on an Amiga 2500 running Unix; the speed of the emulator was about 1/5th of a real Apple II.
Here is the source for the Apple II emulator in C that I wrote with Tom Markson back in 1990.
There are also better emulators available now (mine didn't do graphics, although someone sent me some code to extend the emulator to use X that I never folded back in).
http://www.skrenta.com/a2   (316 words)

  
 greenfld.net
The start: First of all, you need an Apple II emulator.
Well, an emulator doesn't do well without the disks, so finding the Apple II Archives was the next step.
Well, needless to say, this rush has to be spread to other Apple II enthusiasts that I know, and ones that I don't know, so that is the reason this page is in existence.
http://jeff.greenfld.net/appleii.html   (478 words)

  
 Webstercc.com: Emulators
XGS/32 - An Apple IIgs emulator for Windows 9x/NT/2000 based on XGS.
Includes a disk image manager and an Apple II to PC data transfer utility.
Emulators Resources Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
http://www.worldwidewebfind.com/Emulators.html   (478 words)

  
 Booting into (Apple) DOS 3.3
I think I may still look around for an old Apple to see if what's on these disks is any good, maybe even a IIgs so I can transfer them to floppies I might be able to read on my old Quadra, but in general, emulators do seem a lot easier to find these days.
Rom images from an Apple II are easy to obtain online (look at emulation.net or the asimov Apple II archive for some starting points) but of course you need to actually have the hardware for these to be legal downloads.
And a servicable (but somewhat awkward) emulation of the Apple 2 disk drives as a folder on your Mac.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5008   (832 words)

  
 List of emulators - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UAE emulation engine is commonly used in emulators of other 68K platforms, like the Macintosh.
Bernie II the Rescue emulates the Apple II on the Macintosh
Many different emulators for running Mac programs on Windows are discussed at http://emaculation.com/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emulators   (592 words)

  
 Operating Systems: Win/Unix on Mac, Mac on Others,
Emulates either a Mac Classic (which runs Mac OS 0.x thru 7.5) or a Mac II series machine (which runs MacOS 7.x, 8.0 and 8.1), depending on the ROM being used.
Running Mac OS on PCs or UNIX machines can be done with an emulators or a runtime environment.
Software for running Mac applications on non-Macs is rarer, mostly because the software code that makes a Mac a Mac, the Mac Toolbox ROM code, is owned by Apple and not available to other manufacturers.
http://www.macwindows.com/emulator.html   (3632 words)

  
 Emulators Online - Apple Macintosh Emulation
These are not true classic Macintosh computers and are thus not intended to be supported by our emulators.
The second generation of Macintosh II ROMs are the 512K, 1M, and 2M ROMs found in the Macintosh IIci, IIsi, LC series, Centris series, and Quadra series computers.
While it may be inexpensive to replace the old Macintosh computers with PCs, it is not a trivial matter to rewrite millions of lines of computer code or to purchase thousands of dollars of new software which may not be able to read the old files.
http://www.emulators.com/softmac.htm   (3274 words)

  
 Free Programs for the IIgs
Among the wonders of modern times are computer emulators that allow, for example, a PC or Mac to run Apple II programs.
Filenames ending with.dsk are in a special format meant for programs that emulate an Apple II on other computer systems.
Apple itself is a prime offender for withholding AppleWorks GS and System 5.0.4, the GS Sales Demo, and the Introduction to the IIgs (training disk).
http://modena.intergate.ca/personal/gslj/iigsfreeware.html   (3274 words)

  
 KEGS - An Apple IIgs emulator
KEGS emulates an Apple IIgs accurately at between 8MHz and 120MHz on pretty much any Unix/Linux computer, Win32, or Mac OS X. Other Apple IIgs emulators and other KEGS ports
The are several ways to transfer files from your Apple IIgs to your machine.
Working Apple II Links - Pages of links to information, software, etc.
http://kegs.sourceforge.net   (3274 words)

  
 Allen Gall's "The Week in Games"
I haven't been following the Pocket PC emulation scene for the past couple of years, but I know there's at least one decent Apple II emulator out there.
Now that I think about it, for the older games you mentioned, you might want to check out some of the emulators.
http://www.ppcmag.com/newsl_TWIG/TWIG_06-11-04_68.htm   (3274 words)

  
 A2Central.com: Emulation
This page will soon have tips and information for users of Apple II emulators, but the content is still being written.
Apple II Oasis is an Apple //e emulator for Windows.
Bernie ][ The Rescue is an Apple II emulator that runs on Macintosh computers.
http://www.a2central.com/emulation   (117 words)

  
 The A2 Home Page for Apple II Emulators!
Be aware that every emulator now available for all Apple II machines will somehow require the ROM coding from a real Apple II machine.
Apple II Oasis is a shareware Apple II Emulator (65c02 128K+ //e) for 386 or higher Intel-based machines, and requires Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT/2000 or later.
My goal is to fully emulate the ROM 01 and 03 hardware and run IIGS System Software 6.0.1.
http://www.wbwip.com/a2web/a2emul.html   (910 words)

  
 part1
Although emulators such as AppleWin can read disks with the MacBinary header, for compatibility with other emulators it is often better to remove the header.
Excerpted from the text file: "IIe is a fully functional Apple //e emulator that supports all of the graphics modes, all of the Apple //e keyboard keys, and all of the currently available Apple II disk image formats.
Whereas modern computers use images to transfer physical diskettes electronically, emulators use disk-images because the original media is not compatible with the modern disk drives.
http://www.faqs.org/ftp/faqs/apple2/emulators-faq/part1   (15363 words)

  
 Beginners' Guide to Emulating a Macintosh
Basilisk II and Fusion PC are two free emulators that can do the job of emulating a 68K Mac quite well, as well as a commercial product - SoftMac - available from a company called "Emulators, Inc. "
Basilisk II (the emulator which this guide will mainly focus on), runs on "straight" Windows and because of this, is quite easy to use.
Once the starter disk is placed in the Basilisk II directory, select the hard disk from the GUI's "disk" tab and boot the emulator.
http://www.emaculation.com/articles/intro.html   (2639 words)

  
 Play Eamon Today
Playing without an Apple II - Using emulators
How to play if you don't have an Apple II You have three options.
You can use an Apple emulator, you can run an MS-DOS based program, or you can play Eamon as a JAVA applet.
http://www.eamonag.org/pages/Play_today.htm   (496 words)

  
 Csa2FLUTILS.txt
The image is intended for use as a virtual hard disk by various Apple II and IIgs emulators (e.g.
Disk image files are also a handy way to archive Apple II disks on hard disk and to maintain wares on ftp and other download sites.
Since a disk copy done on an emulator (like AppleWin) adjusts ordering to match the target, doing a disk copy from, for example, a.po image to a.dsk image (in DOS 3.3 order) is a simple way to do a conversion*.
http://www.apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/faqs/Csa2FLUTILS.txt   (6319 words)

  
 Eamon Adventurer's Guild Online
Information on Apple II emulators, the Eamon CD, Eamon for the PC See also Eamon on JAVA, Eamon Deluxe, Eamon DDD 8.0, and downloading Eamons
Eamon is the classic text adventuring series begun in the early 1980's when Don Brown invented the gaming system for the Apple II.
Eamon Blog - Use XML to keep up to date with the Eamon world
http://www.eamonag.org   (206 words)

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