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Started by unk... The Unknown User
Sat, 08 Sep 1990 09:03
virtual preservation (of Apple IIs)
Author: unk... The Unknown User
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 1990 09:03
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 1990 09:03
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>response to: how...@bert.llnl.gov (Louis Howell)
<Preservation of actual working hardware may be difficult, but I am
<quite attracted to Earl Boebert's idea of virtual preservation, i.e.,
<simulate an old computer on a new one. This would preserve the
<"look and feel" of an architecture even if keeping hardware working
<were prohibitively expensive. An ENIAC would be more expensive to
<build today than the original was, but it should be possible to
<simulate one, right? Anyone know how the thing was programmed?
<My guess is some kind of plug board, but that's just a guess. Now
<imagine Xeniac running on your Sun, with mouse buttons in place of
<the plugs...
There's already a UNIX emulator of the Apple II. Cool huh?
--
/ Apple II(GS) Forever! unk...@ucscb.ucsc.edu \
\ Computer engineering student seeking a job. /
Re: virtual preservation (of Apple IIs)
Author: A Product of Society
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 1990 08:59
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 1990 08:59
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unk...@ucscb.ucsc.edu (The Unknown User) writes:
> There's already a UNIX emulator of the Apple II. Cool huh?
Uh.. There's a wanna-be Unix system (not emulator) for the Apple II.
And it leaves some to be desired -- it was a good try, though.
(Written in compiled Basic w/ some Asm modem routines, etc)
(I set it up once. Pretty slow, and is the exact opposite of Prodos,
so how *could* it work..)
> / Apple II(GS) Forever! unk...@ucscb.ucsc.edu \
^^^^^^^^^^^
Amen.
______Whoa!...
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"Hate him back, it works for me." --- Lethal Weapon
Re: virtual preservation (of Apple IIs)
Author: rit... David Ritchie
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 1990 22:57
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 1990 22:57
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>> There's already a UNIX emulator of the Apple II. Cool huh? > > Uh.. There's a wanna-be Unix system (not emulator) for the Apple II. >And it leaves some to be desired -- it was a good try, though. >(Written in compiled Basic w/ some Asm modem routines, etc) I think he means that there is a program that emulates an Apple II that runs under Unix. I have seen it. More proof that idle hands do the devil's work :^>. Dave Ritchie
Re: virtual preservation (of Apple IIs)
Author: hcl... Cliff Helsel
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 1990 21:07
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 1990 21:07
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In article <67...@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unk...@ucscb.ucsc.edu (The Unknown User) writes: > >>response to: how...@bert.llnl.gov (Louis Howell) ><Preservation of actual working hardware may be difficult, but I am ><quite attracted to Earl Boebert's idea of virtual preservation, i.e., ><simulate an old computer on a new one. This would preserve the > > There's already a UNIX emulator of the Apple II. Cool huh? I've got an apple II emulator that runs on a PC in DOS. >
Re: virtual preservation (of Apple IIs)
Author: sh... Dylan Rhodes
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 02:35
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 02:35
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In article <JH06o2w162w@vector0> jon@vector0 (A Product of Society) writes: >unk...@ucscb.ucsc.edu (The Unknown User) writes: > >> There's already a UNIX emulator of the Apple II. Cool huh? > > Uh.. There's a wanna-be Unix system (not emulator) for the Apple II. >And it leaves some to be desired -- it was a good try, though. >(Written in compiled Basic w/ some Asm modem routines, etc) Are you adding to the message, or are you CONTRADICTING him? This Unix-based Apple II emulator (note that I don't mean "Apple II-based unix emulator") - where can it be found? Can it do graphics (yeah, RIGHT), so I could play "Rescue Raiders" on my Xenix/286 system? :-) > >Jon ..?$!..ames!pacbell!sactoh0!vector0!jon > Internet: vector0!j...@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US
Re: virtual preservation (of Apple IIs)
Author: gr... Greg Cronau1000000
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 1990 06:21
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 1990 06:21
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In article <JH06o2w162w@vector0> jon@vector0 (A Product of Society) writes: >unk...@ucscb.ucsc.edu (The Unknown User) writes: > >> There's already a UNIX emulator of the Apple II. Cool huh? > > Uh.. There's a wanna-be Unix system (not emulator) for the Apple II. >And it leaves some to be desired -- it was a good try, though. >(Written in compiled Basic w/ some Asm modem routines, etc) > >(I set it up once. Pretty slow, and is the exact opposite of Prodos, >so how *could* it work..) > >Jon ..?$!..ames!pacbell!sactoh0!vector0!jon > Internet: vector0!j...@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US Uh, I think you got that backward. I believe that the original poster meant that there is a program that runs under UNIX that emulates an Apple ][. Not a UNIX that runs on an Apple. (*That* would be a cute trick: "See. all you need is this little extra hardware card. What's on it? Well, just a 68020, a couple meg of ram.....) *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* * Q: How many surrealists does it | gr...@cimage.com * * take to change a lightbulb? | * * A: Three: One to hold the giraff, | Are you kidding? My employer would * * and one to fill the bathtub | have to be *nuts* to have these * * with multi-color power tools. | opinions. (P.s. I'm self-employed) * *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* * And Remember: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistingusable * * from a rigged demo." - With apologies to A. Clark * *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
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