Apple][e

Virtu is a freeware emulator from Digital Jellyfish design (Nick Westgate and Sean Fausett), that emulates an 128K Apple //e computer. It emulates a 6502 or 65C02 processor and can support standard or enhanced //e ROMs. It can run Apple ROMs or disk images, and was distributed widely on the October 1997 Acorn User cover disk. There is full sound support, and even text printer support, and the emulator has a full memory disassembler built in.

This emulator comes with a built in Raster Blaster pinball game (see the scaled down screenshot on the right), as the functionality of the emulator is reduced by having a partially disabled ROM image provided for copyright reasons, you should obtain the standard image you should download it below. The 2nd screenshot is of Wasteland running under Virtu.

The emulator even runs at full speed on my A5000, and I'm pleased to say that the built in game, is actually quite playable! Unfortunately the emulator can only load .DSK images, and not commonly distributed .NIB images, there is a little program written in C++ for the PC, that can convert NIB to DSK, Michael Koenig has converted it to ANSI C, and compiled it for the Acorn, and it's available below.

Digital Jellyfish can be contacted at:

Digital Jellyfish Homepage

Digital Jellyfish Design Ltd
PO Box 90964
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland, New Zealand

Woz is an Apple][ emulator, written back in 1992 by Benoit Gilon, who wrote the emulator to run Apple][ applications rather than games. As such the emulation is not nearly as perfect as that of Virtu, but it runs text based programs pretty well. It has a good advantage in that it can also be run in a window via a front end, which is something Virtu cannot do. The source code for the program (ANSI C) is provided, and anyone is welcome to modify it, generously Benoit is willing to offer any support he can. The screenshot on the right is of Woz running Copy ][ Plus in a window via the front end.

There is also an Apple][ emulator written in Java available.

Virtu Speed Rating: ARM 3 - Perfect
Woz Speed Rating: ARM 3 - Perfect

Emulators:
Virtu emulator (110Kb) ZIP archive
NIBtoDSK (4Kb) ZIP archive
Woz (202Kb) ZIP archive
Benoit Gilon's Homepage (in French)

Software:
Apple ][ page - one of the best
Apple ][ emulator resources guide
Lost Classics Project

Newsgroups:
Both newsgroup links, are to dejanews pages.
comp.emulators.apple2
comp.sys.apple2

Recommended Software
Wasteland