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The paleotronic folks have been on fire lately. Their Apple II emulator, microM8 is fast becoming one of the most advanced, cross-platform emulators. https://p

by zellyn 8y ago

The paleotronic folks have been on fire lately. Their Apple II emulator, microM8 is fast becoming one of the most advanced, cross-platform emulators. https://paleotronic.com/microm8/ https://paleotronic.com/microm8/

zellyn 8y ago
Oh, and it's written in Go. (Cue incoming comments (a) asking me why it's relevant what language it's written in, and (b) talking about how much better it would be if it were written in Rust. :-) )
- reificator 8y ago
  (c) How do you even write Hello World in a language without generics?
peterburkimsher 8y ago
How do I contribute? I recently used ADTPro to copy a lot of old Apple II software onto my MacBook Pro as DSK images. 5.25 floppies: https://mega.nz/#!yDITXIZC!8fREZdAruk2yYLv859jKABGSWeG4UkRoCN4_feKnmIM https://mega.nz/#!yDITXIZC!8fREZdAruk2yYLv859jKABGSWeG4UkRoC... https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/sets/72157672562505858 https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/sets/72157672562... https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/sets/72157672589613188 https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/sets/72157672589... I've also got a larger selection of DD floppies, HD floppies, JAZ disks, SCSI disks, IDE disks, MacFormat and other CDs. Please tell me if you want the links!
- zellyn 8y ago
  You could join the Apple2 Slack, and ask if there's anything there that hasn't been captured. Signup: http://apple2.gs:3000/ http://apple2.gs:3000/ Also, just show off pictures — people will be interested! :-)
- sehugg 8y ago
  You might want to contact Jason Scott at the Internet Archive, especially if some of those are copy-protected: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5180 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5180
  - abstractbeliefs 8y ago
    I know HN doesn't really do "this" or "me too" comments, but I want to underline this isn't just another option, this is the canonical option. Jason Scott is really an important and respected archivist and the IA should really be the first port of call before anyone looks at sending disks elsewhere.

by zellyn 8y ago

zellyn 8y ago

Oh, and it's written in Go. (Cue incoming comments (a) asking me why it's relevant what language it's written in, and (b) talking about how much better it would be if it were written in Rust. :-) )

reificator 8y ago
(c) How do you even write Hello World in a language without generics?

peterburkimsher 8y ago

How do I contribute? I recently used ADTPro to copy a lot of old Apple II software onto my MacBook Pro as DSK images. 5.25 floppies: https://mega.nz/#!yDITXIZC!8fREZdAruk2yYLv859jKABGSWeG4UkRoCN4_feKnmIM https://mega.nz/#!yDITXIZC!8fREZdAruk2yYLv859jKABGSWeG4UkRoC... https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/sets/72157672562505858 https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/sets/72157672562... https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/sets/72157672589613188 https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/sets/72157672589... I've also got a larger selection of DD floppies, HD floppies, JAZ disks, SCSI disks, IDE disks, MacFormat and other CDs. Please tell me if you want the links!

zellyn 8y ago
You could join the Apple2 Slack, and ask if there's anything there that hasn't been captured. Signup: http://apple2.gs:3000/ http://apple2.gs:3000/ Also, just show off pictures — people will be interested! :-)
sehugg 8y ago
You might want to contact Jason Scott at the Internet Archive, especially if some of those are copy-protected: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5180 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5180
- abstractbeliefs 8y ago
  I know HN doesn't really do "this" or "me too" comments, but I want to underline this isn't just another option, this is the canonical option. Jason Scott is really an important and respected archivist and the IA should really be the first port of call before anyone looks at sending disks elsewhere.