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sicklittlemonkey

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Jun 23, 2009, 12:36:38 PM6/23/09
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Well, somebody had to do it ... Apple ][ emulation in Javascript.
It's a bit of a hack, and buggy, and not really useful either.
Nevertheless, thanks to the magic of Google Web Toolkit:
http://scripple-2.appspot.com/

Notes:
- Type in the input box indicated - and hit enter a few times first
- Unfortunately I'd have to recommend IE at this stage
- Firefox and Chrome work but there is a scrolling (table) bug to
squash
- It's 48k, text-only, no disk or other hardware, just the DO-F8 ROMs
- Entering the monitor with call-151 is probably the most fun

If anyone wants the source, email me. It's a Java project in Eclipse.
I'll get around to uploading it somewhere eventually.

Cheers,
Nick.

Oliver Schmidt

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Jun 23, 2009, 4:50:31 PM6/23/09
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Hi,

>Well, somebody had to do it ... Apple ][ emulation in Javascript.

Indeed !

>Nevertheless, thanks to the magic of Google Web Toolkit:
>http://scripple-2.appspot.com/

Was kind of my first idea when I read about the Google Web Toolkit :-)

Seems that from the performance perspective the Javascript engines
still have some way to go until an Apple ][ emulation is a must-have
;-)

Thanks for figuring this out so I don't have to...

Best, Oliver

Nick Westgate

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Jun 23, 2009, 9:08:30 PM6/23/09
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On Jun 24, 5:50 am, ol...@web.de (Oliver Schmidt) wrote:
> Was kind of my first idea when I read about the Google Web Toolkit :-)

I bet. Now with the Eclipse plugin, it's a piece of cake.

> Seems that from the performance perspective the Javascript engines
> still have some way to go until an Apple ][ emulation is a must-have
> ;-)

Check out Chrome; it's quite fast despite the table bug.

> Thanks for figuring this out so I don't have to...

My pleasure. No really! ;-)
This took a mere 200 or so lines of code to get working.

Cheers,
Nick.

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