emulation Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/emulation/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:55:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png emulation Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/emulation/ 32 32 146320098 cyanIIde Web-Based Apple IIe Emulator http://paleotronic.com/2021/07/28/cyaniide-web-based-apple-iie-emulator/ http://paleotronic.com/2021/07/28/cyaniide-web-based-apple-iie-emulator/#respond Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:43:20 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=17861 cyanIIde is a subset of our microM8 Apple II emulator meant to run on lower-power systems such as the Raspberry Pi and in the browser. This page contains an early release of the WebAssembly version. [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2021/07/28/cyaniide-web-based-apple-iie-emulator/feed/ 0 17861 microM8 Update: Back to the Debugger http://paleotronic.com/2019/07/20/microm8-update-back-to-the-debugger/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/07/20/microm8-update-back-to-the-debugger/#respond Sat, 20 Jul 2019 10:44:37 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=5233 Mark Lemmert of 6502 Workshop has been using microM8 to debug Nox Archaist, an Apple II RPG he’s developing, and we’re really happy when people use our stuff to do cool things. So we thought [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/07/20/microm8-update-back-to-the-debugger/feed/ 0 5233 microM8 Update: High-Contrast UI Mode and Filled Triangles in microLogo http://paleotronic.com/2019/03/30/microm8-update-high-contrast-ui-mode-and-filled-triangles-in-micrologo/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/03/30/microm8-update-high-contrast-ui-mode-and-filled-triangles-in-micrologo/#respond Sat, 30 Mar 2019 03:53:59 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3888 We love our colour text but it can be difficult for visually impaired people to read, many of whom chose the Apple II back in the day because it didn’t have multi-coloured text or background [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/03/30/microm8-update-high-contrast-ui-mode-and-filled-triangles-in-micrologo/feed/ 0 3888 New microM8 release supports WOZ2, DHGR artifacting http://paleotronic.com/2019/02/12/new-microm8-release-supports-woz2-dhgr-artifacting/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/02/12/new-microm8-release-supports-woz2-dhgr-artifacting/#respond Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:38:57 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3384 The latest microM8 release supports the Applesauce WOZ2 format, has improved DHGR rendering (with NTSC artifacting) and a refactored VM manager for increased speed and better reliability, among a number of other fixes and enhancements. [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/02/12/new-microm8-release-supports-woz2-dhgr-artifacting/feed/ 0 3384 Emulating the Tube: Completing the Retro Experience http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/10/emulating-the-tube-completing-the-retro-experience/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/10/emulating-the-tube-completing-the-retro-experience/#respond Sat, 10 Nov 2018 01:33:24 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=2127 For some nostalgics it’s not merely enough to emulate the console or computer – they want to emulate the CRT they used it on too! The nature of cathode-ray tube displays distinctly affected how images [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/10/emulating-the-tube-completing-the-retro-experience/feed/ 0 2127 microM8 now supports large volumes (HDV, 2MG, 800K PO) http://paleotronic.com/2018/08/07/microm8-now-supports-large-volumes-hdv-2mg-800k-po/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/08/07/microm8-now-supports-large-volumes-hdv-2mg-800k-po/#respond Mon, 06 Aug 2018 17:26:26 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1327 You can now use “Smartport”-based large volume images with microM8 (HDV, 2MG and 800K PO), via the file catalog or drag-and-drop. We’ve also uploaded a variety of images to the built-in cloud library including Pitch [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/08/07/microm8-now-supports-large-volumes-hdv-2mg-800k-po/feed/ 0 1327 “Upcycling” Pong: Putting a new “spin” on an old game using microM8 http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/07/upcycling-pong-putting-a-new-spin-on-an-old-game-using-microm8/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/07/upcycling-pong-putting-a-new-spin-on-an-old-game-using-microm8/#respond Sat, 07 Jul 2018 06:32:05 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1114 Pong was exciting when it came out back in 1972 but it hasn’t aged very well. By modern standards it’s kind of boring. Luckily in microM8 we can do two things to improve it: first, [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/07/upcycling-pong-putting-a-new-spin-on-an-old-game-using-microm8/feed/ 0 1114 microM8 adds alternate font support http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/21/microm8-adds-alternate-font-support/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/21/microm8-adds-alternate-font-support/#respond Sun, 20 May 2018 15:11:32 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=418 Our Apple II emulator microM8 has recently added alternate font support, and includes additional “Fancy” and “SciFi” fonts to add an additional stylistic element to classic games. Check out this presentation of Zork I in [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/21/microm8-adds-alternate-font-support/feed/ 0 418 “Record” Mockingboard music, play it back during other games… http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/11/record-mockingboard-music-play-it-back-during-other-games/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/11/record-mockingboard-music-play-it-back-during-other-games/#respond Fri, 11 May 2018 08:54:30 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=359 Most emulators work by running everything through a single “loop”. This makes sound emulation easy because everything is synchronised. However, microM8 doesn’t operate this way. Each component of microM8 (video, sound, CPU) functions on its [more...]

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