Best of FTA - Apple II and IIGS emulator - runs all images

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  1. Fujibayashi

    Fujibayashi Well-Known Member

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    apple ][ for the people?



    No, and I've been trying HARD... the Apple ][ was the main reason I've been interested in this emulator (not really interested in the GS part). Has anyone managed it? Being able to play "A.E." on the go would be super ultra nice!!
     
  2. kktp

    kktp Active Member

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    Me too, I really want Apple ][ on my iPad. It should work because there is dsk images in the bundle.
     
  3. Thorvald

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    Apple II work just fine, just change the format type in the XML.

    Code:
    <config version="2" id="falcons">
    	<name>Falcons</name>
    	<year>1983</year>
    	<publisher>Unknown</publisher>
    	<desc><![CDATA[
    	Description]]></desc>
    	<pic type="thumbnail" width="64" height="40">floby3.png</pic>
    	<format>APPLE2</format>
    	<image slot="6" disk="1">falcons.dsk</image>
    	<bootslot>6</bootslot>
    </config>
    
    <config version="2" id="dos33">
    	<name>Dos 3.3</name>
    	<year>1983</year>
    	<publisher>Apple</publisher>
    	<desc><![CDATA[
    	Description]]></desc>
    	<pic type="thumbnail" width="64" height="40">floby3.png</pic>
    	<format>APPLE2</format>
    	<image slot="6" disk="1">Apple DOS 3.3 January 1983.dsk</image>
    	<bootslot>6</bootslot>
    </config>
    
    
    Enjoy
     
  4. kktp

    kktp Active Member

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    Hmm I did change that but got only "please wait" screen on couple of disk images I tried. I will try again later probably with another images. Thank you!
     
  5. Alex DeLargest

    Alex DeLargest Well-Known Member

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    You cannot simply rename the .bin files to .dsk

    I searched around until I found Oregon Trail in dsk format and it works fine.
     
  6. Thorvald

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  7. pka4916

    pka4916 Well-Known Member

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    i see a LOT dsk.gz files
    do they work also?
     
  8. Sciencematthew

    Sciencematthew Well-Known Member

    Thee should just make sure to add it EXACTLY the same in the XML file
     
  9. Sciencematthew

    Sciencematthew Well-Known Member

    4.3 release

    Just wanted to remind u guys to back up shsh blobs before this friday when 4.3 comes out!
     
  10. kktp

    kktp Active Member

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    No, they are dsk files downloaded from http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/images/

    But still only very few images worked like dos 3.3 but not many other I tried.

    I wonder if it has anything to do with iOS 4.3 which i use on my iPad.
     
  11. Sciencematthew

    Sciencematthew Well-Known Member

    is it an ipad 2??
     
  12. Sciencematthew

    Sciencematthew Well-Known Member

    Update time

    Please backup your best of fta app it has been updated to ver 1.22 instead of 1.20
     
  13. Thorvald

    Thorvald Member

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    Ok well some good and bad news. Bad news the update deletes SYSTEM6.2MG, so we have to find that again... didn't back mine up.

    Good news Wizardry boots now!

    However since we still cannot swap disks on the fly, we cannot switch to a Scenario Disk (you need to put the scenario master into Drive 1 before starting the game).

    Has anyone found a "method" to swap disk on the fly?

    Thanks
    Tim
     
  14. Sciencematthew

    Sciencematthew Well-Known Member

    I wonder , is it leagal to post system 6 here I still have it ver 1.20!
     
  15. Sciencematthew

    Sciencematthew Well-Known Member

    Gs/os

    How to you import games from floppies into GS/OS? Thanks in advance!
     
  16. Thorvald

    Thorvald Member

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    Time to revive this thread... Now that a Wizardry titled game has appeared (though in jrpg style instead of normal wizardry), maybe interest will be rekindled in getting things running again on this emulator.

    Has anyone managed to find a way to swap disks or found a forum that the devs actually hang out on?
     
  17. Thorvald

    Thorvald Member

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    Ok I'm a dumb ass... turns out we could swap disks all the time, but you have to keep the disks in the SAME drive.

    So the following works just perfect:


    <config version="2" id="wizardry">
    <name>Wizardry</name>
    <format>APPLE2</format>
    <image slot="6" disk="1">Wizardry - Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Boot) (Disk 1 of 2).dsk</image>
    <image slot="6" disk="1">../Documents/Wizardry - Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Player Scenario).dsk</image>
    <bootslot>6</bootslot>
    </config>

    Notice that BOTH disks are in disk 1. When you need to swap disks, just pull down the top menu and tap the "spinning disk" icon on the top right or even easier, just tap where the spinning disk would appear.

    It will then automatically cycle to the next disk (and tell you). Then you can press enter in Wizardry and voila!

    I also learned that you should put Read/Write images in the ../Documents folder, hence why my Scenario master is there.

    Note that the images I have must be cracked for Wizardry as I am able to use the Player Scenario as the Master Scenario, I simply hit Return twice.

    Time to go import my old characters using ADTPro and enjoy Wizardry on the iPad!

    P.S. The bluetooth keyboard works just great!

    More info here:

    http://jerkwerks.com/finally-apple-ii-and-iigs-warez-on-your-ipad/
     
  18. Sciencematthew

    Sciencematthew Well-Known Member

    Thanks, If you want, I can send you my system 6 if it is leagal? thanks for telling me how to boot many disks, Now GEOS for Apple 2 works!
     

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