Mac ii emulator serial#
Mac ii emulator software#

Mac ii emulator software#

Video emulation (text and graphics) is handled through software using native Macintosh QuickDraw routines, which often results in operations being slower than a real Apple IIe except on higher-end machines.

The CPU is software-configurable to run at the Apple IIe's native 1.0 MHz speed or at an accelerated 1.9В MHz. Like the Apple IIe itself, the Apple IIe Card uses an onboard 65C02 CPU. The host Macintosh required special emulation software (a boot disk) launched from System 6.0.8 to 7.5.5 in order to activate the IIe Card. Furthermore, with the included Y-cable, Apple II specific peripherals could be used as well: The Apple 5.25, Apple UniDisk 3.5, and an Apple II joystick or paddles.

Mac ii emulator serial#

For example, the mouse, keyboard, internal speaker, clock, serial ports (printer, modem, networking), extra RAM (up to 1024 KB), internal 3.5 floppy drive and hardisk all functioned as Apple II devices. When running in Apple II emulation mode, certain Macintosh peripherals and hardware could be 'borrowed' and used as Apple II devices. The Apple IIe Card worked in the Macintosh LC series (I, II, III, III+, 475, 520, 550, 575, 630), as well as the LC-slot compatible Quadra 630 and Color Classic. ДЄpple asked the media to call the peripheral the 'Apple IIe option board', as earlier 'emulator' cards were not successful. A similar 'Apple IIGS Card' was planned for running 16-bit Apple IIGS software, but canceled as deemed too costly, therefore leaving no migration path for that segment of the Apple II line. Software could even be run directly from an Apple II floppy diskette, the same way as with an Apple IIe (made possible via the card's cable-adapter that connected a standard Apple 5.25 drive). By adding the optional PDS card to low cost Macintosh computers, it provided backwards compatibility with the vast Apple II software library of over 10,000 titles. However, by that period Apple was looking to phase out the Apple II line, and so introduced the Apple IIe Card as a means to transition Apple II educators (and to a smaller degree, home and small business users) by migrating them over to the Macintosh. Well into the 1990's, most schools still had a substantial investment in Apple II computers and software in their classrooms and labs.