There’s a Disk II floppy drive on eBay that holds within it a working Mac mini - a cool hack, but is it worth a cool grand? We question the value of purchasing free software on eBay and marvel at everything from lighters to thumb drives in the shape of an Apple II.Ĭlick past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.

Is it reasonable to consider that a software upgrade warrants a hardware bump, and what the next model of Apple II would look like? Photos of Steve Jobs in his natural habitat show an Apple stronghold as Spartan as ever, but you can decorate yours with Melissa Barron’s screenprints from Etsy. The September 2012 issue of Juiced.GS just shipped, and with it, a look at what features a hypothetical System 7.0 operating system would include. After catching up on some headlines from last month, we plow forward, celebrating the return of an interactive fiction publication and grumbling that even beginner IF can be as obscure as the medium is infamous for. The hosts share feedback galore from the last episode and contemplate how to record a live show. BasiliskII_src_ Source tarball, Release 0.This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Ewen Wannop, British programmer of 16-bit telecommunications programs such as Spectrum, SAM, SNAP, and SAFE.Basilisk II package for Solaris 10 SPARC, provided by Luc Pauwels.Other prepackaged versions of Basilisk II that I am aware of: Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k) real 68k processorĭownload Basilisk II Precompiled binariesįor announcements of prebuilt binaries for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows,.Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse.Easy file exchange with the host OS via a 'Host Directory Tree' icon on the Mac desktop.CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions.Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles.Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported).Emulates either a Mac Classic (which runs MacOS 0.x thru 7.5) or a Mac II series machine (which runs MacOS 7.x, 8.0 and 8.1), depending on the ROM being used The Floppy Emu is a floppy and hard disk emulator for classic Apple II, Macintosh, and Lisa computers.If you are interested in learning how Basilisk II works internally, there isĪvailable (knowledge about programming and computer architecture is required).īasilisk II has been ported to the following systems:

The terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).įor more information, see the README file. However, you still need a copy of MacOS andĪ Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II. You to run 68k MacOS software on your computer, even if you are using aĭifferent operating system. Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator.

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