The Apple II family of computers has its fair share of emulators available, as shown in sites like Zophar’s Domain with its Apple II emulator list. These amazing piece of software promises to run all your beloved software directly on your modern machine, and a lot of them do deliver an almost complete experience… but how about the noises, smell, keystrokes….? This is when the emulator comes to save the day. I don’t believe you will find a single soul who would prefer to use the retro computer for the actual development instead of modern tools like cross-compilers, IDEs, etc. The noises, the smell, the keystrokes, everything helps to take you back to the good old days.īut unfortunately not everyone has the means (space, money, time, spouse’s approval) to keep that vintage computer around, ready to be used when you feel like. There is also the problem to load a program in the machine if the disk or tape is not available, or it just refuses to work, or there is no modern interface to help out.įor those who like to spend the time programming retro games or applications, the fun is to code for the machine, but not in the machine. Every retro computing aficionado will tell you that there is no better experience than running your favourite program or game in the real machine.

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