[Blindapple] Updated MESS emulator package
Louis Bryant
louis at braillesoft.net
Fri Aug 30 15:55:07 EDT 2013
It is awesome! Thanks for this.
Not sure if this would be useful, but on BrailleSoft.net, as a ZIP package, there are some Applesoft programs you can try. They're not disk images, so I'm unsure how they'll transfer to be played on either a real Apple II or in the emulator. Best, Louis
----- Original Message -----
From: Jayson Smith <jaybird at bluegrasspals.com>
To: Apple Discussions blindapple at bluegrasspals.com
Date: Friday, August 30, 2013 5:23 am
Subject: [Blindapple] Updated MESS emulator package
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> This update fixes the Echo pitch issue so it sounds more like the real
> thing. A few other fixes are included, as well as a readme, pasted
> below. URL is the same:
> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/messapple.zip
> Enjoy!
> Jayson
>
> Apple Emulation with Echo II Plus Emulation for Windows
>
> This package contains an emulator called MESS which I have set up to
> emulate an Enhanced Apple IIe with an Echo II Plus speech synthesizer.
> If you're reading this, you've already downloaded and extracted this
> archive. In the disks subfolder are several talking disk images supplied
> so you can have fun with your virtual Apple. I have quite a few more,
> but these are just some to get you started. You'll also see a folder
> called roms, which you don't need to do anything with. If you go poking
> around in there anyway, you'll see several zip files. Do NOT unzip them,
> they are designed to stay zipped.
>
> Before you start, you'll probably need a full desktop keyboard, for
> reasons which will become apparent later on. If you're using Jaws,
> you'll also want to set up a script to put it to sleep when mess.exe is
> running. Otherwise, it will try to grab some Apple keystrokes, and in
> general not do very nice things.
>
> To start the emulator with a disk in drive 1, type the following at a
> command prompt, for example:
> mess apple2ee comflop1 disks\egames.dsk
>
> Yes, you do need to type apple2ee with two e's since that's the
> designator for an Enhanced IIe.
>
> Once the Apple has started, things pretty much work like you'd think
> they would. The four arrow keys really do act as the Apple's arrow keys,
> left and right alt are open and closed apple, F12 is reset. In most
> cases, even if your real caps lock is turned off, the Apple's caps lock
> will be turned on, simply because so many Apple games and programs
> require all upper case input. If you want to change this, just hit your
> caps lock.
>
> The program records a wav file of your Apple session in a file called
> session.wav. If you don't want this file, just delete it. It is
> overwritten with each new emulator session, so if you do anything you
> want to preserve, you need to take steps to do so before you run Mess again.
>
> I currently don't know how to switch disks, so you don't want to use
> this to play Eamon or for any other purpose where disk switching is
> required. Working on this.
>
> Please be aware that this program doesn't significantly speed up disk
> access, so there may be long pauses while Apple programs load.
>
> To exit the emulator, hold down the scroll lock and press the insert key
> on the six-pack, that is, the set of keys with insert, del, home, end,
> page-up, and page-down. Release both keys, then hit escape. This will
> flip the power switch on the virtual Apple, so anything you were doing
> will be lost forever.
>
> Have fun!
>
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