The FTDI device in question is a UM232H chip that takes a USB connection and turns it into an SPI bus. Instead, he used a simple USB FTDI device to talk to the Apple disk drive. A project like this has been done many, many times over the last few decades, but put his own twist on it: he doesn’t use a microcontroller. To solve this problem for himself, came up with an Apple disk emulator.
While at one time in the late 80s you may have had your own copy of Oregon Trail, that disk is either lost or non-functional, and it’s pretty hard to get new disk images onto 5 1/4″ disks. Having a more general drop-down per slot UI would remove this limitation.One of the most commonly frustrating things about having an old Apple ][ lying around in your basement or attic is the lack of software. This limitation is just due to the complexity of the Configuration UI. Currently the 2nd Disk2 card can only be put into slot-5.
This simplifies things, meaning there's no need to have dedicated SSCManager / MouseCardManager objects. Currently limited to just 1x SSC and 1x Mouse card (why would you need more?). Added `class Disk2CardManager` (in Disk2CardManager.cpp\h) which provides methods for operations that act on all Disk2 instances at the same time. Added `class CardManager` (in CardManager.cpp\h) which now manages the 8 slots (and aux slot). Added `class Card` (in Card.h) which all other cards (that exist as classes) derive from (eg. The use-case I'm supporting it Wasteland which just has the 4 disks in the 4 drives. So there's no way to eject the disks or insert new disks. there's currently no Configuration UI support, except the Drive icons' tooltips show what's in slot-5 & slot-6 (for drive-n). Support 2nd Disk][ in slot-5, via command line: Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub You are receiving this because you authored the thread. From AppleWin's GUI you'd only be able to manipulate the disks inĪdding a configuration GUI to support drives in a slot-5 DiskII card would You would not be able to remove or change the disks in slot-5 driveġ&2. If I provided a command line way to put a 2nd DiskII controller in slot-5,Īnd then (again from the command line) insert disks into slot-5 drive 1&2 At lease you made it with 2īut perhaps there are extra disk(s) for saving progress etc? Thanks for making the emulator it's wonderful. More) but no game in my mind has ever met up to what you could do with "spiritual successor" to Wasteland, and references Wasteland (Fallout 2 has They did try for many years to make Wasteland 2, but the beauty and If I completed all the tasks on disk 3, IĬould make another copy of disk 3 and go back and do it all again! HavingĬharacters who were now stronger, better equipped didn't reduce theĮxperience, it was still challenging and fun. But there I was, running the game as if it were on a hard HDDs were only then being considered for home use, with the Apple IIGS just Would direct it to the other floppy controller by hitting ctrl+s, and then The game wasĭesigned to be played this way! When it prompted for a different disk, you The second floppy drive card into, I believe, slot 7. Took the 2 drives off my dad's computer and attached them to mine, dropping When I was 14, I purchased my own apple IIe, and one summer, I Swapping them out as your progressed through the different towns andįacilities.
In your emulator), but you would play the game on the four copies you made, Need the disk one master to boot the game (just as you are required to do Wasteland's 4 disks were confusing at first because you didn't use them You would miss out on too much information.
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Pertained to the game! Plus if you didn't have the book of paragraphs, youĬouldn't play the game. Paragraphs, but there were more fake paragraphs than paragraphs which They included a collection of paragraphs which you were instructed to readĪs you progressed through the game. Now,Ĭutscenes couldn't be visually presented, I don't think the concept of aĬutscene even existed at the time, but that's what they did - low tech.
Their anti-piracy technique was brilliant. Had been games like it, but none were as in depth or complicated. It so much the tape in the VHS cassette snapped), Wasteland allowed you toīe exist in an apocalyptic world where the machines had taken over. At some point more than two drives would be great,īut please, I don't want you to put in extra effort. Responded at all! I appreciate the prompt response, but I don't want you I can't believe you responded so quickly.
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