http://kegs.sourceforge.net/
KEGS - Kent's Emulated GS
An Apple //gs emulator for Linux, Unix/X11, Win32 and Mac OS X
Download version 0.71 - Mac OS X port! Win32 port!
Samples and other utilities
Getting a bootable disk image
To use KEGS, you need to get a ROM image. I'll write directions on how
to generate the ROM file later. Some of the other emulator pages give directions
on how to create a ROM file.
The are several ways to transfer files from your Apple //gs to your
machine. The method I use is to create ShrinkIt disk archives
of the 5.25" or 3.5" disks you want to transfer. Then, transfer those .SHK
files to your computer. You can use modem/serial line transfer, or some
other less direct method. Non-Apple machines cannot read the 800K 3.5" disk
format. Sorry. I admit, all of these paths are tedious.
Once you have the .SHK files on the workstation, you're home free. Use
nulib to extract the disk image from the archive. Edit KEGS's "kegs_conf"
file to point to the image, and you're off! Nulib works like tar: "nulib
tv foo.shk" lists the archive and "nulib xv foo.shk" will extract the disk
image. If you have .BXY files, you need to use "nulib xb foo.bxy" to extract
the files.
KEGS information
KEGS emulates an Apple //gs accurately at between 8MHz and 80MHz on pretty
much any Unix/Linux computer, Win32, or Mac OS X.
Other Apple //gs emulators and other KEGS ports
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casaGS - KEGS-OS-X - A port of KEGS using
the SDL library to Mac OS X. Has a better user interface than KEGS. Source
code not available
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KEGS SDL - Frederic Devernay's
port of KEGS to use the SDL library, used as the basis of KEGS-OS-X. Source
available
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Akilgard's KEGS for WIN32
- A more user-friendly port of KEGS to WIN32. Source available.
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Bernie ][ the Rescue - Nice
emulator, but PowerMacintosh only. Source code not available
Other Apple //gs links
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