Some notes on mini/micro Apple //e emulators
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/30
Retro computing is wildly popular, and with the rise of low cost single-board computers (SBCs for short), both Apple //e and ][+ emulators plus extension cards have proliferated, based on Raspberry Pi (or even their RP2040 microcontroller based Pico), ESP32 or predecessor ESP8266 microcontrollers and others.
Some links for my archive:
- [Wayback/Archive] Apple IIe 1.6-inch Emulator Kit – CT6502
- [Wayback/Archive] Apple IIe 3.2-inch Emulator Kit – CT6502
- [Wayback/Archive] paleotronic/diskm8: DiskM8 Apple II disk image manipulation, cataloging and analysis tool which
- is the successor of the old [Wayback/Archive] paleotronic/dskalyzer: DSKalyzer Apple II disk image management tool which I both mentioned a week ago at Applesoft BASIC in JavaScript which also contains links to emulators on Mac/Linux/Windows.
- together with the dskalyzer repository is part of [Wayback/Archive] Paleotronic Magazine · GitHub having more nice repositories like for instance [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – paleotronic/microm8-gui: Cross-platform (Windows / macOS / Linux) GUI for the microM8 Apple II Emulator.
- they also have a website at [Wayback/Archive] microM8 is an Apple II Emulator for Windows, macOS / OSX and Linux and downloads at [Wayback/Archive] Download – Paleotronic Magazine.
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – pyrex8/pico-iie: Apple IIe Emulator for Pi Pico
- [Wayback/Archive] New Apple II emulator for the Pi – Raspberry Pi Forums
- [Wayback/Archive] Espple: A Wireless Apple 1 On An ESP8266 | Hackaday
- [Wayback/Archive] Apple 2+ emulator on esp8266 : esp8266
- [Wayback/Archive] Apple ][+ emulator on ESP8288 – mfa2 workshop (the title is a typo: it is actually an ESP8266)
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – EiichiroIto/m5apple2: Apple ][ emulator for M5Stack, based on LinApple.
- [Wayback/Archive] Apple IIe by option8 – Thingiverse
- [Wayback/Archive] ARC Javmaster – YouTube
Javmaster actually has a shop at [Wayback/Archive] Welcome to the 8-bit stuff store – 8 bit stuff cool retro computer 3D gadgets and geekery with a lot of interesting (mainly Apple ][ era related) retro things more on that in an upcoming blog post: More Apple ][*, //* II* and classic Macintosh hardware upgrades.
Via:
- [Wayback/Archive] 🕹 Javmaster@bsky.social🧢 on X: “A tribute to @jmechner with my micro Apple IIe emulator! …”
- 420×270 video: [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1857893652334292992/pu/vid/avc1/480×270/3dhwPKwKmg9T-WwA.mp4
- 640×360 video: [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1857893652334292992/pu/vid/avc1/640×360/xrsOM_cb4jLcVIip.mp4
- 1280×720 video: [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1857893652334292992/pu/vid/avc1/1280×720/qBdESfyLAocMPf0A.mp4
- Video thumbnail: [Wayback/Archive] J9VE6z3RHvbwu2Ls.jpg (1200×675)
- [Wayback/Archive] This tiny 3D-printed Apple IIe is powered by a $2 microcontroller | Tom’s Hardware
[WaybackSave/Archive] 🕹 Javmaster@bsky.social🧢 on X: “Got a mini factory going on…”
Queries:
- [Wayback/Archive] micro Apple IIe emulator! – Google Search
- [Wayback/Archive] apple ][ esp32 – Google Search
- [Wayback/Archive] apple ][ esp8266 emulator – Google Suche
- [Wayback/Archive] apple ][ esp32 emulator – Google Suche
Picture of this and others that 8bitstuff makes from the above linked Amazing VCF Midwest 2024 – Day 1 Vlog:
8bitstuff.com showing mini-replicas of retro computers at VCF Midwest 2024
--jeroen
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 
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