I'm new to this forum and if this topic doesn't belong here please let me know.
With the death of Steve Jobs it got me curious about the first computer that started it all, the Apple-1. Since I�ve been using MAME for many years as my arcade emulator, it just made sense to use MESS for my computer emulation needs. Mainly I wanted to use MESS to see how the Apple-1 computer operated. I noticed MESS provides cassette emulation for the Apple-1 using .wav audio format. This is a unique feature, and one that makes sense because it allows software programs to be loaded into the Apple-1 with relative ease as apposed to physically typing out several thousand lines of code. What I quickly found out however .wav files for MESS Apple-1 are nearly nonexistent!
The only solution to this problem was simple. I had to learn how to make my own .wav files. I did just that. I have successfully converted Apple-1 hex dumps (binary code) into perfectly working .wav files fully compatible for the MESS Apple-1 emulator. The binary codes I used are freely distributed, so I don�t believe I�m infringing on any copyright laws.
Here are some of the Apple-1 .wav programs and games I currently have:
Apple 1 Basic
Apple Star Trek (1976)
StarTrek2003
Blackjack
Bowling
Buzzword
Craps
Deal or No Deal
Hamurabi
HiLo
Life
Lunar Lander
Mastermind
Microchess
Monitor
Slots
Wari
WordCross
I would like to contribute to MESS by providing my Apple-1 .wav files so others can use them. How do I go about doing this?
Here is what a few of the Apple-1 games look like in MESS with a green color overlay and HLSL enabled. Personally I think MESS looks better than OpenEmulator with the graphic options. Yes the games are very primitive but this was 1976.
Microchess by Peter Jennings
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/microchess.png/Deal or No Deal
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/259/dealornodeal.png/Apple Star Trek (1976)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/applestartrek.png/Slots
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/88/slotsw.png/I do have Microchess for download if anyone is brave enough to learn how to use the Apple-1 emulator MESS provides.
Link:
http://www.applefritter.com/content/microchesswav