Sharp Zaurus zapple Apple II emulator

[Retrofan]

Hi Guys,

    For many years I have wanted the Apple II emulator which is referenced  in the link below. If anyone has a copy they could share I would be very grateful. The files don't seem to be archived anywhere. Thank you.

https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?topic=7700.0

[Varti]

Hi and welcome!

I have checked the URL of the blog, mentioned on the forum thread, on archive.org:

http://led.e-fever.org/zaurus/modules/mydownloads/

The page has been stored, but the emulator's archive has not since it was probably downloadable only after logging in on the blog. I have also searched on the web and in my local Zaurus archives, to no avail. I have found two old email addresses of the author, I have sent him an email, I'll report if he'll answer back.

Varti

[Varti]

The author has answered me, unfortunately it seems we are out of luck:

"Thanks you for your email. I havn't archive my work regarding the emulator. Also, my zaurus has been out of order and won't work now. I am sorry about that."

I'll now try to get in touch with the users who have posted on the forum that they have tried the emulator, one of them has opened this thread:
https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?topic=14442.0

Failing that, it could be worth to try to do again a port. Zapple is based on YAE 0.6, that version seems to have been the last one:
https://web.archive.org/web/20241007010758/http://www.netfront.net:6502/

Varti

[Retrofan]

Hi Varti,

Thank you so much for your efforts!  I can tell you that you are the only person known to receive a reply from the author on this topic for 10+ years    So great job.

The link to YAE is very useful information! Recreating the emulator looks like the way to go.  I'm not setup for that currently, nor do I have the knowledge but I do hope to setup a development environment sometime in the  future.  I believe that I have all the SDK files, tool chains, etc. that I need along with some versions of Linux from that era.

It is surprising that zapple never made it into a feed someplace where it may have survived. The quest continues...