This is a pretty awesome Apple II emulator that was built with web technologies, meaning it runs great on most modern browsers. Cool to be able to experiment with their DOS. Amazing how graphical user interfaces (GUI) have become the standard. Even today though, there is a core of computer users whom still prefer use text based input, such as Terminal on the Mac, to operate the OS. For some OS functions, typing a command line is just faster than using a GUI, for others a GUI is much more efficient. Either way the GUI has revolutionized the way we interact with computers, and have made computers accessible even to larger populations than the Apple II originally did. I’m pretty sure the iPhone 4s outsold all the Apple IIs ever sold during it’s very first day on sale, pretty amazing to think about. This emulator is pretty cool stuff. And cool to see Apple’s DOS 3.3 in such an accessible format.
You can go to the Apple II emulator here, and load many games:
To know how to load files you can read this tutorial on using DOS 3.3:
Firstly, you’ll need to call the contents of the disk up using the CATALOG command. As you might have guessed, this particular command will give you a catalogue or list of the contents of the disk. To use this command, from the BASIC prompt, type CATALOG & then hit RETURN. The disk drive will start up & the contents of the disk will be displayed on the screen. If the disk contents don’t display, there’s a chance that this is a specially protected disk & you will need to resort to more complicated measures to inspect the contents than this article outlines.