Apple I emulators

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Apple I
AppleIcomputer.jpg
Developer Apple Computer Company
Type Computer
Release date April 11, 1976
Discontinued September 30, 1977
Introductory price US$666.66 (equivalent to $3568.91 in 2024)
Successor Apple ][
Emulated

The Apple I was the first computer ever made by Apple. Released in 1976 with a retail price of US$666.66 (equivalent to $3568.91 in 2024), it was sold with only main board without a case and had a 6502 CPU (it also had circuitry needed to run with Motorola 6800 CPU instead of 6502) at 1 MHz with 4KB of RAM and a 40x24 text mode. It had an advantage over other computers of the era by including a keyboard circuit and terminal for video output on its board. After the computer was released, Apple released an Apple Cassette Interface, allowing users to use cassette tapes for data storage.

Emulators[edit]

Name Platform(s) Latest version License Active Recommended
PC / x86
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.272 GPLv2
BSD-3-Clause
OpenEmulator macOS 1.0.5 GPLv3 (Copyleft) ~
Pom1 Windows Linux v1.0.0 GPLv2 (Copyleft) ~
Apple1js Web git MIT (Permissive)
Sim6502 macOS 0.1d Proprietary
CocoaPom (Java) Windows v0.1 GPLv2 (Copyleft)
Apple 1 Emulator Windows 1.4 ? ?
Mobile / ARM
Pom1 Android v1.0.0 GPLv2 (Copyleft)
WOZNIAC-1 macOS iOS 1.0.4 Proprietary ?
WOZNIAC-68 macOS iOS 1.0.0 Proprietary ?
Console
Green Delicious Apple-1 Emulator Commodore 64 (11 May 2013) Proprietary
PomDS Nintendo DS 2.0 Proprietary

Notes[edit]

MAME[edit]

Software compatibility is good. The sound processing of MAME's Apple I driver used to be in a preliminary status, but now that error has been fixed, since the system is supposed to have no sound, according to the MAME driver for the system.


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