It is working just fine -- so far -- on my iPad mini. I think it is bloody marvelous!
David, WA7ZYQ C'est la vie, c'est la guerre, c'est la pomme de terre > On Aug 27, 2016, at 3:08 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: > > So, I have an announcement... a new EXPERIMENTAL Model 100 emulator that I've > been working on. > > It runs completely in the browser! PC, Mac, iPhone, Android. Chrome, Safari. > > http://bitchin100.com/CloudT > > The inspiration was that I wanted to have a Model 100 emulator for my iPhone. > A native emulator written in Objective C would be best, but Apple doesn't > allow you to distribute emulators in their fancy pants App Store. So a "web > app" is the only option. > > Of course that means writing all the code in JavaScript. Insane, you say? > Well, I've seen other "HTML5" emulators around, so I gave it a shot. > > So experiment with it and let me know what you think. The UI is pretty rough, > I welcome suggestions for improvement. > > Recent versions of Chrome and Safari, desktop and mobile versions have been > tested. I haven't tried Internet Explorer in a while, and given that it > doesn't have a Web Audio API, I don't think it's worth targeting. > > The file I/O is based on a unique "fake cassette" system. If you CSAVE you > should see your file pop up in a list at the bottom of the page. Once it is > in the list you can download it your machine or save it to Google Drive. You > can also import files from Club100 archive URLs, or from your Google Drive or > your local file system. > > So you'll need to dust off your knowledge of cassette usage if you have been > spoiled by TPDD's and TS-DOS. Excercise for the reader: load a .DO file into > the emulator and get it in and out of TEXT. Trust me, it works. > > Thank you to Ken Pettit who spent lots of time testing and helping me > diagnose bugs. > > CloudT is not intended to replace Ken's VirtualT. VT is still the Gold > Standard of M100 emulators. Download VirtualT if you want the "real thing" > particularly for emulation accuracy or development purposes. > > But CloudT may do in a pinch particularly on PC/Macs and faster mobile > devices. It seems to work particularly well on the iPhone 6. > > http://bitchin100.com/CloudT > > I'm constantly fixing and enhancing this so let me know if you stub your toe > on anything. > > -- John.
