OpenEmulator
The facts below are what the maker publishes about OpenEmulator, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from OpenEmulator's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional snapshot support
- The snapshot archive lists Apple //e, AE RAMFactor, and WOZ disk image support among its additional patches.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Additional systems
- The project says it would welcome help emulating additional systems.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Community
- The site links to the OpenEmulator GitHub project and a Google Groups discussion forum.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Community contact
- The project’s GitHub profile lists a Google Groups email address for contact.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The snapshot archive says its builds include the necessary third-party libraries and ROMs and can be downloaded and run.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Emulated systems
- The site lists Apple-1, including Replica-1 and A-ONE variants, and Apple ][, including original, II+, II Europlus and II J-Plus models.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Expandable design
- Its software components framework lets users expand emulation with additional software devices, like adding real devices to a physical system.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Expansion
- Its software components framework allows emulation to be expanded with additional software devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Maintainer credit
- The official site credits Marc S. Ressl for 2009–2012 and the OpenEmulator Project for 2013–2019.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Project contact
- The GitHub organization page lists [email protected] as its contact email.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Project contributors
- The project site credits Marc S. Ressl for 2009–2012 and the OpenEmulator Project for 2013–2019.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- OpenEmulator aims to be an accurate, portable emulator of legacy computer systems.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Snapshot additions
- The snapshot page lists added Apple //e support, AE RAMFactor support, and WOZ disk image support among its patches.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Snapshot build
- An Internet Archive page for OpenEmulator snapshots lists version 1.1.1, compiled 2022-03-11, requiring macOS 10.11 or later and running natively on Intel and Apple Silicon.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Snapshot distribution
- The snapshot page says builds include necessary third-party libraries and ROMs and can be downloaded and run.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Snapshot version
- The linked snapshot archive lists version 1.1.1, compiled March 11, 2022, requiring macOS 10.11 or later and running natively on Intel and Apple Silicon.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Download platform
- The official site links a download for macOS 10.9 and later.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Windows port
- The project says it would welcome help porting the application to Windows-based operating systems.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Windows support
- The project says it would welcome help porting the application to Windows-based operating systems.checked 11 Oct 2026
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