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Retro Roundup: Old Computers Emulated Right In Your Browser
An anonymous reader writes: If you ever wanted to program an Altair, an Apple I, or a COSMAC ELF you may think you either have to buy one (expensive now) or load and configure simulation software. However, there's a slew of browser-based emulators for everything from a PDP-11 to Windows 1.0 out there. Some use Java, but many use Javascript and many perform better on a modern PC then they did in their original. If you want to learn some history or just want to finally play with the computers you saw in the magazines 35 years ago, these are great fun and slightly addictive.
My native FLEX / 6809 machine emulator (for Windows XP and at least several Windows versions on up... don't use Windows any more, so I dunno. :)
Late-70s / early-80's machine era.
Front panel, graphics card, single stepping, lots of software including assemblers and compilers. Stable.
If you ever used 6809 Flex, you'll be right at home. Otherwise, probably don't bother.
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