pomDS V1.0 - Apple II Emulator for Nintendo DS

[crookedmouth]

I don't think alekmaul releases the source for his emulators.

[swiley]

thats a bumber

[crookedmouth]

Maybe try emailing him and ask him his policy about his source?

http://www.portabledev.com/pages/me-contacter.php

Why did you want the source, if you don't mind me asking?

[swiley]

for learning and possibly adding a debugger and something to copy the memory to a file

[swiley]

thanks he said no though

[crookedmouth]

thanks he said no though

At least he answered.

[Ascertain20]

I'm running version 2.0, and it loads fine on my Games N' Music, but my biggest problem is getting the disks to run. I haven't really been able to find any tutorials on what to put on my card to get it to work. I know I need the disk images of the games. I have the applewin emulator and the games (Zork, Oregon Trail, and Carmen Sandiego) work fine in there. When I attempt to restart the computers in pomds, the games don't load. What do I need to put on my SD card to get the systems to work and load the games?

[crookedmouth]

With pomDS 2.0 you do not need any companion files like in the previous version. PomDS.nds can go anywhere but being a GnM user, you may want to put it in the root.

Disk files can be in .DSK or .NIB format and can be anywhere on your card.

1. When pomDS starts, touch the Disks tab.

2. Under this tab, touch the A Disk which by default loads with Master.dsk inserted.

3. Use the browser to navigate to where you put your apple disks and choose one by pressing A button . NOTE: To see .nib format you need to switch to .nib filter before you touch the DiskA.

4. Now you will need to reset the emulator by touching the Reset tab an then the RESET red button.

5. The Apple2 will reboot and auto-load your disk.

6. Now you need to switch back to the keyboard by touching the pomds tab.

Most like you will also have trouble with any game that uses joystick or has a joystick option. The joystick is not correctly emulated and furthermore it appears the Emulated Apple 2 thinks it has a joystick plugged in that is always being pressed left.

The keys mapped to the D-Pad are on a repeat cycle that is very quick, meaning holding a direction repeats that key very quickly.

It's a shame that many games are unplayable since speed has improved considerably. Look for keyboard only games to be the only playable types.

Hope that helps.

[Ascertain20]

Well I downloaded the games from Classic Gaming's website, but when I do attempt to restart, all I see is the Apple II/IIe/IIgs screens. The disks don't load.

[crookedmouth]

Well I downloaded the games from Classic Gaming's website, but when I do attempt to restart, all I see is the Apple II/IIe/IIgs screens. The disks don't load.

Your using version pomDS v2.0 right?

Does it say the FAT system is found! and touch screen- all is OK! during startup?

Can you run other DLDI compatible apps and games using the PNY 2GB MicroSD?

I had trouble with most MicroSD cards and the GnM. Sandisk seemed fine.

You sure you are using "version 1" of the DLDI patch? Version 2 only works with the 128MB MicroSD card that comes with the GnM.

Have you tried using the stock 128MB card to run pomDS. This would test the PNY compatibility, as long as you weren't using V2 of the DLDI.

I just used my GnM to play a couple of games. It doesn't matter where pomDS is on the card.

The MiniVMac files are back up in the MiniVmac thread.