View Full Version : Software Emulation: When did it start?
theaveng
08-06-2002, 12:37 PM
When was the first software emulator created?
(Note: I said software... not hardware.The 7800 doesn't count.)
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buttasuperb
08-06-2002, 02:49 PM
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CrazyImpmon
08-06-2002, 03:45 PM
Well, I do remember a rudimentary C64 emulator as far back as '95 or '96 so probably a decade for homebrewn emulators. I do know there was a commercial software DOS emulator for Macintosh in late '80s.
Kid Ice
08-06-2002, 08:57 PM
I typed a Vic-20 emulator into my C64 so I could play my Vic 20 games on it. It was published in one of the Commodore mags, probably Compute's Gazette.
the kid
PS Butta you should respond to every post with that!
Raedon
08-07-2002, 01:15 AM
the first emulator I used was crossDOS on the Amiga.. it emulated a dos 5.0 intel based machine. I actually ran infocom games on it.. that was maybe 1989-90..
CrazyImpmon
08-07-2002, 07:38 AM
A PET emulator was available for Commodore 64 back in '84. All it did was to remap some memory locations (screen location, etc.) but it was still an emu.
kainemaxwell
08-07-2002, 12:06 PM
I remember mid-90's when I first got into emulation finding Mac and Windows emulators also.
RucasRiot
08-07-2002, 03:19 PM
There were a couple emulators written for the sinclair for the C64 and some emulators written on the ti-99 back in the 80's