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Introduction |
Welcome to Apple IIGS Emulation for BeOS
Sweet16 is the premier Apple IIGS emulator for computers running the Be operating system (BeOS). Based on the popular Bernie ][ The Rescue Apple IIGS emulator for Mac OS, Sweet16 is highly compatible, running virtually all Apple ][+, //e, or IIGS software. Sweet16 is available for both PowerPC and Intel versions of BeOS.
Consider: an accelerated Apple IIGS (anywhere from 6 MHz to 60 MHz, depending on your PC or Mac's speed!) with up to 14 MB of memory, up to 16 disks mounted at once, hundreds of megabytes of disk space, and a ZipGS accelerator card all for only US $25. That's a bargain you won't find on eBay, especially with ZipGS card going for $200 or more these days.
You can even have multiple copies of Sweet16 running at once. Working in AppleWorks and suddenly feel like playing Choplifter? Running a program and need to review the documentation? Just crank up a second copy of Sweet16! It's like having a rack of IIGSes in your den!
To use Sweet16, you'll need the following:
Details on how to create a ROM image and where to find disk images to get started can be found in the Installing Sweet16 chapter.
The BeOS 5 Personal Edition can be downloaded totally free of charge from the Be, Inc. web site. The Pro Edition has some additional features, but isn't necessary (although if you want to make movies of IIGS video, the Pro Edition's real-time Indeo codec -- on Intel anyway -- is the way to go.
* Important note: The Apple IIGS ROM is copyrighted by Apple Computer, Inc. and cannot be distributed legally by myself or anyone else other than Apple Computer. You must create the APPLE2GS.ROM ROM image file yourself, from a real Apple IIGS computer; there are instructions for doing this in the Installing Sweet16 chapter. To use Sweet16 legally, you must actually own the same model Apple IIGS the ROM image was extracted from.
Sweet16 1.5 is the first to include support for international keyboard layouts, and character sets for all foreign languages supported by the IIGS.
However, I don't have international keyboards, so I don't know for certain they're all perfect. If you discover a problem, please let me know. Please keep in mind that Sweet16's international keyboards are designed to emulate the IIGS layouts, and may not quite match your keyboard. But if it's just really, really wrong -- or the characters you see on the screen are misshapen -- please let me know so I can fix them.
Do not ask me to send you a ROM image. I'll throw your mail away and try hard to forget you asked.