Procrastin8 wrote:
I know this thread is really old but I have built a 65C02 simulator for iPadOS. I have not actually submitted it for review as there are still plenty of things that are missing (assembling, disassembling, syntax highlighting) and I am concerned about apple simply rejecting it, but I have added some pretty major limitations to hopefully mitigate some of that risk, namely:
• this is a learning tool, it is not meant to play commodore or NES games, so the only code it will run, is code I have included or code you write yourself
• it does not simulate cycle count or speed. it doesn't even "run", it does single stepping only
• it has only one system definition (devices, memory layout, etc) pre-defined by me, largely focused around the Ben Eater (and therefore Garth Wilson) sytem layout
In the future, I hope to be able to lift some (but definitely not all) of these restrictions. Again, my focus is on testing my own code, not trying to run abandonware, that focus will not change. But if anyone is interested in trying it (provided they approve my Test Flight beta) DM me
Included is a current screenshot of the debugging view
There is this on the App Store, been there for a decade already
http://alsoftiphone.com/i41CXplus/and it allows full featured programming. It is an excellent emulation of that calculator platform. It's basically a little computer, not really calculator.
For an iPad/iPhone 6502 emulator, especially if I were to pay money for it (and if you go that route please make a PRO and a LITE version instead of in-app purchases that I need to "Restore Purchase" for new installs), I would want a decent text editor and assembly functions, and debugging of course. Just as simple as the web-based Easy6502, with basic keyboard input and simple memory-mapped graphics.
Actually recreating the AIM-65 would be cool, including thermal printer. Look at the above app for its excellent thermal printer simulator. I talked to the author before, and he said he actually had to carefully look at the colors that came out of real thermal paper to try and reproduce it. His app is a work of art and labor of love. Very detailed reproduction/emulation.