Previous (software)
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| Original author(s) | |
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| Developer(s) | Previous team: Gilles Fétis, et al. |
| Stable release | 2.4
/ January 7, 2022[1] |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Emulator |
| License | GNU GPL version 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Previous (literally the antonym of next) is an open source emulator of the proprietary 68k-based NeXT computer system family, aiming at emulating the original 68030-based NeXT Computer and the 68040-based NeXTstation and NeXTcube computers.
The emulator was created to deploy the early versions of the NeXTSTEP operating systems (0.8 to 3.0), original NeXT software (e.g. Lotus Improv and Altsys Virtuoso, and others which were never ported to modern systems) and various peripherals.
The emulator is based on the sourcecode of the Hatari emulator, whose CPU core is derived from that of the WinUAE emulator.[2][3][4] Previous is currently developed on Linux and macOS and has been reported to successfully compile on the Windows platform. It passes the power-on tests of the NeXT ROM and is able to boot all versions NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. The emulator is mature and stable.
Gallery[]
Previous 0.1 - First Boot
Previous 0.1 - NeXTstep 3.3 - First Boot to NeXT ROM Monitor
Previous 0.3 - Boot to ROM Monitor
Previous v0.3 emulator running the NeXTSTEP ROM Monitor
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Previous (readme)". sourceforge.net.
- ^ "About Previous ... an emulator". Previous.alternative-system.com.
- ^ "hatari/hatari.git - Git repository for the Hatari source code". git.tuxfamily.org.
- ^ "Hatari User's Manual". hatari.tuxfamily.org.
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