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This article is from the Apple ][ Emulator Resources Guide, by Alex Maddison with numerous contributions by others.

2.2.1 Bernie ][ The Rescue (version 1.2.5) - formerly Fast Eddie

HOMEPAGE: http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/index.html

AVAILABILITY: Shareware, available for free download from: http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Download/bernie3D.cpt.hqx (1.2.5i) http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Download/bernie121.cpt.hqx (1.2.1) Older versions as below: ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/fast_eddie/ (1.0b1) ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/apple2/emulators/FastEddie1b1.hqx

NOTE: Bernie ][ The Rescue is Shareware; registration costs $25 (US).

AUTHOR: Andre Horstmann <andre.horstmann@unifr.ch> and Henrik Gudat <gudath@ubaclu.unibas.ch>, F.E.Systems (formerly Bright Software). Contacts: <woof@kagi.com> technical support, <emutech@magnet.ch> corporate/media/registration.

STATUS: Development in progress.

SHORT DESCRIPTION: Bernie ][ The Rescue is a software-only Apple IIGS emulator, closely integrated to the MacOS (optimized for the Power Macintosh) and capable of running both Apple ][ and 16-bit IIGS software. The modular package includes a superfast 65816 emulator in hand-crafted PowerPC assembly that can be fine tuned to any speed between 0.8 and 4 Mhz (or as fast as possible). Bernie supports all graphic modes, 32 channel stereo sound, joystick and mouse emulation (incl. direct GamePad support), cached 3.5" IWM emulation (read & write), and text printing through "InkMeister", a cross-platform printing tool included with the application. Bernie features a very low memory and disk footprint. Bernie is shareware ($25) and can be registered through Kagi <http://www.kagi.com>. We support by e-mail <mailto:woof@kagi.com> or via newsgroups comp.emulators.apple2 and comp.sys.apple2. http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/Specifications/index.html

ROMS: Bernie ][ The Rescue does not come with the necessary IIGS version 1 or 3 ROMs. Instructions are included in the "Fast Eddie Readme" file for saving the ROMs. To use choose between both ROM01 and ROM03 images, name the ROM dumps "APPLE2GS.ROM" and "APPLE2GS.ROM2" respectively and select the required ROM from the Setup menu. ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/rom_images/

DISK-IMAGE FORMAT: DiskCopy, "hdrv", universal ("2img"), raw, and real ProDOS disks via the SuperDrive.

DISK-IMAGE RESOURCE INFO: File Creator: 'EDIE', File Type: 'VDSK' (Proprietary)
                          File Creator: 'EDIE', File Type: 'dImg' (DiskCopy)
                          File Creator: 'EDIE', File Type: 'hdrv' (hard-drive)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: PowerPC-equipped Mac, 4Mb free RAM (this includes about 1.5Mb RAM for the virtual IIgs), and MacOS 7.5.3 or better. Versions prior to Warp 5 require the DrawSprocket extension. Versions 1.0 and higher do not require DrawSprocket. http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Download/license.htmlhttp://www.unsupported.com/Files/Release/DrawSprocket.sit.bin

FURTHER REFERENCE: "Fast Eddie Readme" (file included in the archive). Further documentation available from the homepage. http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Download/docs.cpt.hqxhttp://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/Documentation (online documentation) http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Support

(Thanks to Henrik Gudat for email about this emulator. - Alex)

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