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Tiger Learning Computer (Late variant of Apple II) compatibility

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:56 pm
by seastalker

I was completely unaware of an Apple II computer that sold in the mid to late 1990s in limited supply, that was portable like a laptop, but with no screen. Behold the Majesty of the...

Tiger Learning Computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZk-utRYrI0
More info on A2Central: https://a2central.com/2023/10/tiger-lea ... ct-begins/

Since there is already an Apple II core, is there any interest to add this functionality into it or fork it to a new Tiger core? I don't know yet if there were
exclusive titles for it (guessing so). I'm still researching this. Since it is such a rare computer, I hope it gets preserved. I don't know if this is complicated, or just loading the Tiger boot rom in the Apple II core? Maybe this is akin to loading the X-Eye or Wondermega bios on the Genesis core for all I know.


Re: Tiger Learning Computer (Late variant of Apple II) compatibility

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:18 pm
by Newsdee

It looks like the software for it is independently available for the Apple II, so you can try it on the regular core.

The launcher looks custom and is still being studied (accoridng to the github). Maybe it can be eventually run on a regular Apple II as well.