Welcome to the Emulation Framework project
The Emulation Framework is software developed by the international KEEP project, co-funded by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme. It is available as open source software under the Apache 2.0 license.
EF version 2.1.0 released
12 April 2012 - Release 2.1.0 of the Emulation Framework (EF) is now available for download. This is a minor update in comparison with the previous release in February 2012. It solves a number of issues that occured during installation of the EF on certain computers (Windows), fixed shell scripts for MacOS and Linux. Furthermore, it includes support for German language in the Comprehensive GUI (advanced users). See the release notes for more information.
What is the Emulation Framework?
The Emulation Framework offers a convenient way to open old digital files and run programs in their native computer environment. This way you can experience the intended 'look and feel' independent from current state of the art computer systems. The spectrum of potential computer platforms and applications that can be supported is practically unlimited. The current release of the EF supports emulators for the x86 computer platform, Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro and Thomson. Emulation is done by using existing emulators which are carefully selected on their capability to mimic the functionality of these platforms.
The illustration below shows you how this works.
In this release (2.1.0)
- 6 platforms supported: x86, C64, Amiga, BBC Micro, Amstrad, Thomson TO7
- 7 emulators included: Dioscuri, Qemu, VICE, UAE, BeebEm, JavaCPC, Thomson
- 30+ file formats supported: PDF, TXT, XML, JPG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, Quark, ARJ, EXE, disk/tape images and more
- Integration with format identification tool FITS
- Web services for software and emulator archives
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What can the EF do for you?
- Automated configuration of emulators
- Keep software and emulators save in archive
- User-friendly graphical interface
- Wide set of emulators out of the box
- Open source (Apache 2.0 license), so integrate it within your organisation's workflow
- Run anywhere as it is platform independent (JRE 1.6 required)
- Service oriented architecture
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