making Apple II cassette audio using the Epple-II emulator

Hey! The Epple-II build process has changed completely, and I can’t even get the emulator to start under Linux now.

as requested on reddit:

• on Linux, you’ll probably need a development system, 6502 assembler and SDL2 libraries: sudo apt install git build-essential autoconf automake libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev xa65
• download from https://github.com/cmosher01/Epple-II/releases or git clone https://github.com/cmosher01/Epple-II.git
• similarly, download Apple II ROMs from https://github.com/cmosher01/Apple-II-Source/releases or https://github.com/cmosher01/Apple-II-Source.git
• build Epple-II: cd Epple-II && ./bootstrap && ./configure && make
• install Epple-II: sudo make install
• build ROMs: cd ../Apple-II-Source/ && ./bootstrap && ./configure && make
• install ROMs: sudo make install
• comment out demo rom and uncomment your rom choice in /usr/local/etc/epple2/epple2.conf
• start Epple-II: epple2
  (Don’t try epple2 &; the emulator will hang)
• in the Epple-II console (F5), create a blank tape image: cassette blank prog.wav
• in the main Epple-II window, paste in your BASIC source (F7) then save it: SAVE. This may take some time, and there will be a beep
• back in the Epple-II console, write the tape image: cassette save
• still in the Epple-II console, close the tape image: cassette eject out
• your Apple II BASIC program is in the file prog.wav.

For example, here’s Plotpourri‘s BASIC code saved to tape:

It’s also a pretty decent Apple II emulator, too.