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+# twoapple-reboot
+
+**An Apple II emulator for Linux, written in the D programming language**
+
+twoapple-reboot is a fork of [twoapple](https://code.google.com/p/twoapple)
+updated to work with the latest version of D on both 32- and 64-bit Linux.
+
+### Building
+
+twoapple-reboot works with dmd 2.058; I haven't tried it with ldc/gdc.
+
+It depends on [gtkd](www.dsource.org/projects/gtkd) and [Derelict2](www.dsource.org/projects/derelict)
+
+Build by running `make` in the `src` directory; if the dependencies aren't installed to standard import/lib paths, you can do
+```
+make GTKD=/path/to/gtkd DERELICT=/path/to/Derelict2
+```
+
+### Use
+For now, see README.orig
+
+### TODO
+
++ working sound
++ better UI
++ cassette emulation
++ more peripherals
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