Date   : Sun, 03 Aug 2003 19:35:53 +0200
From   : Patrick Kaell <sparc@...>
Subject: Re: BeebEm Development

Hello,

> I am a little concerned though the the Unix version is lagging behind the
> Windows one? I cannot remember who the Unix maintainer of this was, but I
> am busy 'looking' at the code in ernest of improving it.

The UNIX version of BeebEm is unmaintained. The original author is Dave
Gilbert who isn't currently doing any work on it. I did some
modifications some while ago which can be found at:

http://www.kayoon.net/kaell/beebem

I have also done some modifications which I haven't published. Perhaps I
should invest some time in it ;-)

Dave Gilbert used code from a MPEG-1 player to draw the updates in a X
window (bypassing the X protocol by using direct memory access).
Unfortunately this code only works for X sessions with 8 bit depth
visuals. Therefore I always start an X server with 8 bit depth visuals
on another Linux virtual console. This is convenient for me (switching
between BeebEm and my regular desktop session with the function keys).
What do other people think of this? I have already tried to modify the
code to work with 24 bit visuals, but this isn't easy... (My Xlib
programming manual doesn't cover direct memory access).

I try to find some time in the near future to do new modifications on
the UNIX version and to release unpublished modifications...

Patrick Kaell
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