Date   : Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:31:11 +0100
From   : David Devenport <dave@...>
Subject: Re: Fragmented Emulators was RE: BeebEm under Linux?

Peter Edwards wrote:
>  
> 
>>But when you've done the interesting code - getting the 
>>emulators video 
>>RAM to display, and the sound code, and reading the controllers - one 
>>does tend to lose interest. I was suddenly left with the 
>>boring job of 
>>front-end, an interface for controller remapping, picking 
>>disk images, 
>>and so on - and thats when you get bored and do something else.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Kris.
> 
> 
> Yep, but I think that's the original point I was trying to make.  If there
> were a standard, unified emulator the beeb community got behind, it would
> only be necessary to implement the dull stuff once.  I should imagine it
> wouldn't take too long to get the main emulator out there, given the number
> of emulators out there currently, and then that would leave it open for ppl
> to look at coding the more unusual/interesting stuff on top of it ... and
> the MESS thing would bring about ports to loads of other OS's, including
> stuff like ports to the GP32 - I'd love to be able to carry around a BBC in
> my pocket and play Elite in the supermarket queue!  :)
> 

There is a port of elite to the GBA, which you can already do that with :)

http://www.remakes.org/

Cheers

Dave

> Sam.
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> 
>