Date   : Mon, 14 Aug 2006 06:41:43 -0700 (PDT)
From   : Darren Izzard <zysyshelp@...>
Subject: Re: BBC emu on the GPX2 handheld?

>Anybody got one of these?
>http://gp2x.co.uk/indexgp2x.html
>...managed to get a BBC emulator running on it? 

Yes, I've got one. The GP2X is great, especially for
long journeys as I mainly use it as a video player.
The C64, Spectrum and Amiga emulators are fantastic,
plus there's some excellent homebrew games.

There is a BBC emulator for it (a port of B-Em) but
it's hideous. There's no virtual keyboard support, you
can't change disks, you need a separate copy of the
emulator for each game you want to play, and setting
up the config files for each one is a real pain. As
far as I know, the guy who did the port hasn't
released his source yet, either.

Since recompiling onto the GP2X is fairly easy (there
are ports of SDL and Allegro for it, among others) it
shouldn't be hard getting another emulator (or a
better version of B-Em) working on it. It just needs
someone with more time and less laziness than me!

--Darren


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