Date   : Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:46:24 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Beeb emulation on Android?

On 20/07/2011 18:53, Anders Carlsson wrote:

> How about someone creates a special BBC-Micro Mailing List application for
> various smartphones,

Does anybody know a quick'n'simple way to throw together an Android app? 
[book? website?] Not to make a mailing list app, but it'd be nice to 
create a custom one for the streaming radio I listen to 
(kawaii-radio.net) that links into the site for playlist, requests, 
upcoming songs, etc.


> Gee.. it wouldn't surprise me if there are special mailing list apps, to use
> instead of a regular email client also running on the same phone.

<tappy-tappy> "Mailing list"

   Taskos To Do List
   K-9 Mail
   Shopping list
   List Master
   Firefox
   Out of Milk Shopping List
   ToMarket Grocery Shop...
   Email List Marketing Secrets
   [and so on]

I guess either Market's search sucks (yes!) or there isn't a ready-build 
solution (probably also yes).



Now before certain people get stressed about off-topic posts (my comment 
about Reply-To was a throwaway one, I've already been there and done 
that), a more serious relevant question or two:

   1. Has anybody with way more experience considered a port of
      the Beeb emulator to Android? I'm not sure how graphics would
      be handled exactly given phones (such as my DEFY) are 16:9?
      However it ought to be doable, there's apparently a build of
      DOSBox or something capable of running Windows 3.1.

   2. Just out of interest - my phone is entirely touch-based, there
      is no keypad. Does this mean it wouldn't be much good for
      using emulators? I can't imagine how one could do something like
      play Chuckie Egg...
      Having said that, it would be really cool if some enterprising
      person created a patch to map movements to keypresses. Tilt left,
      tilt left, shake, tilt... ;-) Aaargh! Big angry seed-munching
      bird! Shake, shake, shake...


Best wishes,

Rick.

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