[Coco] VCC Released To Open Source Project !!!

[Mathieu Chouinard]

I was thinking of porting it to SDL
Mathieu

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco
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> A linux port will be a tedious and long project. The actual core C++ code will not be the problem. It's all the DirectX references that will have to be converted to some cross-platform support such as OpenGL or something of that nature.
> Almost all sound, video, joysticks and keyboard routines depend on DirectX 9. This will be the biggest hurdle in getting it to Linux & Mac.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2015 11:06 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] VCC Released To Open Source Project !!!
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> On Thursday 27 August 2015 10:44:32 Brett Gordon wrote:
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>> lol... just emailed
> Aaron, about this.  I didn't realize the old Vcc's
>> HDBDOS rom is broken?  Ok..
> David Ladd was the other dude working on
>> that. I'll have to prod him on IRC
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>> I'm drooling for a Linux port.
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> So am I.  And before our list overlord
> Dennis starts fussing again,
> please trim your replies!
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