[Coco] Emulator - back to the thread's original question

[Aaron Wolfe]

I am unconvinced of the need for yet another emulator.  MESS already
runs on a wide range of platforms, and more importantly it is open
source.  The effort it would take to invent these wheels again is
massive compared to the effort it would take to simply fix any actual
issues with MESS.  Everyone is welcome to take the code and fix it,
all of the tools needed are free (as in freedom) as well.  How could
an alternate emulator, especially one based on some single commercial
tool, possibly offer more?  What could one do in a new emulator that
cannot be done more easily by improving/extending/fixing MESS?

I never got a response to my query as to what issues or regressions
the OP was talking about.  I don't understand what "fuzz" is.  If
there is a specific problem people are having with MESS, lets hear it.
 I'm more than happy to climb into the source and at least make an
effort to fix it for you.

-Aaron


On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Fedor Steeman <petrander at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, to go waaaaaaay back to the orignal question that started this thread:
>
>
> I am not too fond of the MESS emulator, but not so much because I
> experienced problems, but because it's more fuzz than the awesome Vcc
> emulator. A drawback of Vcc is of course that it is Windows only.
>
> So I am all for a new cross-platform emulator and some time ago I even gave
> it a go myself, but had to abandon my plans, because I had gotten way too
> ambitious (if not presumptuous) compared to my skills/insight and available
> time. Also many platforms seem to cumbersome or not fast enough for the kind
> of implementation I envisaged.
>
> Still I would certainly encourage anyone to give it a go, and maybe one day
> I will try myself again. Using SDL would be a good idea for keeping it cross
> platform, but an even better idea would be using BlitzMax:
> http://www.blitzbasic.com/Products/_index_.php
>
> BlitzMax features an easy to grasp, BASIC-like syntax with fast graphics and
> it is even object-oriented! Compilers are available at an affordable price
> for Windows, MacOSX and Linux.
>
> If I ever would try to write an emulator I would probably use BlitzMax.
>
> Just my 5 cents...
>
> Fedor
>
>
> 2009/9/6 TP Reitzel <tpreitzel at hotmail.com>
>
>>
>> We need an emulator to replace MESS. For almost a decade, MESS has had
>> recurring problems with regressions, etc. Personally, I just can't deal with
>> it much anymore. Various toolkits are employed which just worsens the
>> situation with regressions. Frankly, I have a lot of venting to do about
>> MESS, but I'll hold my tongue. I've stated as much as the background for our
>> need of  an independent project. Although Vcc is likely still active, it
>> hasn't been updated in awhile. We need a portable, e.g. SDL, fully
>> implemented emulator for all CoCos whether it simply emulates historical
>> machines (CoCo 1-3) or contains newer features as well...
>>
>>
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