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

Theodore (Alex) Evans alxevans at concentric.net
Thu Aug 27 17:36:48 EDT 2015


I did a quick look at the file listing (not the contents of the files) the extensions make it look like C not C++

On August 27, 2015 9:21:13 AM MDT, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>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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