[Coco] Beta release 1.0 Linux of OVCC

[Walter Zambotti]

It's my intention to do so!

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From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Paulo Garcia
Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2019 11:53 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] Beta release 1.0 Linux of OVCC

Since you have a Linux version, I wonder if we will have a MacOS version at some point? :)

Thanks

Paulo

On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 2:43 AM Walter Zambotti <zambotti at iinet.net.au>
wrote:

> Announcement.
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> I have released the first Beta version of OVCC for Linux.
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> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xL8jWnwWLKL9D6K5ZNHIYRGNySIipE
> KV?usp
> =sharing
> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xL8jWnwWLKL9D6K5ZNHIYRGNySIip
> EKV?usp=sharing>
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>
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> All modules ready are :
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> MPI
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> HardDisk
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> OrchestraC90
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> FD502
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> Ramdisk
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> Becker
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> SuperIDE
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> The Windows version is also available.
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> Using.
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> Download the contents of the entire Linux folder to some location.
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> Copy the contents of the libs folder to a place on the Libs path.
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> The ag (AGAR) libs usually install to /usr/local/libs.
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> The sdl2 libs usually install to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
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> Then execute ovcc. (You may need to chmod +x first)
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> If you already have SDL2 2.0.8 or later installed on your PC you won't 
> need to install the one I supplied.
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> If you already have AGAR 1.5.0 installed then you will need to ensure 
> the ones I supplied are located before your current AGAR install.  The 
> AGAR libs supplied are not the same as those available on the 
> internet.  Several bugs have been fixed and special features added to 
> support OVCC.
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> The supplied Vcc.ini is setup for:
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> MPI:
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> SLOT4 : FD502
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> SLOT3 : Harddrive
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> SLOT2 : Orch90
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> SLOT1 : Dungeons on Daggorth (not supplied)
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> HardDisk: VCCemudisk.vhd (the vhd has not been supplied).
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> FD502:RGBdos
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> If you supply ROMs they should go in the same folder as the executable.
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> Caveats.
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> Some features are not supported and will let you know if you try to 
> activate
> them:
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> Turbo CPU
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> MMU support
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> Other features are not supported because they weren't actually 
> provided in VCC 2.01B:
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> Hires mouse
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> Other features are not supported as I have no hardware to test them:
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> Analog Joysticks
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> Physical Floppy Drives (for when the floppy module is released in the 
> next few days)
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>
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> Instability.
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> Generally the system is stable after you have made all your setup changes.
> However the menuing system intermittently causes crashes.
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> However after performing all your setup using the menuing system the 
> emulator core is quite stable.
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> So as long as you use the emulator for its core function and not to 
> exercise the menus it runs well.
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> Keep an eye on the frame counter on the message bar.  It should remain 
> around 60 (59) fps.  If it starts dipping  flickering for no apparent
> reason* you will begin to experience audio drop outs.  When this 
> happens a restart will be required.  However this normally only 
> happens after playing around in the menus.
>
>
>
> If you leave the configuration dialog window open you may also 
> experience frame rate loss. Close it!
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>
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> *No apparent reason is not when you crank the CPU frequency up beyond 
> the capabilities of your PC.  This is an apparent reason.  Just turn it down!
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> The source code (which I am still working on) is located at:
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> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15e21fjAziBo4GTMhYTgP_XGMZ-3u84
> 4b?usp
> =sharing
> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15e21fjAziBo4GTMhYTgP_XGMZ-3u8
> 44b?usp=sharing>
>
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> The source code is the same between the Linux and Windows version.
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>
> Enjoy.
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>
>
> I suppose reporting bugs should go directly to me to avoid CoCo list 
> congestion.
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>
> zambotti at iinet.net.au <mailto:zambotti at iinet.net.au>
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>
> Regards
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>
>
> Walter
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>
>
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