[Coco] Beta release 1.0 Linux of OVCC

[Walter Zambotti]

Announcement.

 

I have released the first Beta version of OVCC for Linux.

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xL8jWnwWLKL9D6K5ZNHIYRGNySIipEKV?usp
=sharing

 

All modules ready are :

 

MPI

HardDisk

OrchestraC90

FD502

Ramdisk

Becker

SuperIDE

 

The Windows version is also available.

 

Using.

 

Download the contents of the entire Linux folder to some location.

 

Copy the contents of the libs folder to a place on the Libs path.

 

The ag (AGAR) libs usually install to /usr/local/libs.

The sdl2 libs usually install to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

 

Then execute ovcc. (You may need to chmod +x first)

 

If you already have SDL2 2.0.8 or later installed on your PC you won't need
to install the one I supplied.

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.

 

The supplied Vcc.ini is setup for:

 

MPI:

 

SLOT4 : FD502

SLOT3 : Harddrive

SLOT2 : Orch90

SLOT1 : Dungeons on Daggorth (not supplied)

 

HardDisk: VCCemudisk.vhd (the vhd has not been supplied).

 

FD502:RGBdos

 

If you supply ROMs they should go in the same folder as the executable.

 

Caveats.

 

Some features are not supported and will let you know if you try to activate
them:

 

Turbo CPU

MMU support

 

Other features are not supported because they weren't actually provided in
VCC 2.01B:

 

Hires mouse

 

Other features are not supported as I have no hardware to test them:

 

Analog Joysticks

Physical Floppy Drives (for when the floppy module is released in the next
few days)

 

Instability.

 

Generally the system is stable after you have made all your setup changes.
However the menuing system intermittently causes crashes.

 

However after performing all your setup using the menuing system the
emulator core is quite stable.

 

So as long as you use the emulator for its core function and not to exercise
the menus it runs well.

 

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!

 

*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!

 

The source code (which I am still working on) is located at:

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15e21fjAziBo4GTMhYTgP_XGMZ-3u844b?usp
=sharing

 

The source code is the same between the Linux and Windows version.

 

Enjoy.

 

I suppose reporting bugs should go directly to me to avoid CoCo list
congestion.

 

zambotti at iinet.net.au <mailto:zambotti at iinet.net.au> 

 

Regards

 

Walter