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reinette II plus v0.2b released
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Arthur Ferreira
2020-08-10 21:46:06 UTC
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Hi *,

I wrote a - tiny - apple II plus emulator - it's less than 1000 SLOC but already features sound, video, joystick, disk ][, etc...

It's published at : https://github.com/ArthurFerreira2/reinette-II-plus

I need experts eyes to test it, and would appreciate if you give it a try and share your thoughts and critics - all of them will be welcomed.

Cheers,
Arthur
Nick Westgate
2020-08-18 03:45:18 UTC
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Post by Arthur Ferreira
Hi *,
I wrote a - tiny - apple II plus emulator - it's less than 1000 SLOC but already features sound, video, joystick, disk ][, etc...
It's published at : https://github.com/ArthurFerreira2/reinette-II-plus
I need experts eyes to test it, and would appreciate if you give it a try and share your thoughts and critics - all of them will be welcomed.
Cheers,
Arthur
I like it, nice work! It's a pity the SDL2.DLL is so big! ; - )

It's nice that you have the fonts there as editable BMPs, but because of the way they're used I was unable to get the II j-plus working. (Not a very compelling use-case, I know.) It would be nicer if each of the 4 (or 5) primary font areas had it's own bitmap for instance.

Also, F12 to exit is a bit strange. Most emulators use a top right key (Backspace, F12 or Pause/Break) for Reset.

Cheers,
Nick.
Arthur Ferreira
2020-08-18 20:35:58 UTC
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Post by Nick Westgate
Post by Arthur Ferreira
Hi *,
I wrote a - tiny - apple II plus emulator - it's less than 1000 SLOC but already features sound, video, joystick, disk ][, etc...
It's published at : https://github.com/ArthurFerreira2/reinette-II-plus
I need experts eyes to test it, and would appreciate if you give it a try and share your thoughts and critics - all of them will be welcomed.
Cheers,
Arthur
I like it, nice work! It's a pity the SDL2.DLL is so big! ; - )
It's nice that you have the fonts there as editable BMPs, but because of the way they're used I was unable to get the II j-plus working. (Not a very compelling use-case, I know.) It would be nicer if each of the 4 (or 5) primary font areas had it's own bitmap for instance.
Also, F12 to exit is a bit strange. Most emulators use a top right key (Backspace, F12 or Pause/Break) for Reset.
Cheers,
Nick.
thank you for the feedback - this is going right into my TODO list

Cheers,
Arthur
ern...@gmail.com
2020-08-18 13:29:00 UTC
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I didn't actually run the emulator, but I did read over the source. Thanks for all the comments in there -- it was a very good read and very clear. It's the first emulator source I've spent that much time on but I got a lot out of it.

--Ernie
Arthur Ferreira
2020-08-18 20:37:24 UTC
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I didn't actually run the emulator, but I did read over the source. Thanks for all the comments in there -- it was a very good read and very clear. It's the first emulator source I've spent that much time on but I got a lot out of it.
--Ernie
This is exactly the reason why I shared it - thank you !!!

Cheers,
Arthur

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