George Jones wrote:
> Just suscribed to this list.
>
> I'm looking for info that will help me port a few dos game emulators (NES,
> Super NES, Arcade machines, ect...) to Linux. What I'm looking for
> specifically is info on programming for xfree86 unless there is a better
> way to do it.
>
> George Jones IV
> ABNAMRO ITSC
> End User Support
Well, there are a number of open-source emulators out there.
www.freshmeat.net lists about 100 of which two are probably of interest to
you, Snes9x and TUXnes. There are several graphical front-ends available for
these, some using gtk+ (Gimp tool kit), and others for Gnome and KDE
desktops.
You can use various tools to tie into the X server, since linux/unix provides
X as a server-client pair.... You can even write your own X client to use
for emulated games. Details and source code are everywhere.... I would
suggest studying the source of IceWM as a good starting point. It s simple
and powerful. No one could fault you if you looked at Qt or Gtk, either.
All of these have their homepages listed on www.freshmeat.net or
linux.tucows.com
Civileme
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