On 17/02/2013 11:44, Marcos Cruz wrote:
> It works fine. Only the full-screen mode does not work on X Window.
> Simon explained there's no solution yet.
>   
I tend to run outside of X as it's slightly faster, which can be needed
for demos that change much of the display each frame.  Though I've just
tried in X and it does still work for me: 
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2553707/simcoupi_x.jpg

The problem I mentioned about not running in X was using OpenGL SE,
where there didn't seem to be Broadcom driver support for it (yet?).  GL
SE support still only exists in a private branch at the moment, waiting
on SDL 2.0 to be finalised, and Pi support to be improved generally.  I
did whether it was worth the effort for a Pi-specific version of the
video code, but if I can get it for free through SDL I'll get to spend
that time elsewhere!


> SimCoupe makes the Pi's CPU to work a lot (70%-90%) but the maximum
> SAM's speed is good enough (200%-250%). (I have overclocked the Pi to
> 800 MHz).
>   
~250% sound about right for maximum running speed with the current
software version.  I'm hoping that the switch to GL SE will give a bit
more time back to increase that, as well as 50Hz hard-synced video for
smooth scrolling.


> My Pi has 256 MiB; I've ordered a 512 MiB one because 256 is not enough
> for some working sessions
I've got a 512MB model for development, but SimCoupe will always be fine
on the 256MB version.  I'll probably create a stripped-down version that
boots directly into SimCoupe, with less other junk loaded on startup --
similar to Allan's Linux root and boot disks back in 1996 :)

Si

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