Hi Simon,
don't know about anyone else but I've now spent several hours playing
with various programs and haven't managed to crash it or get it to do
anything untoward yet.
Great job and thanks.
Ian
Am 02.02.2014 14:02, schrieb Simon Owen:
I've built an updated Pi version using SDL 2.0, which has vsync
enabled. Beta testers welcome!
For details see: http://simonowen.com/blog/2014/02/02/simcoupe-raspi-sdl20/
Si
On 17/02/2013 14:41, Simon Owen wrote:
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
