Vic20emu early beta release.
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:26 am
I have now tried to make a release package of the vic20 emulator here.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to put everything into a single jar, so the program needs the included data & images directories for running.
I have also provided a windows .exe built with launch4j.
Please let me know if you have problems running the emulator.
(Other than "it is running too slow", because that's a feature not a bug
)
So why another emulator?
It is of course not in any way comparable to VICE or MESS wrt accurate and fast emulation. But I use it for debugging ML programs and find it quite convenient, esp. in combination with an IDE for launching debugging sessions (e.g. Eclipse).
There are a few features I'd rather see sooner than later, like configurable variable watch windows and cycle counting/profiling, disk drive emulation, etc. but the developer/maintainer is too slow/inept/stupid.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to put everything into a single jar, so the program needs the included data & images directories for running.
I have also provided a windows .exe built with launch4j.
Please let me know if you have problems running the emulator.
(Other than "it is running too slow", because that's a feature not a bug
)So why another emulator?
It is of course not in any way comparable to VICE or MESS wrt accurate and fast emulation. But I use it for debugging ML programs and find it quite convenient, esp. in combination with an IDE for launching debugging sessions (e.g. Eclipse).
There are a few features I'd rather see sooner than later, like configurable variable watch windows and cycle counting/profiling, disk drive emulation, etc. but the developer/maintainer is too slow/inept/stupid.
