Bryan Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 (edited) As to a stripped down linux in ROM that's actually a very good idea and with a little work you could probably fit the Atari800 emulator in with it. The enduser would not have to see Linux at all, add some Atari joystick interfaces etc and it would make a pretty decent system. Unfortunately, Altirra has rapidly become the gold standard of A8 emulation. And that is unabashedly DirectX all the way. Unless the Atari800 or Atari++ wow us with something, the best A8 emulator currently doesn't run easily in Linux. But DirectX doesn't provide the emulation, and Altirra is GPL. The engine could be dropped into a new program or a wrapper could be created to keep code changes to a minimum. An Altirra BIOS is a pretty cool idea IMHO. What's the cheapest all-in-one mobo out there? Edited November 20, 2010 by Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 (edited) No need... the Atari already has a Gecko Edited November 20, 2010 by MrFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 No need... the Atari already has a Gecko LMAO - wrong kind of pipe in his mouth, but that's great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnieg Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Unfortunately, Altirra has rapidly become the gold standard of A8 emulation. And that is unabashedly DirectX all the way. Unless the Atari800 or Atari++ wow us with something, the best A8 emulator currently doesn't run easily in Linux. What features in particular are missing from Atari800?, I've been playing with Altirra in Windows 7 and I don't feel like im particularly missing out using Atari800 in Ubuntu. Atari800 is GPL as well so if a particular feature is wanted that could be in theory ported from Altirra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 What's the cheapest all-in-one mobo out there? No the cheapest, but maybe the coolest (and IMHO best fitting): http://beagleboard.org/ Thanks to the serial port, you could even support old SIO devices with little additional effort... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 What's the cheapest all-in-one mobo out there? No the cheapest, but maybe the coolest (and IMHO best fitting): http://beagleboard.org/ Thanks to the serial port, you could even support old SIO devices with little additional effort... That would actually be a very good choice. The only thing missing is simple IO for joystick ports, but the I2C port would make adding IO chips very easy. With projects underway to map the 6502 and now Antic and other chips, it will soon be possible to build emulators that work based on actual netlists from the chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiassofT Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 http://beagleboard.org/ Thanks to the serial port, you could even support old SIO devices with little additional effort... Sorry, this won't work. Unfortunately, like most other embedded boards, it only has RxD and TxD connected, but none of the control lines (RTS, CTS, DCD, ...). For SIO you need at least one output contol line to drive the /COMMAND line on the SIO bus. so long, Hias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 The only thing missing is simple IO for joystick ports, but the I2C port would make adding IO chips very easy. USB-Sticks? You already have problems now to get the classic Sub-D-9-sticks... BTW: There are some cool vids in you-tube about the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Sorry, this won't work. Unfortunately, like most other embedded boards, it only has RxD and TxD connected, but none of the control lines (RTS, CTS, DCD, ...). For SIO you need at least one output contol line to drive the /COMMAND line on the SIO bus. You are right - I missed that point. So you have to connect an (working ) USB -> serial interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 (edited) The only thing missing is simple IO for joystick ports, but the I2C port would make adding IO chips very easy. USB-Sticks? You already have problems now to get the classic Sub-D-9-sticks... BTW: There are some cool vids in you-tube about the board. I'm just thinking that if I mounted one in a case, I'd want some DB9's. A small PCB with the connectors and an I2C IO chip would be the simplest solution. It could also provide the missing COMMAND bit. Edited November 21, 2010 by Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack-c0s Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 The beagleboard has a reasonable powerVR graphics chip, so you ought to be able to code the renderer in OpenGL and still be able to postprocess the display a little to do scanlines or whatever you wish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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