XRoar 0.28.1
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Oct 03, 2012 03:45 AM |
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XRoar is a Dragon emulator for Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, GP32, Nintendo DS and Windows. Due to hardware similarities, XRoar also emulates the Tandy Colour Computer (CoCo) models 1 & 2.
These are the latest packaged builds. For old versions, see the file archive. The latest source code is version 0.28.1, released 2012-06-11.Windows (64-bit) xroar-0.28.1-w64.zip
Windows (32-bit) xroar-0.28.1-w32.zip
Mac OS X Universal Binary XRoar-0.28.1.dmg
Nintendo DS xroar-0.24fp3-nds.zip
GP32 xroar-0.21f1-gp32.zip
The manual is available in various forms: PDF, HTML and plain text. See Getting started for a quick guide to running XRoar.
Firmware ROM images are required to usefully run this emulator. If you have difficulty extracting these from your real Dragon or CoCo, dumps may be available from the Dragon Archive.
New PS3 port by CrashSerious! Check out the list of known ports.
Want a Dragon in your browser? Here's a limited but functional Flash version of XRoar. Needs Flash 10 and a pretty fast computer.
Notes for version 0.28
Source code
Redistribution
Ports
Similar projects
Images
Notes for version 0.28
New keyboard map: Canadian French [Pierre Sarrazin].
CPU core optimisations.
User-specified ROM lists and CRC matching (for applying breakpoints).
New -tape-write option selects output tape file.
New -type option types a command into BASIC.
Fixed ROM loading under Windows.
Notes for version 0.28.1
CPU timing fix.
Temporary fix for French keyboard: superscript 2 mapped to Clear.
Fix emulation of Dragon 32 with 64K.
For full version information, see the ChangeLog.
Known issues
Video timings in PAL CoCos are different to PAL Dragons.
Source code
This is the latest source code release, and a patch used for the 'fast' builds (better speed at the expense of accuracy). For previous releases, see the file archive.Source code xroar-0.28.1.tar.gz
'Fast' patch xroar-0.22-0.22f1.diff
A git repository is provided:
$ git clone http://www.6809.org.uk/repos/xroar.git
See Building from source code in the manual for instructions on building from source.
Redistribution
XRoar is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Binary packages may be linked against SDL and/or libsndfile, each of which are distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.
Local copy of SDL source code: SDL-1.2.15.tar.gz.
Local copy of libsndfile source code: libsndfile-1.0.24.tar.gz.
Ports
CrashSerious has ported XRoar 0.24 to the PS3. Download the PS3roar binary, or clone the PS3roar git repository. There's an announcement page with discussion here.
drHirudo has ported XRoar to AmigaOS 4 (!), available here.
ZX-81 has ported XRoar 0.19 to the Sony PSP and GP2X handhelds. Check for "Tandy Coco" in the list of categories on ZX-81's web site.
Ron from DCEmu started a port to the Dreamcast called DragonDC. The last post about it I can find was from the 12th April 2007.
Similar projects
MESS, the "Multiple Emulator Super System", emulates a variety of old computer hardware, Dragon included. Source available.
T3 and PC-Dragon, two DOS-only emulators written by Paul Burgin. Source code is available for PC-Dragon, but redistribution of modified copies (of the source) is not permitted, amongst other restrictions. T3 is closed source.
Vcc, a Windows-only CoCo 3 emulator. Does not emulate CoCo 1/2 (beyond what compatibility a CoCo 3 had) or Dragon. Closed source.
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