C64 emu on Meizu (Rockbox plugin)

Jensu · 10-06-2008

hi meizu fans!

since the porting of rockbox makes such a good progress over the last weeks i would like to do something to support or enhance the project. unfortunately i don't have much experience in hardware programming. so an other thought came into my mind, the Commodore64. this was my fist computer and i think it would be very funny to have this one running on my meizu (display size fits very good). i found this as feature request on the rockbox page too, but a more than 1 year ago.
what do you all thinking about this? would anyone else be interested in such a plugin for rockbox?
or did i overlook something and someone else has tried or started such a projekt already? what i've found is the source code of the m6502 emulation (with the opcodes), which would save a lot of work.

cheers
jens

roelandb · 10-06-2008

i think it would be pretty much impossible, even if the processor of the device is fast enough, the controls will be very hard, since the meizu has a touchstrip instead of buttons. (altough it would still be nice to see this work, even if you just want to show off with it)

markun · 10-06-2008

Hi Jens, maybe you can get some inspiration from our ZXBox plugin:

PluginZXBox < Main < TWiki

I think such ideas are better discussed over at Rockbox Technical Forums - Index since here you only reach 2 rockbox people (me and gevaerts) as opposed to thousands (ok, maybe hundreds

) over there.

btw, rockbox can play .sid (c64 music) files.

BobbyQ · 10-06-2008

roelandb is right, you won't be able to offer keyboard input with just a touchstrip. Even if you could do it somehow with an onscreen-keyboard, that would be a pain.

markun · 10-06-2008

Well, rockbox has a keyboard anyway and so far it works with every target we've ported rockbox to. I don't think the Meizus will be an exception to this. We'll have to see how it works out.

Jensu · 10-06-2008

of course the keymapping will be a bit tricky. but there will be a space of 40 pixel in height were could be something like a virtual keyboard. we will see

thanks markun, i'll have a look at this zx emu. i'll see if i get something running in the next few days. i've found a good target (ipod video) to test with (and maybe i'll open a thread at rockbox org too to get some input).

mbarry · 10-06-2008

Great idea, even better if we can get it working.

Jensu · 10-08-2008

i've opened a new thread in the rockbox forum and will post news regarding my plugin progress there. if someone interested here's the link to the thread:

C64 Plugin

cheers
jens