Gents,
well: Been there, tried it. Failed.
Current uQLX doesn't seem to run (yes, it does build) on ARM Linux. (I have a Genesi Arm Smartbook, a fine (and particularily affordable) piece of ARM hardware, that I intend to use as portable QL replacement.
I got uQLX to come up with an initial screen, but as soon as that's displayed, it crashes.
I've tried to find out where, but, to be honest, the code is a mess viewed by today's standards.
Unfortunately, Richard, the original author, was prepared to sacrifice maintainability in favour of fast code (Maybe he had to, considering how "fast" PCs were some years ago compared to today.) The downside is: If you try to compile uQLX with a non 3.3-gcc (i.e a more recent one), it won't run, not even on x86 Linux. And decent ARM Linuxes come with gcc >4.x
I have to dig a bit deeper into that, when I have more time, probably during the holidays starting mid August.
Cheers,
tofro
Linux emulator uQLx "on a stick"
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Re: Linux emulator uQLx "on a stick"
Well, the website has been updated and now looks very clean and professional, no further information there yet though
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
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