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README.SDL
This is the README for the SDL port of Yape/SDL (Yet Another Plus/4 Emulator)
Current version is 0.70.2
LEGAL
=====
Yape for SDL is
(C) 2000,2001,2004,2007,2008,2015-2017 Attila Grรณsz (gyros@freemail.hu)
http://yape.plus4.net
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
The ROM file headers in the package used to be
Copyright (C) by Commodore Business Machines.
COMPILE
=======
The source code is hosted on GitHub.
https://github.com/calmopyrin/yapesdl
Define AUDIO_CALLBACK if you want to use the older audio API using
callbacks (pre-2.0.4 versions of SDL2 only support this one).
Define explicitly ZIP_SUPPORT in case you need preliminary ZIP file
support - only used for opening compressed D64 files for now.
GNU
---
To be able to compile on Linux, you must have the latest SDL
package from http://libsdl.org. The recent stable release as of time of
this writing is 2.0.7. You will also need the development libraries.
The provided makefile is written for the GNU C++ compiler but can also
be easily adjusted for other compilers.
It is very likely that if SDL and GCC are supported on your system, then
Yape can be compiled and run. Hence, an Android port is also possible,
and Yape has been succesfully compiled on systems other than Windows and
Linux as well.
Once the libraries and header files are installed, you should
extract the source tarball to a directory, and simply type:
make
Alternatively, you can use the provided Code::Blocks project
file to compile Yape.
If the compilation finished with no error, you can type:
./yapesdl [PRG/P00/T64/TAP/D64/ZIP filename] [-c64]
to start the emulator, where [] means optional arguments.
Mac OS X
--------
Other than downloading the relevant SDL development libraries, you also
need to copy the SDL2.framework file to the /Library/Frameworks folder.
From then on, just use the provided Xcode workspace.
Windows
-------
Make sure you install either the Visual Studio or the Mingw version
of the SDL development library. You can use either compiler
targeting 32 as well as 64-bit binary builds.
It is recommended that you use the provided Microsoft Visual Studio 14
solution file. The Community 2015 and 2017 Editions are terrific and free
IDE's with an excellent debugger.
Note that the 2.0.4 version of the Windows SDL runtime library had a
serious crash in its DX9 driver. Upgrade to 2.0.5+ to avoid it.
Emscripten
----------
Compiling for Emscripten (Javascript) requires a lot of ugly manual
workarounds. These will be documented at a later stage.
Under Windows it's best to use the official package that is embedded
into Visual Studio 2010.
You might also need to download SDL2 headers separately from here:
https://github.com/kripken/emscripten
https://github.com/emscripten-ports/SDL2
Also download the prebuilt SDL2 libraries required for linking:
https://buildbot.libsdl.org/sdl-builds/sdl-emscripten/?C=M;O=D
USAGE
=====
The user interface isn't yet ready, so you MUST memorise a couple
of keyboard shortcuts:
F12 or ESCAPE : exits the emulator
F11 : soft reset
LCTRL + F11 : forced reset (memory remains intact)
SHIFT + F11 : hard reset (clear memory, reloads ROMs, rewinds tape)
F5 : press PLAY on tape
F6 : press STOP on tape
F7 : save screenshot to BMP file
F8 : enter the user interface, press F8 again or ESC to quit.
You can move around in the menus with the arrow keys, press ENTER for selection.
F9 : quick debugger
F10 : save current settings to user's home directory
LALT + 1-3 : set window size
LALT + L : switch among emulators (C+4 cycle based; C+4 line based; C64 cycle based)
LALT + I : switch emulated joystick port
LALT + M : enter console based external monitor and disassembler
LALT + P : toggle CRT emulation
LALT + R : machine forced reset
LALT + S : display frame rate on/off
LALT + W : toggle between unlimited speed and 50 Hz frame rate (original speed)
LALT + ENTER : toggle full screen mode
LALT + F5 : save emulator state
LALT + F6 : load emulator state
LALT + F8 : save memory pointed by $2B/$2C and $2D/$2E
LALT + KPLUS : collate replay frequencies
Internal disk LOAD/SAVE operations are supported to the current
file system directory - which is usually '/home/<username>/yape'.
Any PRG files you may wish to load, should go there, although you can browse the directory tree
from the user interface, too.
This means that an exact filename match will load
the requested program, similarly can you save a file.
Full ROM banking is supported on the plus/4, currently only via the yape configuration
file. You must fill in the path for the relevant ROM image you intend to use.
However, Yape supports some internal ROMs already. These are:
- 'BASIC' - the ROM image containing the BASIC interpreter
- 'KERNAL' - the system kernal ROM image
- '3PLUS1LOW' - the low bank ROM image of the built-in plus/4 software
- '3PLUS1HIGH' - the high bank ROM image of the built-in plus/4 software
KEYBOARD MAPPINGS
=================
For the keys at different positions, the emulator relies on SDL, so your
mileage may vary.
There are a few keys that need to be mapped to the emulator keyboard
differently. These are:
Commodore emulator
------------------------
Pound = END
Clr/Home = HOME
Restore = PRINT SCREEN
FEATURES
========
YapeSDL features:
- full, cycle exact MOS 6502/6510/7501/8501 CPU emulation
- almost full MOS 7360/8360 aka 'TED' chip emulation
- almost complete MOS 6569 aka 'VIC-II' chip emulation
- reasonable MOS 6581/8580 aka 'SID' chip emulation
- somewhat incomplete CIA 6526 aka 'CIA' emulation
- real 1541 drive emulation (Read/Write)
- full ROM banking on +4
- almost full tape emulation
- joystick emulation via cursor keys and gamepads
- PRG, P00, T64, D64 and TAP file format support
- partial CRT emulation
- serial IEC disk LOAD/SAVE to the file system
- snapshots / savestates
LINKS
=====
https://github.com/calmopyrin/yapesdl : source repository for yape/SDL
http://yape.plus4.net : Yape homepage
http://plus4world.powweb.com : Commodore +4 World (games, tape images, scans etc.)
http://c64.rulez.org : Commodore plus/4 FTP archive
http://gaia.atilia.eu : My emulator page