XRoar 0.17 review

XRoar is an emulator for the Dragon 32, Dragon 64, and Tandy Coco2 computers all originally released in the early '80s. The e

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 125K Developer: Ciaran Anscomb

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XRoar is an emulator for the Dragon 32, Dragon 64, and Tandy Coco2 computers all originally released in the early '80s.

The emulator runs under Unix-like OSes (using SDL for video and OSS for audio) and the GP32 handheld gaming device.

What's New in This Release:
Fixed resizing and border alignment in OpenGL video module.
Virtual floppy timings more accurate.
JVC (".dsk") virtual disks supported.
Preliminary CoCo disk support (some stuff works, NitrOS-9 doesn't).
6809-PIA interrupt interaction more accurate (fixes some games).
Various command-line options added.
CoCo can operate with or without Extended BASIC and Disk BASIC ROMs.

Requirements:
SDL required for video.
SDL, Sun or JACK required for audio. Under Linux, a 'null' sound module can use /dev/rtc for speed limiting with no sound output.
GTK+ 1.2 required for a graphical file requester, otherwise filenames are prompted for at the command line.

What's New in This Release:
Various bugs have been fixed.
There is more accurate emulation.
Tape code updates makes loading more reliable.
Tape loading from WAVs and Tandy RSDOS is working better.