This is the
official emulator for
Linux i686 built by me on
Lubuntu 18.04 LTS because there is no official release for these systems and the latest
snap is R39, but it uses the original R43 ROM.
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$ ./x16emu -version
### Release 43 ("Stockholm") 0000000+
On my
Eee PC 900 it runs at 20% of full speed, but that is still faster than a real
C64 with
6510 at 1 MHz since the
Commander X16 has a
65C02 CPU at 8 MHz. Even at 20% it is still useful for non time critical programs.
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I compiled using
make to get the executables and then I moved them with
zip -u into a copy of
x16emu_linux-x86_64-r43.zip that is called
x16emu_linux-i686-r43i1.zip to mark that it is an independent release and not an official, and that it might be updated. I tested
x16emu using my own programs and started
makecart on the EeePC and also by using
Box86 on a
Raspberry Pi 4 B.
About the earlier release R42
This is the official emulator for
Linux i686 built by me on
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS because there is no official release for these systems and the latest
snap is R39, but it uses the original R42 ROM and the emulator shows the same
wrong version using the command line, but shows
R42 on the screen.
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$ ./x16emu -version
### Release 41 ("Marrakech")
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$ ./makecart -help
-help
Print this message and exit.
...
On my
Eee PC 900 it runs at 20% of full speed, but that is still faster than a real
C64 with
6510 at 1 MHz since the
Commander X16 has a
65C02 CPU at 8 MHz. Even at 20% it is still useful for non time critical programs.
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I compiled using
make and
make makecart to get the executables and then I moved them with
zip into
x16emu_linux-x86_64-r42.zip and renamed that to
x16emu_linux-i686-r42i1.zip to mark that it is an independent release and not an official, and that it might be updated. I tested
x16emu using my own programs and started
makecart on the EeePC and also by using
Box86 on a
Raspberry Pi 4 B.
Ubuntu is actually
Lubuntu in my case because that is faster on an EeePC 900. This release might work on later distros for i686 that e.g. Debian call i386 even though they need i686 or later. E.g. this might work on
Debian with Raspberry Pi Desktop for PC and Mac. "If you have an old computer that is no longer powerful enough to run a modern commercial operating system, try Debian with Raspberry Pi Desktop: it can often make the computer usable once more."
