Re: [cc65] [very OT] KVM

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From: Groepaz (groepaz_at_gmx.net)
Date: 2003-10-09 00:44:10


On Wednesday 08 October 2003 23:38, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 04:43:19PM +0200, Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
> > <shameless plug>
> > There is also the possiblity of using WinVICE 1.13 for this, as it
> > emulates the TFE and the RR-Net.
> > </shameless plug>
>
> Just out of curiosity: Is there more than one version of vice? I thought
> the only difference between the versions was the user interface, but it
> seems that they do also differ in the supported features.

yes... other than common belief, vice isnt really a well written program
when it comes to portability. there are lots of differences between the
different "ports", not only in the userinterface, but also in the supported
features. (for example, the windows version doesnt support rs232 emulation, 
which the linux port does [even if it doesnt work, which is another story])

as for rr-net ... its even a quite "interisting" solution in the win port ....
using some 3rd party program to be able to hook into the systems networking
(instead of implementing a common interface and a lowlevel device driver).

whats most disturbing with all that is that appearently none of the vice
team really cares about making all features available across all platforms,
nor about fixing problems that are known for ages (like the rs232 emulation
beeing broken since vice >1.4, the autostart bugs, the filerequester issues 
in linux, etcetcetc)...hmpf

gpz

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