From owner-freebsd-multimedia Tue Sep 3 01:05:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-multimedia Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA12601 for multimedia-outgoing; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 01:05:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (ascend.star-gate.com [204.188.121.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA12587 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 01:05:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA01374 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 01:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <322BE6C0.41C67EA6@star-gate.com> Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 01:05:43 -0700 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b7 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: ANNOUNCE Virtual 2600 (formerly x2600) Beta 2 release.] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------446B9B3D2781E494167EB0E7" Sender: owner-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------446B9B3D2781E494167EB0E7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Some of you may be interested on this. Enjoy, Amancio -- Amancio Hasty Hasty Software Consulting Services Tel: 415-495-3046 Fax: 415-495-3046 Cellular: 415-309-8434 e-mail: hasty@star-gate.com Powered by FreeBSD --------------446B9B3D2781E494167EB0E7 Content-Type: message/news Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Path: nntp1.best.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!usenet From: ahornby@zetnet.co.uk (Alex Hornby) Newsgroups: comp.emulators.misc,comp.emulators.game-consoles,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.windows.x.apps Subject: ANNOUNCE Virtual 2600 (formerly x2600) Beta 2 release. Date: 29 Aug 1996 00:34:26 GMT Message-ID: <502oii$ii1@irk.zetnet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: man-194.zetnet.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.7 Xref: nntp1.best.com comp.emulators.misc:12229 comp.emulators.game-consoles:327 comp.os.linux.misc:142267 comp.windows.x.apps:5822 ANNOUNCE Virtual 2600 (formerly x2600) Beta 2 release. ------------------------------------------------------ Virtual 2600 is a GPLed emulation of the classic Atari 2600 console running on a X11/SVGAlib/Linux and other *NIX/X11 platforms. Feature introduced since beta 1: + Pure tone sound implementation using NAS. + New GNU autoconf ./configure style setup. + No longer needs the FWF widget set to run. + Support for new Common 2600 file format. + PC Joystick support. + Dynamic resizing under X11. + Atari 8k/16k bank switching. + Paddle emulation. + More speed. Bug Fixes since beta 1: + Should compile more cleanly on more machines. + Various emulation bugs. More stuff should work now. For more information, sources and Linux binaries see: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ahornby/v2600.html -- ++ Alex Hornby | http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ahornby | PGP ++ --------------446B9B3D2781E494167EB0E7--