Tornado64 x86 emulator

[Geri]

ok, i debugged it
So when can we get an updated version with the working floppy code and improved performance? (And breakpoints?)

ok, i added 0xc6 too to the if.

release with working floppy code and improved keyboard support: within months (i can compile you a nogui linux version on demand, and i can send you on skype however at any time)
release with improved performance: not in this year
release with breakpoints: next year

[SpyderTL]

Any updates on getting a new Win32 build with all of the latest bug fixes?

[Geri]

i will release an updated version on this week.

[Geri]

i released the new version now.

0.03 - bugfix release
-Added two new floppy DMA read modes. Some operating systems are now able to boot from floppy.
-Cursor is now blinking in the file selection in GUI mode.
-Random file name does not popup in file selection in GUI mode.
-Fixed emulator crash when a software overindexes the VGA RAM on a specified place.
-Decrased memory usage with ~80 mbyte in GUI mode, when smooth rendering is enabled.
-Fixed item width in memory selector in GUI mode.
-Fixed CPU name in CPUID. Its important.
-Special opcode decoding/caching was shift-deleted from the codebase. Pure interpreter is twice as faster, switched to that everywhere.
-Fixed broken FABS implementation.

[SpyderTL]

Downloaded from here: http://users.ininet.hu/geri/tornado64/tornado64.zip

Floppy works now!

Just out of curiosity, what does "Hikari me pantsu" mean?

[Geri]

Dawn wears no panties.

if i was grammatically correct

[Combuster]

"Hikari me pantsu"

Dawn wears no panties

I know my japanese grammar stinks pretty badly as well, but what I ended up with is 明け方パンツをきかざない (akegata pantsu wo kikazanai) so I wonder how you got to your version...

[Octocontrabass]

I know this is veering wildly off-topic, but I can't help but reply.


"Hikari": She goes by "Dawn" in the English localization.

"pantsu": You can probably guess what this is. Which leaves:

"me": Honestly, I have no idea what this is supposed to be. A quick search doesn't clear anything up.


明け方: Dawn, as in the time of day rather than the name. (Her name is written ヒカリ.)

パンツ: Panties.

きかざる: To dress up. Not exactly correct, but at least you're on the right track. (Your conjugation is incorrect; it should be きかざらない.)


ヒカリはパンツをはかない (hikari wa pantsu o hakanai)


...Uh, isn't she supposed to be like ten years old?

[Geri]

yeah, i should ask a japanese friend about that.
(and its ne, not me.)

[Octocontrabass]

ne

Now it sounds like an incomplete sentence. I really have to wonder how you got that...

[Geri]

i believed the ,,ne'' means not. i guess i leave the broken string here, since its funny, and get people's attention.

[Geri]

i was able to boot DOS within the ARM binary.
i am not yet sure if linux just hangs, or takes forever to load.
so i will update the package with the arm binaries.

[Geri]

wondermedia netbook. (arm 300 mhz, no fpu)
hangs at ,,booting the kernel''

[Geri]

I was finally able to get the emulator binaries working on ARM platform. The folowing new binaries are added:

-tornado64_console_arm_vfp.lnx, this requires ARMv5 instruction set with VFP floating point unit. console only binary.

-tornado64_console_arm_mfloatabisoft.lnx, this is for ARMv5 instruction set without VFP floating point unit, much slower in general than the previous. console only binary.

-tornado64_console_arm_oldest.lnx, this is compiled on a different computer, requires no VFP, this is a slow binary probably, console only.

[SpyderTL]

Congrats!

Unfortunately I don't have an ARM laptop to test with. I'd have to run an emulator so that I could run your emulator.