Dingoo If I Was To Port A Megadrive Emulator To The Dingoo, Where Would I Sta

[Sofox]

I'm curious about this. I'm wondering about applying my skills to the task, but I want to know whether I can do it or not.
Porting emulators is something I've always viewed as a "black art", I've ported a few C++/SDL programs from Linux to Windows, but clearly this is a much bigger beast.
So I'd like to know what's involved, what technologies are required, what skills are needed and a general layout of the steps one would take.
I can't promise anything, but I think this is the best shot I have for getting involved in emulator porting and handheld programming.

 

[christo930]

I'm curious about this. I'm wondering about applying my skills to the task, but I want to know whether I can do it or not.
Porting emulators is something I've always viewed as a "black art", I've ported a few C++/SDL programs from Linux to Windows, but clearly this is a much bigger beast.
So I'd like to know what's involved, what technologies are required, what skills are needed and a general layout of the steps one would take.
I can't promise anything, but I think this is the best shot I have for getting involved in emulator porting and handheld programming.

Personally, I would start with something a little simpler. Maybe start with porting a simple well documented game.

 

[conso]

Actually, picodrive shouldn't be too hard to port. Sure, the efficient ASM-code is for ARM-CPUs, but the PSP-version already uses a C(++?)-replacement. As far as I know, that works just fine, so it should be a managable task to combine both branches to a dingux-version.

I wish you best luck

 

[notaz]

Actually, picodrive shouldn't be too hard to port. Sure, the efficient ASM-code is for ARM-CPUs, but the PSP-version already uses a C(++?)-replacement. As far as I know, that works just fine, so it should be a managable task to combine both branches to a dingux-version.

Actually it's not very portable, code is a bit of mess, I wouldn't suggest starting with that for a beginner.

 

[conso]

didn't know that...

any chance to get you involved in a dingux-port, notaz?

 

[notaz]

any chance to get you involved in a dingux-port, notaz?

Not unless I have the device, but I don't plan to buy one at the moment. Maybe sometime later..

 

[conso]

I would certainly donate money for you getting a dingoo and I bet, I'm not the only one.

 

[johnboyjr]

I would certainly donate money for you getting a dingoo and I bet, I'm not the only one.

donate? why not just buy him one?

 

[Iorgy77]

I would certainly donate money for you getting a dingoo and I bet, I'm not the only one.

donate? why not just buy him one?

I will chip in $20US to get Notaz a dingoo. If 3 or more people want to do the same we can get him one from dealextreme.

 

[conso]

I'm in for $10

 

[notaz]

If you do this, be aware that I'm rather busy already and it's unlikely I'll do anything in addition to PicoDrive port (which itself might take from a week to several months or more, who knows).

 

[cyclone5uk]

I'd donate $10 as well - Picodrive is my favourite emualtor of all time and I'd love to have it on my Dingoo!

 

[fishybawb]

I'm in for $20

 

[Iorgy77]

If you do this, be aware that I'm rather busy already and it's unlikely I'll do anything in addition to PicoDrive port (which itself might take from a week to several months or more, who knows).

I'm still in for $20 if you do nothing and put it in your drawer and never touch it.

So thats $60 so far by my count. $23 more and we should be set.

 

[conso]

I guess it would help, if a blogpost at one of the dingoo-blogs was created.

Also, it should be possible to get enough money for a dingoo at a store that actually has the device in stock.
Do you have any shop-preference, notaz?

I've ordered my dingoo at dealextreme over a month ago and it just left hongkong...

just in case someone didn't see it: notaz's paypal account is notasas (at) yahoo (dot) com

 

[fishybawb]

Maybe Craig has a spare one kicking about. I remember he offered some to devs a while back...

 

[conso]

notaz: did you recieve the 15$ I tried to send you? I'm pretty new to paypal ^^

fishybawb: EvilDragon has some, too. I guess notaz will pick the right one, anyway. I just hope it won't be dealextreme for the delay ^^

 

[fishybawb]

Sent my donation

 

[notaz]

End of discussion:
http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/48885-picodrive-1-35/

notaz: did you recieve the 15$ I tried to send you? I'm pretty new to paypal ^^

Don't see anything yet.

Sent my donation

Looks like it's no longer needed, do you want a refund?

 

[conso]

if you recieve my money, keep it as a donation for picodrive in general. But I'm extremely happy the port is already done