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| OpenMSX now compiled on MacOSX
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jalu msx lover Berichten: 124 | Geplaatst: 22 November 2003, 20:17   |
I can inform you that with help from the openMSX developers i have finally succeeded in compilng and running openMSX on MacOSX.
Using the CVS version, which I downloaded november 22nd, it is running quite nicely on a PowerPC G4 at 867 MHz. A faster Mac wil always be better ofcourse, and I regret to say that my iBook G3-500 is really too slow for it...
Unfortunately, it still needs some tweaks to compile, so it's not as easy as compiling on GNU/Linux yet...
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Latok msx master Berichten: 1719 | Geplaatst: 23 November 2003, 11:35   |
This is great news, Jalu. Keep us updated!
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BiFi msx guru Berichten: 3142 | Geplaatst: 24 November 2003, 21:33   |
Getting something ported in such a way it works is the first big step. Once you got that running you can work on optimizing compilation and things. You succeeded in the first step... Well done, Jalu.
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jalu msx lover Berichten: 124 | Geplaatst: 25 November 2003, 09:54   |
Update:
openMSX is now running with support for the openGL renderer but... this renderer works very slow(like 2 to 4 fps) on al Mac's i've tried it on, including my GeForce-4 equipped PowerBook G4.
My experiment with the iBook will not happen anymore, the machine died an untimely death... 
I am curious to find out whether I am doing something wrong, like using the wrong GL libs or so, or that there is some issue with Apple´s GL drivers on the nvidia cards(which I seriously doubt though, Quake III runs like a dream on both my nvidia GeForce equipped Macs) or... who knows.
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msxgamesbox msx freak Berichten: 222 | Geplaatst: 26 Juni 2004, 11:30   |
Jalu,
Have you made any progress on this project? Would be eager to test out OpenMSX on Mac.
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snout
 msx legend Berichten: 4991 | Geplaatst: 26 Juni 2004, 11:32   |
afaik the sources of the latest openMSX compile on MacOSX without any adjustments now. I don't know if the openGL speed has improved, though.
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manuel msx guru Berichten: 3350 | Geplaatst: 26 Juni 2004, 12:47   |
snout, that is correct. If the correct libraries are installed (with Fink), it should indeed compile out of the box. I also don't know about OpenGL speed.
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manuel msx guru Berichten: 3350 | Geplaatst: 29 Augustus 2004, 23:29   |
so, msxgamesbox, did you try it yet?  |
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