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Bug#980308: ITP: open-roms -- ROM files for retro computers



Hi László,

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 07:03:06PM +0100, László Böszörményi wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 5:21 PM Reiner Herrmann <reiner@reiner-h.de> wrote:
> > * Package name    : open-roms
> [...]
> > With these ROM files in main, this would also allow vice (maintainer CC'ed)
> > to move from contrib to main, as it can then be used meaningfully with only
> > free software.
>  Good point! I don't know when they can finish with C64 kernal and
> basic ROMs, but I guess it will take time. :(
> Ping me if you have anything to share.

The ROMs are actually already quite usable. The kernal has most features
implemented, but in basic some commands are still missing.
But it is sufficient to already run several games with it.

If you want to give it a try, the package is available on salsa:
 https://salsa.debian.org/reiner/open-roms

The package will install these three files:
 /usr/share/open-roms/C64/basic
 /usr/share/open-roms/C64/chargen
 /usr/share/open-roms/C64/kernal

To use them with vice:

 $ x64 -basic /usr/share/open-roms/C64/basic -kernal /usr/share/open-roms/C64/kernal -chargen /usr/share/open-roms/C64/chargen

Kind regards,
  Reiner

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