On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:38:28AM -0600, Hans Fugal wrote: > Does anyone remember x48? It's an HP48 CPU emulator. It used to be > packaged for debian, but was orphaned. > > In order to do any emulation it needs a ROM, which you can download from > your HP48 over the serial line. You can also get ROMs from [1]. > "HP graciously began allowing this to be downloaded in mid-2000." [1] > I don't know exactly what this means by way of copyright and/or license, > and I have emailed the webmaster of hpcalc.org to see if he knows any > more details. I imagine ROMs won't be distributable. x48 itself is under > the GPL. > > x48 hasn't been maintained for about 4 years now, and didn't work very > well on modern processors when I picked up the source (timing issues). > But Eddie Dost, the original author, has graciously worked with me to > get those issues resolved and it now works like a charm. > > So my question is, is there a problem with creating a package for a fine > but mostly-unmaintained piece of software that does its job, when I > myself have minimal familiarity with the code (or the HP48 processor > itself)? I would appreciate a package. I did one myself but never made it public. Where can the fixed version be downloaded? Uwe -- MMK GmbH, Universitaetsstr. 11, 58097 Hagen Uwe.Steinmann@mmk-hagen.de Tel: +2331 840446 Fax: +2331 843920
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